{"id":8626,"date":"2012-02-28T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-05-06T10:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T10:03:29","slug":"the-labor-force-indicators-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=8626&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Labor Force Indicators in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The employment statistics show the number and characteristics of the labor force in a country. The labor force includes employed and unemployed adults who are able to work. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the employment indicators in Albania based on data provided by INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics) and the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.<p><\/p>\n<p>Historical data on the number of employees (absolute value) is presented below:<br> \n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{<br \/>\n\t\"chartType\":\"ColumnChart\",<br \/>\n\t\"chartName\":\"Chart 1\",<br \/>\n\t\"dataSourceUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?range=A2%3AB18&key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdHluVDVsOXotUmczNEhGbFhwZnZFWmc&gid=0&headers=-1\",<br \/>\n\t\"options\":{\"width\":600,\"height\":371,\"title\":\"Number of employees (absolute value) 1995-2010\",\"legend\":\"right\",\"pointSize\":4,<br \/>\n\t\"hAxis\": {\"title\": 'Year', \"titleTextStyle\": {\"color\": 'red'}},<br \/>\n\t \"vAxis\": {\"title\": 'Value', \"titleTextStyle\": {\"color\": 'red'}},<br \/>\n    \"labelPosition\":\"right\",\"is3D\":true,\"hasLabelsColumn\":true,},<br \/>\n    \"refreshInterval\":5,<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n  <\/script> <br><sup>Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities<br>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>As it can be seen from the graph, the most important drop in the number of employees is observed in 2002 with about 154,000 individuals. In 1996, the largest number of employees (officially registered) is recorded (1,138,000 individuals). In the late 2010 there are 916,919 employed individuals.<\/p>\n<p>When we consider the sectors of employment, the following allocation is observed in 2010: about 18.1% of the employees work in the public sector, 26.6% in the non-agricultural private sector and 55.3% in the agricultural private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1995, the employment by sector has changed as follows:<br>\n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{<br \/>\n\t\"chartType\":\"ColumnChart\",<br \/>\n\t\"chartName\":\"Chart 1\",<br \/>\n\t\"dataSourceUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?range=A27%3AD43&key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdHluVDVsOXotUmczNEhGbFhwZnZFWmc&gid=0&headers=-1\",<br \/>\n\t\"options\":{\"width\":600,\"height\":371,\"title\":\"Employment by sector 1995-2010\",\"legend\":\"right\",\"isStacked\":true,<br \/>\n\t\"hAxis\": {\"title\": 'Year', \"titleTextStyle\": {\"color\": 'red'}},<br \/>\n\t \"vAxis\": {\"title\": 'Value (%)', \"titleTextStyle\": {\"color\": 'red'}},<br \/>\n    \"labelPosition\":\"right\",\"is3D\":true,\"hasLabelsColumn\":true,},<br \/>\n    \"refreshInterval\":5,<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n  <\/script><br><sup>Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities<br>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>As it can be seen from the graph, the share of the non-agricultural private sector has been increasing, and this was associated with the reduction of the share of the agricultural private sector and the public one.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 the employment by sector is as follows:<br> \n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{\"chartType\":\"PieChart\",\"chartName\":\"Chart 1\",\"dataSourceUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?range=A158%3AB160&key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdHluVDVsOXotUmczNEhGbFhwZnZFWmc&gid=0&headers=-1\",\"options\":{\"displayAnnotations\":true,\"showTip\":true,\"nonGeoMapColors\":[\"#000000\",\"#cc0000\",\"#00ff00\",\"#ffff00\",\"#3d85c6\",\"#ff00ff\",\"#DD4477\",\"#66AA00\",\"#B82E2E\",\"#316395\"],\"dataMode\":\"markers\",\"maxAlternation\":1,\"pointSize\":\"0\",\"colors\":[\"#3366CC\",\"#DC3912\",\"#FF9900\",\"#DD4477\",\"#DD4477\",\"#0099C6\",\"#DD4477\",\"#66AA00\",\"#B82E2E\",\"#316395\"],\"width\":600,\"smoothLine\":false,\"lineWidth\":\"2\",\"labelPosition\":\"right\",\"is3D\":true,\"hasLabelsColumn\":true,\"wmode\":\"opaque\",\"title\":\"Employment by sector 2010\",\"height\":371,\"legend\":\"right\",\"allowCollapse\":true,\"mapType\":\"hybrid\",\"isStacked\":false},\"refreshInterval\":5}<br \/>\n  <\/script> <br><sup>Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities<br>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>What can be noticed is that the agricultural private sector employees around 55.3% of the total number of employed individuals in Albania, it provides about 18% of the GDP, while the share of this very important sector in the government expenditure is only 2.1% (in 2010).<\/p>\n<p>The dataset is shown int hte table below:<\/p>\n<p>  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/static\/modules\/gviz\/1.0\/chart.js\">{\"dataSourceUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/tq?range=A49%3AH65&key=0Agylwmr5tEbVdHluVDVsOXotUmczNEhGbFhwZnZFWmc&gid=0&headers=-1\",\"options\":{\"displayAnnotations\":true,\"showTip\":true,\"dataMode\":\"markers\",\"fontColor\":\"#fff\",\"midColor\":\"#36c\",\"pointSize\":0,\"colors\":[\"#3366CC\",\"#DC3912\",\"#FF9900\",\"#109618\",\"#990099\",\"#0099C6\",\"#DD4477\",\"#66AA00\",\"#B82E2E\",\"#316395\"],\"headerColor\":\"#3d85c6\",\"smoothLine\":false,\"lineWidth\":2,\"maxColor\":\"#222\",\"headerHeight\":40,\"labelPosition\":\"right\",\"is3D\":false,\"fontSize\":\"14px\",\"hasLabelsColumn\":true,\"wmode\":\"opaque\",\"hAxis\":{\"maxAlternation\":1},\"maxDepth\":2,\"allowCollapse\":true,\"minColor\":\"#ccc\",\"mapType\":\"hybrid\",\"width\":600,\"height\":450},\"state\":{},\"chartType\":\"Table\",\"chartName\":\"Chart 1\"}<br \/>\n  <\/script> <br><sup>Source: INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics), Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities<br>Comments and analysis: ODA<\/sup> \n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<b>Comments and Analysis:<\/b> Open Data Albania<br> \n<b>Contributed by<\/b>: R.E\n<style>\np{\ntext-align: justify !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The employment statistics show the number and characteristics of the labor force in a country. The labor force includes employed and unemployed adults who are able to work. Open Data Albania has conducted a research work on the employment indicators in Albania based on data provided by INSTAT (Albanian Institute of Statistics) and the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. 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