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The number of unemployed persons is persons aged 15 years and over, met
the following factors in the reference period: (i) currently not working; (ii)

seeking employment; (iii) ready to work.
Unemployed population also consists of those persons who are currently

unemployed and ready to work but do not seek employment in the reference
period, due to have been able to get work or business/productive activities to start
after the reference period.
Unemployment rate expressing the rate between the number of unemployed
persons and the labor force.

Unemployment rate Number of unemployed persons
(%) = Labour force × 100

Unemployment rate

The number of underemployed persons comprise those who are employed
during the reference period (07 days prior to the time of observation) satisfy all
three of the following criteria:

a) They actually did all the work less than 35 hours per week.
b) They desire to work extra hours, ie: they wish to do one (or more) jobs to
increase working hours; wish to replace one of the current job(s) with another job

that can increase working hours; wish to increase the working hours of one of the
current jobs or a combination of the 3 aforementioned desires.

c) They are willing to work extra time, ie: in the coming time (for example
next week) if there is a job opportunity, they are willing to work extra hours.
Underemployment rate is the indicator expressing the rate between the
number of underemployed persons and the employed person.

Formula:

Underemployment Number of under-employed persons
rate (%) = Total number of employed persons × 100

Percentage of informal employed workers
Informal employed workers (informal workers) are those who have jobs in

one of the following five groups: (i) Unpaid family workers; (ii) Own-account

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