Data from the World Bank's portal, last updated on 2026-04-28. It contains indicators related to labor supply, employment, and unemployment for the Maldives, compiled by the International Labour Organization from sources like labor force surveys and administrative records. The dataset is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyzing labor force participation rates based on the described concepts of employed and unemployed persons.
- Modeling unemployment trends based on data from labor force surveys and administrative records mentioned in the description.
- Assessing social protection program coverage based on the dataset's stated domain of social protection and labor.
- Comparing employment definitions across data sources, referencing the description's note on omitted worker categories like unpaid family workers.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Bank Group.
- Compiled from multiple sources including ILO labor force surveys and administrative records.
- Released under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Compiled by the International Labour Organization (ILO) from labor force surveys, censuses, establishment censuses and surveys, and administrative records.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 08:40:50.908222; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Maldives