The participation of women in the labour force has been increasing as a result of an increase in economic development in several SADC Member States. However, there are notable gaps between men and women in labour force participation.
|
Country |
2000 |
2006 |
2009 |
2012 |
2014 |
|||||
|
|
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
|
Angola |
68.8 |
76.3 |
64.4 |
77.6 |
67.4 |
73.6 |
64.3 |
77.9 |
- |
- |
|
Botswana |
71.8 |
81.7 |
74.2 |
81.7 |
56.2 |
68.2 |
- |
- |
69.1 |
81.4 |
|
DRC |
71.8 |
73.7 |
71.7 |
73.2 |
71.5 |
73.2 |
71.5 |
73.4 |
- |
- |
|
Lesotho |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Madagascar |
85.8 |
90.3 |
86.7 |
90.3 |
88.4 |
91.5 |
88.4 |
91.4 |
- |
- |
|
Malawi |
75.4 |
78.2 |
74.9 |
78.5 |
74.4 |
77.9 |
84.6 |
80.6 |
- |
- |
|
Mauritius |
39.2 |
79.9 |
41.8 |
77.4 |
42.1 |
75.6 |
43.4 |
75.0 |
45.3 |
75.2 |
|
Mozambique |
86.5 |
87.2 |
- |
- |
86.3 |
86.4 |
75.2 |
71.1 |
73.3 |
72.5 |
|
Namibia |
49.9 |
65.0 |
52.2 |
63.9 |
53.5 |
63.9 |
63.2 |
69.1 |
66.9 |
71.6 |
|
Seychelles |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
67.0 |
73.8 |
|
South Africa |
46.9 |
63.1 |
51.9 |
64.8 |
50.2 |
65.2 |
49.4 |
63.3 |
50.7 |
63.7 |
|
Swaziland |
50.4 |
79.0 |
53.7 |
76.5 |
55.5 |
75.8 |
45.2 |
72.5 |
43.8 |
60.8 |
|
Tanzania |
89.1 |
91.5 |
88.9 |
91.2 |
88.8 |
91.2 |
90.0 |
91.2 |
84.2 |
89.4 |
|
Zambia |
62.5 |
78.7 |
60.8 |
78.7 |
60.0 |
79.3 |
76.3 |
75.5 |
78.2 |
77.1 |
|
Zimbabwe |
69.0 |
81.7 |
84.3 |
90.7 |
84.3 |
90.4 |
84.6 |
90.6 |
89.4 |
92.3 |
Source SADC Statistics Yearbook 2014