Segment

Nature of involvement

Number of enterprises

Estimated employment (Million)

External employees

Family labour

Owner involvement

Full time

Part time

Government and local authorities

A

B

-

-

-

1.3

Public enterprises and parastatals

A

B

-

-

200

0.6

Large enterprises (210+)

A

B

-

-

7 000

2.1

Medium sized enterprises (50-100/200)

A

B

C

B

33 000

2.2

Small enterprises (5-50)

B

B

B

A

260 000

2.8

Micro enterprises (1-4)

C

B

A

A

500 000

1.1

Unemployment (including survival activities)

-

C

(A)

(A)

-

4.6
(1.8)

Total

+- 800 000

14.7

A= mostly; B= some; C= negligible.

Sector

Average annual employment growth rate

Number of jobs created

1970-1992

1991-1992

1980-1993

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

-0.9

-1.0

-141 500

Mining and quarrying

0.8

-7.8

-144 100

Manufacturing

1.3

-2.5

6 700

Electricity, gas and water

3.2

-4.7

-800

Construction

0.9

-4.5

2 900

Wholesale, retail, catering and accommodation

1.3

-0.7

21 200

Transportation, storage and communication

0.6

-3.5

-129 700

Finance, insurance and business services

4.3

6.1

186 000

Total private sector

0.9

-2.9

-199 300

Rank

Country

Growth in GDP
1990-1995

Working week

Further detail

1

Malaysia

8.7%

48 hours

Shorter for under 16s

2

Chile

7.3%

48 hours

3

Argentina

5.7%

48 hours

Shorter for unhelathy work

4

Mauritius

5.0%

48 hours

Shorter for under 18s

5

Uruguay

4.0%

48 hours

6

Brazil

2.7%

44 hours

7

Saudi Arabia

1.7%

48 hours

Shorter for 15-18s

8

Mexico

1.1%

48 hours

9

Greece

1.1%

48 hours

10

South Africa

0.6%

46 hours

11

Hungary

-1.0%

44 hours

48-58 for agriculture, manufacturing

12

Gabon

-2.5%

40 hours

46 in agriculture

13

Czech Republic

-2.6%

43 hours

33 for under 16s