Page 48 - Labour Market Information Bulletin - 2020 Volume 01

Section 3.2: | Unemployment and

Vocational Training

3.2.1: Unemployment with/without Vocational Training
This section contains information of unemployed persons with vocational training in the country. According to table
3.2.1.1, about 26 percent of the total unemployed persons have followed vocational training. In other words, it
indicates that about 74 percent of unemployed persons were without any vocational training in the first half of 2020.
Table 3.2.1.1 : Vocational Training and Unemployment - 2020 (Jan - June)**

Male Female Total
Unemployed Persons
No. % No. % No. %
With Vocational Training 51,667 24.0 69,836 27.4 121,503 25.8
Without Vocational Training 163,806 76.0 185,456 72.6 349,262 74.2
Total 215,473 100.0 255,293 100.0 470,765 100.0
Source : Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Department of Census & Statistics
**All Island
Graph 3.2.1.1: Male Unemployment by Graph 3.2.1.1A: Female Unemployment by
Vocational Training - 1st half 2020 Vocational Training - 1st half 2020

24.0
27.4

76.0
72.6
With Vocational Training With Vocational Training
Without Vocational Training
Without Vocational Training
Table 3.2.1.2 : Unemployed Persons without Vocational Training by Level of Education - 2020
(Jan - June)**
Male Female Total
Level of Education
No. % No. % No. %
Below G.C.E.(O/L) 81,572 49.8 57,878 31.2 139,450 39.9
G.C.E.(O/L) 42,278 25.8 38,669 20.9 80,947 23.2
G.C.E.(A/L) & above 39,956 24.4 88,910 47.9 128,865 36.9
Total 163,806 100.0 185,456 100.0 349,262 100.0
Source : Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Department of Census & Statistics
Provisional
**All Island
Graph 3.2.1.2: Educational Status of Graph 3.2.1.2A: Educational Status of
Unemployed Males Without any Training - Unemployed Females Without any Training
1st half 2020 - 1st half 2020

24.4 47.9
49.8 31.2

Below G.C.E.(O/L)
G.C.E.(O/L)
Below G.C.E.(O/L)
G.C.E.(O/L) G.C.E.(A/L) & above
25.8 G.C.E.(A/L) & above 20.9