European Social Watch Report 2009
Employment_and_Qualification.pdf

Employment and Qualification

TABLE 8: EMPLOYED PERSONS BY SEX, TOTAL AND MIGRANT POPULATION

Employed population

Employed international migrant population

Percentage of employed migrant population out of employed population*

Percentage of women out of employed international population*

Year**

Albania

-

-

-

-

-

Andorra

43,380

36,561

84.3

-

2006

Armenia

-

-

-

-

-

Austria

3,824,400

384,663

10.1

42.6

2005

Azerbaijan

3,973,000

6,231

0.2

-

2006

Belarus

4,401,900

-

-

-

2006

Belgium

-

390,700

-

-

1998

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

357,281

48,375

13.5

57.9

2006

Czech Republic

4,868,762

161,711

3.3

18.9

2003

Denmark

2,642,075

140,231

5.3

44.0

2002

Estonia

537,300

106,500

19.8

41.9

2003

Finland

2,247,796

40,978

1.8

40.8

2005

France

23,261,500

1,249,768

5.4

35.2

2000

Georgia

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

35,805,000

2,521,900

7.0

34.2

1997

Greece

4,452,817

289,800

6.5

36.9

2006

Hungary

3,930,073

64,626

1.6

0.0

2006

Iceland

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

1,610,600

60,100

3.7

39.8

2000

Italy

21,639,792

1,348,424

6.2

38.0

2006

Latvia

961,900

175,500

18.2

46.0

2001

Liechtenstein

-

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

1,488,372

10,610

0.7

44.1

2006

Luxembourg

107,172

87,717

81.8

41.5

2006

Macedonia FYR

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

148,288

4,190

2.8

-

-

Moldova

-

291

-

-

2001

Monaco

-

-

-

-

-

Netherlands

-

235,000

-

36.2

1998

Norway

2,275,000**

181,444

NA

45.6

2006

Poland

7,679,694

5,830

0.1

27.7

2002

Portugal

5,088,888

91,600

1.8

-

1999

Romania

9,234,177

1,470

0.0

-

2002

Russian Federation

-

2,114

-

10.5

1999

San Marino

-

7,398

-

27.9

1998

Serbia and Montenegro

-

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

-

-

-

-

-

Slovenia

772,818

41,819

5.4

12.7

2003

Spain

16,458,100

523,500

3.2

41.4

2002

Sweden

4,101,856

171,144

4.2

48.6

2001

Switzerland

2,944,000

964,000

32.7

37.0

2000

Turkey

25,407,910

47,791

0.2

38.1

2000

Ukraine

-

-

-

-

-

United Kingdom

28,414,542

1,314,782

4.6

43.9

2002

Source: ILO

Notes:

NA: Not Available

* Social Watch calculation based on ILO data

** Year refers to last available data on ILO LABORSTA Internet Database, <laborsta.ilo.org>

TABLE 9: EMPLOYED MIGRANT POPULATION BY ECONOMIC SECTOR

% of employed international migrant population out of employed population by sector

A

C

D

F

G

H

O

Albania

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Andorra

90.34

-

87.82

90.91

-

96.33

-

Armenia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Austria

1.99

-

14.48

18.26

9.87

24.45

-

Azerbaijan

0.00

0.39

0.22

0.18

0.04

0.73

-

Belarus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

21.97

-

7.75

20.89

9.12

24.06

17.32

Czech Republic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Denmark

3.31

2.16

3.82

1.55

2.91

11.85

-

Estonia

5.76

83.87

37.26

33.64

17.96

24.29

17.82

Finland

0.93

0.36

1.56

1.73

1.61

5.53

-

France

4.23

-

-

-

-

-

8.95

Georgia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Greece

3.92

4.23

7.47

25.35

3.00

10.16

3.27

Hungary

0.49

-

0.80

1.53

0.73

0.79

-

Iceland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

1.00

1.64

3.62

2.91

2.21

7.59

4.42

Italy

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Latvia

0.14

-

0.13

0.08

0.01

1.35

0.05

Liechtenstein

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

0.50

4.12

1.10

1.11

0.56

0.48

0.72

Luxembourg

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Macedonia FYR

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

-

-

0.21

11.87

2.52

5.17

2.10

Moldova

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Monaco

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Netherlands

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Norway

1.40

5.82

4.67

3.21

3.66

15.10

-

Poland

0.04

0.00

-

0.03

0.08

0.24

-

Portugal

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Romania

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Russian Federation

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

San Marino

30.65

-

103.06

122.52

-

71.38

31.14

Serbia and Montenegro

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovenia

1.12

4.08

2.95

38.83

2.60

6.37

2.09

Spain

4.57

4.23

-

-

-

-

-

Sweden

1.65

1.99

4.99

2.57

3.55

12.18

-

Switzerland

5.24

-

35.21

39.91

25.41

53.99

-

Turkey

0.06

0.07

-

-

-

-

-

Ukraine

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

United Kingdom

1.82

4.58

-

-

-

-

-

Source: ILO

Notes:

A: Agriculture, hunting and forestry

C: Mining and quarrying

D: Manufacturing

F: Construction

G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods

H: Hotels and restaurants

O: Other community, social and personal service activities

TABLE 10: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF RECENT IMMIGRANTS COMPARED TO THAT OF NATIVE–BORN AGED 25–34

Foreign-born labour force present in the country for 10 years or less %

Native-born labour force
( 25-34 years old) %

Difference Foreign-born – Native-born

Low education

Intermediate education

High education

Low education

Intermediate education

High education

Low education

Intermediate education

High education

Year

2008

2008

2008

2008

2008

2008

2008

2008

2008

EU 15

33.8

41.9

24.3

19.0

48.0

33.1

14.8

-6.0

-8.8

Albania

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Andorra

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Armenia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Austria

25.5

51.4

23.1

7.3

71.2

21.5

18.2

-19.7

1.6

Azerbaijan

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belarus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belgium

32.2

24.9

42.9

14.9

41.6

43.5

17.4

-16.7

-0.6

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Croatia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Czech Republic

11.6

62.8

25.6

4.7

80.9

14.4

6.9

-18.1

11.2

Denmark

27.3

33.5

39.2

8.1

50.7

41.2

19.2

-17.2

-2.0

Estonia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Finland

30.5

51.0

18.5

9.4

49.9

40.7

21.1

1.1

-22.2

France

40.7

25.6

33.7

15.9

43.1

41.0

24.8

-17.6

-7.3

Georgia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

32.7

41.0

26.3

9.8

64.9

25.3

22.9

-23.9

1.0

Greece

48.3

39.3

12.4

18.8

53.2

27.9

29.5

-13.9

-15.5

Hungary

8.2

69.7

22.0

12.0

66.6

21.5

-3.7

3.1

0.6

Iceland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

14.6

37.7

47.7

15.7

42.2

42.1

-1.1

-4.5

5.6

Italy

45.5

43.6

10.8

30.6

52.7

16.7

14.9

-9.0

-5.9

Latvia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Liechtenstein

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Luxembourg

21.2

27.2

51.6

11.7

54.5

33.9

9.5

-27.2

17.7

Macedonia FYR

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Moldova

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Monaco

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Netherlands

25.9

45.4

28.7

14.7

46.1

39.2

11.3

-0.7

-10.5

Norway

17.5

46.5

36.0

2.6

55.0

42.4

14.8

-8.4

-6.4

Poland

14.4

55.8

29.8

7.2

65.7

27.1

7.2

-9.9

2.7

Portugal

55.9

27.5

16.6

59.5

21.5

19.0

-3.6

6.1

-2.4

Romania

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Russian Federation

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

San Marino

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Serbia and Montenegro

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

-

-

-

5.8

77.3

16.9

-

-

-

Slovenia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spain

42.3

35.9

21.8

33.5

22.2

44.4

8.8

13.7

-22.5

Sweden

21.4

40.3

38.3

7.1

54.6

38.4

14.3

-14.3

0.0

Switzerland

23.9

33.9

42.2

2.4

64.5

33.2

21.5

-30.6

9.1

Turkey

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ukraine

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

United Kingdom

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Source: OECD