Employment-to-population ratio

Aim of the method/technique	The employment-to-population ratio provides information on the ability of an economy to create employment.
Scale – spatial and temporal	Local, regional, national level.
Brief description	It is defined as the proportion of working-age population that is employed. The youth employment-to-population ratio is the proportion of the youth population – persons 15 to 24 years – that is employed. A high employment-to-population ratio means that a large proportion of a country’s population is employed, while a low ratio means that a large share of the population is not involved directly in market-related activities, because they are either unemployed or (more likely) out of the labour force altogether.
Data requirements	Population in working-age and employed population
Main applications in cropland , grazing land and forests & shrubland regions	---
Strengths and weaknesses	Although a high overall ratio is typically considered as positive, the indicator alone is not sufficient for assessing the level of decent work or the level of a decent work deficit. Additional indicators are required such as earnings, hours of work, informal sector employment, underemployment and working conditions. Employment-to-population ratios are of particular interest when broken down by sex, as the ratios for men and women can provide information on gender differences in labour market activity in a given country.