Abstract:
This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive set of labour market statistics and indicators
to assess the current situation and to help in monitoring the labour market performance.
It provides headcounts of the labour force, of persons in employment, of those in
time-related underemployment, of persons in unemployment, of potential labour force
and subsistence food producers. Indicators in relation to the working-age population such
as employment-to-population ratio, labour force participation rate is provided as well. In
addition, various measures of labour underutilization are compiled and presented. Data
on the working-age population engaged in all different forms of work falling within the
general production boundary such as own-use production of goods and services and time
use on different forms of work is also presented. It highlights the gaps among women and
men in terms of these indicators as well as the differences observed between Male’ and
the Atolls.
Adhering to these standards for producing labour market statistics, will help to enhance
the international comparability of the national statistics, help in measurement some key
aspects and indicators to measures of decent work. These data will also facilitate the measurement
of related Sustainable Development Goal indicators. It is aimed to shed some
light on the evidence needed for making better labour market policies to help close these
gaps and support the efforts in the achievement of gender equality and sustainable development.
