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1 BOTSWANA Private Bag 0024, Gaborone. Tel: 3671300 Fax: 3952201 E-mail: Website: HOUSEHOLD SURVEYE conomic Activity Stats Brief2 BOTSWANA Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS BRIEFPREFACEThis Stats brief presents preliminary economic activity results from the 2015/16 BOTSWANA Multi Topic Household Survey. The survey had a total of sixteen modules covering a range of topics including labour and poverty. Due to the extensive data that was collected and the need for detailed analysis, Statistics BOTSWANA adopted a modular approach to the release of the survey results. This brief presents indicators of labour force, employment size, employment by occupation and industry, unemployment rates, employment levels by training and district among others. Stats briefs on other modules will follow. The final product will be a comprehensive survey survey shows that the private sector was by far the largest employer with percent followed by public administration with percent.

2 Parastatals were the lowest employers with only percent. Overall, unemployment among those aged 15 years and above was recorded at percent. Female unemployment was higher than that of their male counterparts at and percent respectively. For those aged 18 years and above, unemployment rate was estimated at percent. Youth unemployment (15-35) continues to be high and was estimated at percent, with female unemployment higher than that of males at percent compared to percent for males. For those aged 18 -35 years, unemployment was estimated at percent with male unemployment estimated at percent compared to percent for hope stakeholders find these results useful in informing policy formulation, review, planning and decision making. I wish to thank respondents who provided this invaluable information for the survey. Anna N. MajelantleStatistician GeneralAugust 2017 BOTSWANA Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS IntroductionStatistics BOTSWANA conducted the BOTSWANA Multi-Topic Household Survey (BMTHS) in 2015/16, from November 2015 to November 2016.

3 The BMTHS was the second multi modular survey following the BOTSWANA Core Welfare Indicators Survey (BCWIS), which was conducted in 2009/10. Broadly, the BMTHS combined the Labour Force and Core Welfare Indicators to the enormous volume of data and variables that need to be analysed, Statistics BOTSWANA has adopted modular release of indicators, in particular, on the key modules addressing the Labour Force and Poverty, which are two key areas of study for the survey. This Statsbrief presents preliminary Economic Activity results from the 2015/16 BMTHS. These cover the headline labour force indicators of; total labour force, employment size, employment by occupation and industry, unemployment rates, and unemployment by level of training, among others. The BMTHS had a total of 16 modules, being;1. Demographic Characteristics2. Education3. Health4. Labour Force5. Wages and Income6. Services (Health and Education) within communities7.

4 Self -Assessed Well-being and Food Insecurity8. Sources of Income and Social Protection9. Housing, Utilities, Durable Goods and Livestock ownership10. Household Enterprises (Non Agricultural)11. Agricultural Income and Expenditure12. Household Expenditures and Consumption13. Loans (Household Borrowing and Lending)14. Use of Credit Cards Bank Accounts15. Household Transfers Received and Sent16. Anthropometric Measurements (Children Under 18 years) Objectives of SurveyThe primary objective of the 2015/16 BMTHS was to provide a comprehensive set of indicators for labour market and poverty. The set of indicators derived from the BMTHS are to provide baseline information that will be tracked on annual bases to inform the Poverty Eradication Strategy and programmes. It also provides the Labour Market indicators required for the purpose of monitoring human resource development planning among Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS Scope of AnalysisThe preliminary results presented in this stats brief covers current economic activities of economically active population aged 15 years and above, or population in labour force.

5 These are persons who are currently employed, and those who are actively seeking work. The choice of target population (15 years and above) is based on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention no. 138, which stipulates that minimum age for employment should not be less than 15 years. BOTSWANA s economic and education infrastructure has developed over the years, to an extent that there is compelling argument for the economic activity target population to cover persons aged 18 years and above, considering that persons below 18 years should be, or are still pursuing their adhere to international standards (ILO), and satisfy national planning needs, this brief will provide, for some indicators like unemployment rate, indicators for both 15 & 18 years and above target populations. The analysis provides wider coverage on the target population of 15 years and above as it is the one used for international comparability and at the same time includes the 18 years and Labour Force The labour force presented in this statsbrief is drawn from two (2) target populations, one covering individuals aged 15 years and above and the other for individuals aged 18 years and Population Aged 15 Years and AboveFigure 1 presents information on the target population, aged 15 years and above, which was estimated at 1, 375, 797.

6 This was the estimated potential labour force, of which 844, 049 was found to be economically active, with the remaining 531, 748 being economically inactive. The economically active (labour force), comprised 694, 749 employed individuals and 149, 300 unemployed (job seekers).5 BOTSWANA Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS BRIEFF igure 1: Population aged 15 years & Above 2015/16 Population Aged 18 years and OverFigure 2: shows population aged 18 years and above. The total was estimated at 1, 268, 677, of which 838, 002 were economically active and 450, 675 economically inactive. The economically active consisted of 690, 901 employed individuals and 147, 101 Popula tion aged 15 year s& above1,3 75, 797 Economically Active844, 049 Employed694, 749 Unemployed 149, 300 Economically Inactive531, 748 Homemakers57, 595 Students139, 065 Elderlies, Sick 124,312 Other210, 776 Population aged 18 years & above1,268,677 EconomicallyActive838,002 Employed690,901 Unemployed147,101 EconomicallyInactive430,675 Homemakers56,840 Students57,612 Elderlies, Sick123,600 Other192,624 Figure 2: Population aged 18 years & Above 2015/16 BMTHS6 BOTSWANA Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS Overall EmploymentOverall employment for the two (2) target populations looks at the total number of economically active persons who were employed during the survey period.

7 These are individuals, who during a specified short reference period, did some work either for payment in cash or in kind (paid employees) or who were in self-employment for profit or family gain as well as persons temporarily absent from these activities but definitely going to return to them ( on leave or sick). Employed Population Aged 15 Years and overAs presented in Figure 1, total employment for the labour force aged 15 years was 694, 749 from a total of 844, 049, yielding a national employment to population ratio of percent Table 1 presents disaggregated employment by age group and sex for labour force aged 15 years and above. Overall, 352, 872 ( percent) males were employed compared with 341, 877 ( percent) females Employed Population Aged 18 Years and overFigure 2 and Table 2 present aggregated and disaggregated employment for population aged 18 years and above. Overall, 690,901 individuals were in employment during the survey period, translating to percent employment to population ratio Of the total 690, 901 employed, 350, 354 ( percent) were males and 340, 547 ( percent) were females.

8 Table Employed Population by Sex and Industry Figure 3 presents employment by industry. The largest employing industry was public administration and defense at percent followed by wholesale trade with percent and Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing at percent. Other industries which employed between five (5) and 10 percent were private Households ( percent), Education ( percent), Manufacturing ( percent) Administration and Support Service activities ( percent), and Construction ( percent). Detailed employment by industry and sex are presented in Table Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS BRIEFF igure 3: Employed Population by Industry7 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing11,5%and Manufacturing 5,9%Air Water Waste Activities Construction5,4%Wholesale Trade, except Motor Vehicles and Motor Cycles14,1%Accommodation and Service Activities and and Activities Activities and ActivitiesAdministrative and Support Service Activities5,8%Public Administration 19,2%Education7,8%Service Activities Arts, and man Health and Social Work Activities2,7%Households as Employers9,8%Activities Currently Employed by Sex and OccupationThe majority of the employed were in the elementary occupations and service/sales at and percent respectively.

9 The third most important occupation was craft workers. These three (3) occupations are partly explained by the biggest industry employers of Wholesale trade, Agriculture Forestry and Fishing, and Households. These industries employ largely semi-skilled labour. Figure 4 depicts occupation for the employed, with Table 4 providing occupation disaggregated by Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS BRIEFF igure 4: Employed Population by Currently Employed by SectorFigure 5 displays employment by employer category. Private Sector was the largest employer with percent of employees, followed by Public Administration, Private Households and Subsistence Farming with , and percent, respectively. The largest employers categories further explain the picture given by employment across industries, which show Wholesale rade and Households among the top 5: Currently Employed by ,0%Professionals7,6%Technicians8,8%Clerk s5,9%Service/SalesWorkers18,6%Skilled ,4%Craft Workers10,4%Plant & Machine ,6%ElementaryOccupations28,8%Not Stated1,0%9 Public Administration 22,1%Parastatal sector 4,3%Private sector44,6%Not Stated0,8%Privatehousehold 12,2%Ipelegeng6,2%Subsistence Farming 9,9%9 BOTSWANA Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015/16 STATISTICS BOTSWANAE conomic Activity STATS UnemploymentUnemployed persons were those individuals who did not do any work in the past seven (7) days during the survey period, and were in the ages 15 years and above.

10 These are persons who did not work for payment in cash or in-kind, and/or were not in self- employment for profit or family gain, and were demonstrably active in looking for a job in the past 30 days. These exclude individuals who were temporarily absent from work, for instance on leave, and were definitely going to return to their Survey estimated the unemployed population aged 15 years and over at 149, 300 persons. These comprised 68, 535 males and 80, 765 females. Table 1 presents both employed and unemployed population aged 15 years and above by age group and sex, together with the corresponding unemployment rates. Unemployment Rates Overall unemployment rates were estimated at percent for population aged 15 years and above, and percent for population aged 18 years and above. See Tables 1 and the 15 years and over labour force, female unemployment rate was estimated at percent, compared to percent for males.