Table 12 : Employment in mining industry

Mining
blue collar
employees
(Indochina)
Coal mines
blue collar
employees
Coal mines
white collar
employees
Metal ore
blue collar
employees
Metal ore mines
white collar
employees
1898 903
1899 881
1900 864
1901 1047
1902 1767
1903 5100
1904 3800
1905 3500
1906 6200
1907 7000
1908 9000 6633 68 2008 26
1909 10500 7036 77 3415 41
1910 13200 8670 82 3583 55
1911 16000 8138 85 7900 91
1912 12000 7265 86 4590 74
1913 12000 7100
1914 15000 9200
1915 13500 8900 74 3844 517
1916 17000 9400
1917 17000 9200
1918 16000 9200
1919 12200 8900
1920 12300 9800
1921 15600 12800
1922 20600 15900 147
1923 21600 15908
1924 28600 21481
1925 33200 25612
1926 34400 25532
1927 38300 29580
1928 54000 41500
1929 52000 38000 283
1930 45700 38000 285 1706 31
1931 36500 30420 257 4864 50
1932 33500
1933 35400 29775 171 980 10
1934 34800
1935 39000 31300 135 1450 17
1936 43800 35225 157
1937 49200 35120
1938 52700 41600 184 9335 72
1939 55000 43430 7505
1940 49000 41855 181 9955
1941 49600 39500
1942 44300 38200
1943 35000 28400
1944 25000 18400
1945 6300 6300
1946 8000 8000
1947 8800 8700
1948 10500 10000
1949 na
1950 11299 11299 145
1951 10228 10228 394
1952 13254 13254 511
1953 11519 11519 554

Sources: Indochina Statistical Yearbooks, Vietnam Statistical Yearbooks