Data: Chinese Workers in Africa
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Chinese workers in africa
1. Chinese Labor data overview
The number of Chinese workers in Africa by the end of 2018 was 201,057, according to official Chinese sources.
In 2018, the top 5 countries with Chinese workers are Algeria, Angola, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ethiopia. These 5 countries accounted for 58% of all Chinese workers in Africa at the end of 2018; Algeria alone accounts for 30%.
From 2017 to 2018, the total number of Chinese workers in Africa has declined by 1,632 workers. This continues the trend of declining numbers of Chinese workers in Africa, down from a peak of 263,659 in 2015.
These figures include Chinese workers sent to work on Chinese companies’ construction contracts in Africa ("workers on contracted projects") and Chinese workers sent to work for non-Chinese companies in Africa ("workers doing labor services"); they are reported by Chinese contractors and do not include informal migrants such as traders and shopkeepers.
3. CARI SOURCES
Several Chinese government sources report figures of Chinese labor abroad, but all sources report the same numbers. These sources include the China Statistical Yearbooks, the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics, the China Annual Bulletin of Statistics of Contracted Projects, and the Almanac of China’s Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, as well as the Almanac of China's Foreign Economic Relations and Trade. All sources have matching figures, the difference being the range of years covered.