Labour migration Statistics
The data component of the Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP) seeks to enhance collection, exchange, and utilization of gender and age disaggregated data on migrants’ economic activity, employment skills, education, working conditions and social protection.
In order to achieve this and fill-in the resulting data gap, questionnaires were sent to all 54 African countries whereby focal points were to be nominated by national statistics office, in June 2015. From the 54 countries, 34 countries responded to the request for data on labour migration, thereby indicating a response rate of 63 percent.
991.2 million to 1.2 billion
Population growth from 2008 to 2014
581.2 million to 716.1 million
Working age population (15 years and above) from 2008 to 2014
CEN-SAD 313.5 million ECOWAS - 221.9 million
Largest number of persons of working age population in RECs in 2014
383.6 million to 455.9 million
labour force (employed + unemployed) from 2008 to 2014
COMESA - 181.6 million
CENSAD - 174.7 million
Working age population (15 years and above) from 2008 to 2014
AMU - 32.6 million
Lowest number of labour force in RECs in 2014
13.2 million to 15.9 million
International migration in Africa from 2008 to 2014
8.3 million
migrant workers
CEN-SAD - 7.6 million
ECOWAS - 7.1 million
Largest International Migrants in RECs in 2014
AMU - 1.1 million
ECCAS - 1.6 million
Lowest International Migrants in RECs in 2014
