Summary of International Public Employment Services (PES) Administrative Statistics

ILO Summary of International Public Employment Services (PES) Administrative Statistics

(Updated September 2003)[1]

Country / Population[2] / GDP per capita (US$)[2] / Total number of PES staff[3] / Number of PES staff dealing directly with job seekers and employers[3] / Number of PES offices[3] / Annual PES budget (including programmes and employment activities)
(US$)3 / Administrative Budget (not including programmes and employment activities) (US$)[3]
Albania / 3,582,205 / 4'500 / 445 / 200 / 36 / 2'415'000[4] / -
Algeria / 32,818,500 / 5'300 / 655 / 165 / 2'500'000
Argentina / 38,740,807 / 10'200
Australia / 19,731,984 / 27'000 / 8'000 / 2'000 / 1'600'000'000
Austria / 8,188,207 / 27'700 / 4'138 / 3'355 / 158 / 854'238'000[4] / 248'461'500[4]
Bahrain / 667,238 / 14'000
Belgium (FOREM) / 10,289,088 / 29'000 / 3'067 / 1'516 / 146 / 338'000'000 / 89'000'000
Belgium (VDAB) / 2'145 / 1'456 / 114 / 497'000'000 / 324'000'000
Belgium (ORBEM) / 650 / 323 / 6 / 191'100'000[4] / 42'840'000[4]
Benin / 7,041,490 / 1'070
Bolivia / 8,586,443 / 2'500
Bosnia and Herzegovina / 3,989,018 / 1'900 / 578 / - / 152 / 28'000'000 / -
Brazil / 182,032,604 / 7'600 / - / 7'186 / 1'100 / - / -
Country / Population[2] / GDP per capita (US$)[2] / Total number of PES staff[3] / Number of PES staff dealing directly with job seekers and employers[3] / Number of PES offices[3] / Annual PES budget (including programmes and employment activities)
(US$)3 / Administrative Budget (not including programmes and employment activities) (US$)[3]
Bulgaria / 7,537,929 / 6'600 / 3'400 / 120 / 41'097'730
Burkina Faso / 13,228,460 / 1'080 / 190 / 143 / 11 / 723'953 / 688'720
Burundi / 6,096,156 / 600
Cameroon / 15,746,179 / 1'700 / 213 / 46 / 6 / 7'380'469 / 3'156'187
Canada / 32,207,113 / 29'400 / 22'000 / 320 / 41'390'914
Central African Republic / 3,683,538 / 1'300 / 67 / 6 / 831'429
Chad / 9,253,493 / 1'100
Chile / 15,665,216 / 10'000
China / 1,286,975,468 / 4'400
Colombia / 41,662,073 / 6'500 / 7'400 / 229 / 74 / 3'500'000 / 215'000
Congo, Republic of the / 2,954,258 / 900 / 212 / 21 / 7 / - / -
Costa Rica / 3,896,092 / 8'500 / 13 / 5 / 1 / 642'941'100 / 130'422'085
Croatia / 4,422,248 / 8'800 / 1'130 / 113
Cyprus / 771,657 / 6'000 / 55 / 6 / 1'150'260
CzechRepublic / 10,249,216 / 15'300
Denmark / 5,384,384 / 29'000 / 2'300 / 1'500 / 166 / 1'340'000'000 / 160'000'000
Country / Population[2] / GDP per capita (US$)[2] / Total number of PES staff[3] / Number of PES staff dealing directly with job seekers and employers[3] / Number of PES offices[3] / Annual PES budget (including programmes and employment activities)
(US$)3 / Administrative Budget (not including programmes and employment activities) (US$)[3]
Djibouti / 457,130 / 1'300
Dominican Republic / 8,715,602 / 6'100 / 30 / 22 / 9 / - / -
Ecuador / 13,710,234 / 3'100
El Salvador / 6,470,379 / 4'700 / 25 / 7
Estonia / 1,408,556 / 10'900 / 260 / 232 / 16 / 18'063 / 2'025
Finland / 5,190,785 / 26'200 / 3'200 / 2'600 / 148 / 2'230'680'000[4] / 157'500'000[4]
France / 60,180,529 / 25'700 / 22'500 / 945 / 1'785'000'000
Gabon / 1,321,560 / 5'700 / 32 / 2 / 800'000
Germany / 82,398,326 / 26'600 / 85'220 / 12'500 / 830 / 55'821'150'000[4] / 4'620'000'000[4]
Greece / 10,665,989 / 19'000
Guatemala / 13,909,384 / 3'700
Guinea / 9,030,220 / 2'000 / 35 / 4 / 203'037
Honduras / 6,669,789 / 2'600 / 31 / 3 / 94'378
Hungary / 10,045,407 / 13'300
Iceland / 280,798 / 25'000
Ireland / 3,924,140 / 30'500 / 2'300 / 76 / 800'000'000
Israel / 6,116,533 / 19'000 / 980 / 100
Italy / 57,998,353 / 25'000
Ivory Coast / 16,962,491 / 1'500
Japan / 127,214,499 / 28'000 / 15'000 / 2'500 / 600 / - / -
Country / Population[2] / GDP per capita (US$)[2] / Total number of PES staff[3] / Number of PES staff dealing directly with job seekers and employers[3] / Number of PES offices[3] / Annual PES budget (including programmes and employment activities)
(US$)3 / Administrative Budget (not including programmes and employment activities) (US$)[3]
Kenya / 31,639,091 / 1'020 / 200 / 41 / 400'000
Latvia / 2,348,784 / 8'300 / 533 / 241 / 62 / 11'403'163 / 3'137'875
Lebanon / 3,727,703 / 5'400
Liberia / 3,317,176 / 1'100
Lithuania / 3,592,561 / 8'400 / 1'465 / 814 / 46 / 48'687'010 / 14'873'446
Macedonia / 2,063,122 / 5'000
Mali / 11,626,219 / 860 / 140 / 107 / 9 / 1'850'000 / 755'000
Malta / 400,420 / 17'000
Mauritania / 2,912,584 / 1'900 / 6 / 3 / 35'000
Mauritius / 1,210,447 / 11'000 / 86 / 58 / 14 / 667'333 / 667'333
Mexico / 104,907,991 / 9'000 / - / - / 139 / 1'052'090'716 / 34'093'481
Mongolia / 2,712,315 / 1'840 / 174 / 300 / 30 / 126'771'306 / 4'931'754
Morocco / 31,689,265 / 3'900
Netherlands / 16,150,511 / 26'900 / 4'500 / 3600 / 130 / 350'000'000 / 350'000'000
New Zealand / 3,951,307 / 20'200
Nicaragua / 5,128,517 / 2'500 / 10 / 8 / 30'000
Niger / 11,058,590 / 830 / 29 / 20 / - / 248'958 / 214'565
Norway / 4,546,123 / 31'800 / 3'000 / 253
Panama / 2,960,784 / 6'000 / 45 / 10 / 32'416'000
Paraguay / 6,036,900 / 4'200
Peru / 28,409,897 / 4'800 / 120 / 40 / 800'000
Country / Population[2] / GDP per capita (US$)[2] / Total number of PES staff[3] / Number of PES staff dealing directly with job seekers and employers[3] / Number of PES offices[3] / Annual PES budget (including programmes and employment activities)
(US$)3 / Administrative Budget (not including programmes and employment activities) (US$)[3]
Philippines / 84,619,974 / 4'200 / 55 / 1'681 / 221'568
Poland / 38,622,660 / 9'500
Portugal / 10,102,022 / 18'000 / 4'000 / 118 / 892'812'303
Romania / 22,271,839 / 7'400 / 3'750 / - / 278 / 138'270'670 / 18'785'540
Saudi Arabia / 24,293,844 / 10'500
Senegal / 10,580,307 / 1'500
Slovakia / 5,430,033 / 12'200 / 5'137 / 1'734 / 88 / 276'548'000 / 51'909'000
Slovenia / 1,935,677 / 18'000 / 845 / 350 / 59 / 337’717’514 / 28’726’507
South Africa / 42,768,678 / 10'000
Spain / 40,217,413 / 20'700 / 8'499 / 4'540 / 766 / 17'149'530'512 / 404'336'120
Sweden / 8,878,085 / 2'5400 / 10'361 / 325 / 5'000'000'000
Switzerland / 7,318,638 / 31'700 / 2'172 / 1'516 / 126 / 4'500'000'000 / 20'000'000
Thailand / 64,265,276 / 6'900 / 1'556 / 84
Togo / 5,429,299 / 1'500 / 47 / 14 / 71'000
Tunisia / 9,924,742 / 6'500 / 978 / 80 / 35'000'000
Turkey / 68,109,469 / 7'000 / 1'709 / - / 248 / 40'620'000[4] / 18'120'000[4]
Uganda / 25,632,794 / 1'260
United Kingdom / 60,094,648 / 25'300 / 125'000 / 1'500 / 4'400'000'000
United States / 290,342,554 / 37'600
Uruguay / 3,413,329 / 7'800
Country / Population[2] / GDP per capita (US$)[2] / Total number of PES staff[3] / Number of PES staff dealing directly with job seekers and employers[3] / Number of PES offices[3] / Annual PES budget (including programmes and employment activities)
(US$)3 / Administrative Budget (not including programmes and employment activities) (US$)[3]
Venezuela / 24,654,694 / 5'500 / 270 / 25 / 1'600'000
Zimbabwe / 12,576,742 / 2'400 / 88 / 12

33 countries highlighted reflect 2003 data; other figures are from 2002 WAPES Survey.

2 Source: 2003 CIA World Factbook.

3 Source: 2002 and 2003 World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES) Member Surveys.

4 Currencies originally in national units and converted using 01/01/2003 exchange rate.

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