Labor > Labor force > A note: Countries Compared
- Home
- Country Info
- Stats
- Labor
- Labor force
- A note
Loading...
COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
---|---|
Bahrain | 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.) |
Bangladesh | extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998) |
Belize | shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.) |
Bhutan | massive lack of skilled labor |
Brunei | temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991) (1999 est.) |
Burkina Faso | a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (1999) |
Cuba | state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (1999) (2000 est.) |
Haiti | shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2001) (1995) |
Iran | shortage of skilled labor (1998) |
Jordan | in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (2001) |
Kuwait | 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.) |
Lebanon | in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1999 est.) (2001 est.) |
Nepal | severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.) |
Pakistan | extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000) |
Panama | shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2000 est.) |
Saint Helena | 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.) |
Saudi Arabia | 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
Sierra Leone | only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) (1981 est.) |
Tunisia | shortage of skilled labor |
Turkey | about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999) |
United Arab Emirates | 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 2002 est.) (2000 est.) |