Table 3.13: Malawi labour force, functional distribution of income and income per worker

 
 
 Functional Distribution of Income 
Labour force
(15-64 years old)
% value added
Income per
worker
Income per 
worker
1968
1978
1987
1978
1978
1978
1978
1978
1978
1,000
Present
Current MK
1978 MK
Small holder
  1,497.3
  1,768.7
  2,138.6
3.1
34.2
131
398
131
138
Estate Agriculture
64.5
207.5
266.4
6.4
7.2
234
704
234
244
Government
31.6
36.6
52.6
8.3
9.3
1,760
4625
1,760
  1,606
Manufacturing and Other Industries
82.6
133.8
176.4
53.6
48.5
  2,976
  6,840
  2,976
2,375
Informal Sector
44.9
87.4
121.0
-
-
-
-
-
 
Unemployed
-
48.0
197.0
0
0
0
0
0
Source: Agriculture Sector Memo:  Agriculture Strategy Options in the 1990s
 
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