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EmpLoymEnT, work, And HEALTH inEquALiTiES - a global perspective
Women and youth are by far the largest two groups of unemployed
potential workers in the world. Women are more likely to be unemployed
than men (6.6% vs. 6.1% respectively). There are over 85 million unemployed
youth (aged 15 to 24) around the world. They comprise nearly half of the
world's total unemployment, despite the fact that this age group makes up
only 25 per cent of the working age population. Compared to adults, youth are
more than three times as likely to be unemployed (IlO, 2006; 2007a).
In addition to women and youth, unemployment levels correspond to
levels of education. The distribution of unemployment is more
concentrated among the least educated. In 2003, a person in the developed
economies with only primary education was at least three times as likely to
be unemployed as a person with tertiary education. This pattern reflects the
increase in demand for more highly educated and skilled workers in
developed economies and the declining demand for workers with low
education (IlO, 2007b). With these demographic trends in mind, we turn to
the geographical distribution of unemployment.
In 2006, there were not enough decent and productive jobs to raise the
world's 1.37 billion working poor (those working but living on less than the
equivalent of US$2 per person, per day) and their families above the
poverty line. available information shows a wide global dispersion of
unemployment rates (see Figure 8 and Map 3). The highest levels of
unemployment, however, were concentrated in countries in the regions of
Central and Eastern Europe (non-EU) and the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) as well as latin america and the Caribbean.
looking at the IlO-comparable unemployment estimates available, the
results showed that the average unemployment rates available for the
new Member States of the European Union (Czech republic, Estonia,
latvia, lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia), 11.7 % for males and
12.5 % for females, were higher than the former Member States, 7.0 % for
males and 7.8 % for females, in 2003 (see Table 2). (IlO, 2007a; 2007b).
Table 2. unemployment rate and employment to population ratio by region in 1996 and 2006.
Unemployment rate Employment-to-population ratio(%)
1996 2006 1996 2006
World 6.1 6.3 62.6 61.4
latin america and the Caribbean 7.9 8.0 58.5 60.3
East asia 3.7 3.6 75.1 71.6
South-East asia 3.7 6.6 67.5 66.1
South asia 4.4 5.2 58.4 56.5
Middle East and north africa 13.0 12.2 44.9 47.3
Sub-Saharan africa 9.2 9.8 68.8 67.0
Industrialized economies 7.8 6.2 55.9 56.7
sources:
international labour organization. (2006). Global employment trends model. geneva: international labour office.
international labour organization. (2007). Global employment trends brief. January 2007. geneva: international labour office.
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