- Wednesday November 1st, 2023
- Posted by: inscameroun
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Chapter 3: Employment
Sightly more than half of the population aged 14 or more (54.2%) in Cameroon makes up the labour force. The share of labour force is greater among men (61.4%) than among women (47.3%). This is higher in the survey regions of South (64.9%), East (63.8%), Douala (59.2%), Centre excluding Yaounde (58.2%) and Yaounde (55.6%). The share of the labour force is also higher among persons aged 35-64 than among other age groups. The employment rate is 50.8%. The highest levels are recorded in the survey regions of South (63.5%), East (62.8%) and Centre excluding Yaounde (56.5%). It is significantly higher among men (58.3%) than among women (43.7%), in rural areas (54.1%) than in urban areas (48.6%). One employed person out of five is a migrant. There are relatively more migrants among employed persons in Littoral excluding Douala (43.0%) and Centre excluding Yaounde (36.1%). In Yaoundé and Douala, about three employed persons out of ten are migrants. The average age of employed persons is 38.3 years. They are on average older in rural areas, in West, Littoral excluding Douala and Centre excluding Yaounde. The labour market is characterised by a preponderance of the informal sector. The share of jobs in the informal sector is 86.6%. Thus, employments are divided between the non-agricultural informal sector (52.0%), agricultural informal sector (34.7%), public (8.2%) and formal private sector (5.1%). The average duration in employment and in enterprises are almost the same and respectively 10.6 years and 10.9 years, thus reflecting very low employment movements in enterprises. The national wage rate is 38.6%. This rate is higher in urban areas (48.3%), particularly in the cities of Douala (48.5%) and Yaounde (64.6%). The multiple employment rate, which is the ratio of the number of persons with one or more secondary employments to the population with an employment, stands at 13.1%. This rate is lower in urban areas (8.5%), particularly in the cities of Douala (4.7%) and Yaounde (4.1%). The employment rate for youths aged 15-34 is 39.3%. It is 47.2% among young men as against 31.3% among women. It is higher in rural areas than in urban areas (43.0% as against 37.1%). The East has the highest youth employment rate (56.5%) followed by South (52.6%). Assessment of the level of social security shows that 9 employed persons out of 100 have been victims of an industrial accident in their main employment. Six employed persons out of 100 have been victims of an occupational disease and 11 persons out of 100 reported to be covered by insurance in their main employment. Industrial accidents are more recorded in urban areas (9.4%), in Littoral excluding Douala (15.9%), South (15.4%), Centre excluding Yaounde (13.7%), non-agricultural informal sector (9.4 %) and formal private sector (9.3%).