Labor Force and Employment in DPRK

People’s Korea, 22 April 1998

Labor Force					Employment		Female Participation
Age	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
15	158	166	324
16-19	662	543	1,205	439	340	779	66%
20-24	1,068	765	1,863	1,017	695	1,712	93%
25-29	1,032	987	2,020	896	878	1,774	87%
30-34	817	791	1,608	711	759	1,469	87%
35-39	703	683	1,386	629	673	1,302	89%
40-44	508	482	991	463	477	940	91%
45-49	640	603	1,243	583	595	1,178	91%
50-54	626	583	1,209	561	570	1,131	90%
55-59	576	487	1,064	94	467	561	16%
60	108	78	186	51	108	159	Note 1
Definition (2)	6,928	6,169	12,773
DPRK Definition(3)	6,086	5,925	12,011	5,443	5,562	11,005	Note 4
In % of Labor Force, DPRK definition				89%	94%	92%

NOTES:

1) 60 and over

2) labor force is generally defined as including everone within the 15-30 age group.

3) In the DPRK, the age groups are 16-54 and 16-59 for women and men, respectively.

4) In addition to the employed Labor Force (mentioned above), there were:

• 736 K Students (Female: 293)
• 58 K disabled Persons, and
• 465 K "unemployed" Housewives

Source: DPRK, Central Bureau of Statistics (1993 Census)