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Table 1 Macro-economy and the labour market, 2001-2011

From: Informal self-employment in Kazakhstan

 

GDP (%)

GDP (per capita)

Self-employment (%)

Unemployment (%)

   

Men

Women

Men

Women

2001

13.5

6146

15.7

14.3

8.9

12.0

2002

9.8

6748

14.6

13.1

7.5

11.2

2003

9.3

7351

16.5

15.0

7.2

10.4

2004

9.6

8001

17.8 (56.3)

16.3 (53.9)

7.0

9.8

2005

9.7

8699

17.7 (59.5)

15.7 (58.6)

6.7

9.6

2006

10.7

9529

18.2 (57.2)

16.0 (56.7)

6.4

9.2

2007

8.9

10259

18.6 (59.2)

16.3 (56.6)

5.9

8.7

2008

3.3

10469

18.4 (55.7)

15.8 (53.9)

5.3

7.9

2009

1.2

10318

19.1 (56.0)

16.3 (54.3)

5.6

7.5

2010

7.3

10916

19.1 (54.1)

16.4 (50.8)

4.9

6.6

2011

7.5

11568

20.0 (56.2)

16.8 (54.3)

4.6

6.2

  1. Notes: GDP (col. 2) = annual growth rate of GDP at market prices based on a constant tenge. GDP per capita (col. 3) = GDP per capita in constant 2005 US$ (based on PPP). Source: World Bank (2013b). Self-employment (cols. 4–5) = self-employed workers, as % of the total employed. Self-employment status is self-assessed and consists of the following groups: employers, own-account workers, unpaid family members and members of producers’ cooperatives. We exclude subsistence farmers from the estimates in cols. 4 and 5. Figures in parentheses indicate registration rates. Source: Authors’ calculations from the 2001–2011 KLFS (sampling weights were used). Unemployment (cols. 6–7) = unemployment rate, as % of the total labour force. Source: World Bank (2013b).