International Labour Organization - Caribbean Labour Statistics

Caribbean Labour Statistics
Employed persons by sex and occupation, Trinidad and Tobago

Both sexes ('000)
Occupation	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991
Legislative, senior officials and managers	40.2	38.9	36.2	33.2	30.7	31.2	29.5	30.2	27.4	29.5	26.6	24.0
Professionals	17.4	16.7	14.6	16.1	16.1	15.3	13.9	13.2	11.9	15.5	13.8	15.0
Technicians and associate professionals	64.9	56.6	53.0	52.8	53.0	50.8	49.3	42.9	43.2	41.0	39.3	36.7
Clerks	60.9	56.9	54.9	52.8	54.0	49.8	48.7	49.0	48.7	45.8	48.4	46.0
Service workers * and shop sales workers	70.4	73.0	75.9	70.0	69.5	64.8	62.8	58.6	53.8	51.5	53.8	53.6
Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers	15.8	18.8	16.2	16.5	16.1	17.8	19.0	19.2	20.2	16.8	17.3	19.5
Craft and related workers	89.8	89.0	87.2	84.6	81.4	78.4	74.0	75.0	65.2	64.2	65.0	65.4
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	48.8	47.9	49.5	46.9	45.4	41.4	38.9	39.5	37.5	37.9	38.2	37.4
Elementary occupations	115.7	114.8	115.3	116.5	112.8	110.3	108.1	103.7	107.4	102.1	103.0	103.1
Not stated	1.1	1.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3
Total all occupations	525.0	514.0	503.0	489.7	479.3	459.8	444.2	431.5	415.6	404.5	405.9	401.0

Male ('000)
Occupation	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991
Legislative, senior officials and managers	25.0	23.4	22.0	19.3	18.5	18.1	17.2	18.2	17.4	19.0	17.7	15.5
Professionals	9.8	9.4	8.2	9.1	9.8	9.4	8.4	7.7	7.1	9.7	8.1	8.8
Technicians and associate professionals	28.4	26.7	24.5	23.6	24.4	24.5	23.0	19.4	20.5	19.6	17.7	18.2
Clerks	15.8	14.9	13.4	13.2	14.0	13.3	13.4	13.7	13.4	13.8	12.9	13.1
Service workers * and shop sales workers	33.7	33.7	35.8	34.9	35.6	33.1	33.0	29.9	29.6	27.1	28.8	30.8
Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers	14.4	16.3	14.1	14.4	14.1	15.7	16.7	17.2	17.4	14.8	15.3	16.8
Craft and related workers	79.4	78.7	76.6	74.4	72.0	68.4	64.6	66.1	56.9	55.4	56.9	57.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	44.2	43.5	44.0	41.8	40.2	36.5	33.9	34.9	33.2	33.8	34.0	34.1
Elementary occupations	77.5	78.6	78.1	79.3	76.7	75.5	72.4	70.3	72.0	68.4	72.2	70.7
Not stated	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Total all occupations	329.0	326.0	316.9	310.2	305.5	294.5	282.5	277.5	267.7	261.8	263.7	265.4

Female ('000)
Occupation	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991
Legislative, senior officials and managers	15.2	15.5	14.2	13.9	12.2	13.1	12.3	12.0	10.0	10.5	9.0	8.5
Professionals	7.6	7.3	6.4	7.0	6.3	5.9	5.5	5.5	4.8	5.8	5.7	6.2
Technicians and associate professionals	36.5	29.9	28.5	29.2	28.6	26.3	26.3	23.5	22.7	21.4	21.6	18.4
Clerks	45.1	42.0	41.5	39.6	40.0	36.5	35.3	35.3	35.3	32.1	35.5	32.9
Service workers * and shop sales workers	36.7	39.3	40.1	35.1	33.9	31.7	29.8	28.7	24.2	24.4	25.0	22.8
Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers	1.4	2.5	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.3	2.0	2.8	2.1	2.0	2.7
Craft and related workers	10.4	10.3	10.6	10.2	9.4	10.0	9.4	8.9	8.3	8.8	8.1	8.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	4.6	4.4	5.5	5.1	5.2	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.3	4.1	4.3	3.3
Elementary occupations	38.2	36.2	37.2	37.2	36.1	34.8	35.7	33.4	35.4	33.6	30.9	32.4
Not stated	0.3	0.6	-	0.1	0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0.1	0.1
Total all occupations	196.0	188.0	186.1	179.5	173.8	165.3	161.7	154.0	147.9	142.8	142.3	135.6

*=including defence force
Source: Continuous Sample Surveys of Population, Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago, various years

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