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Labor Stats: compare key data on Faroe Islands & United Kingdom

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  • Employees > Agriculture > Female > % of female employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing."
  • Employees > Agriculture > Male > % of male employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing."
  • Employees > Industry > Female > % of female employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water)."
  • Employees > Services > Female > % of female employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services."
  • Employment in agriculture > % of total employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing."
  • Employment in industry > % of total employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water)."
  • Employment in services > % of total employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services."
  • Labor force: The total labor force figure
  • Labor force > By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
  • Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.
  • Labor force > By occupation > Industry: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.
  • Labor force > By occupation > Services: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.
  • Labor force > Per capita: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment: Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector is the share of female workers in the nonagricultural sector (industry and services), expressed as a percentage of total employment in the nonagricultural sector. Industry includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas, and water, corresponding to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3). Services include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services-corresponding to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3)."
  • Unemployment rate: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
  • Unemployment > Unemployment > Total > % of total labor force: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.
STAT Faroe Islands United Kingdom HISTORY
Employees > Agriculture > Female > % of female employment 8.3%
Ranked 35th. 10 times more than United Kingdom
0.8%
Ranked 27th.

Employees > Agriculture > Male > % of male employment 20%
Ranked 33th. 11 times more than United Kingdom
1.9%
Ranked 29th.

Employees > Industry > Female > % of female employment 8.3%
Ranked 75th.
9.1%
Ranked 26th. 10% more than Faroe Islands

Employees > Services > Female > % of female employment 83.3%
Ranked 30th.
89.8%
Ranked 2nd. 8% more than Faroe Islands

Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 11.1%
Ranked 44th. 8 times more than United Kingdom
1.4%
Ranked 28th.

Employment in industry > % of total employment 22.2%
Ranked 45th. 4% more than United Kingdom
21.4%
Ranked 24th.

Employment in services > % of total employment 66.7%
Ranked 30th.
76.9%
Ranked 2nd. 15% more than Faroe Islands

Labor force 34,680
Ranked 7th.
31.45 million
Ranked 18th. 907 times more than Faroe Islands

Labor force > By occupation fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%, construction and private services 33%, public services 34% agriculture 1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 10.2%
Ranked 15th. 7 times more than United Kingdom
1.4%
Ranked 27th.

Labor force > By occupation > Industry 20.5%
Ranked 13th. 13% more than United Kingdom
18.2%
Ranked 16th.

Labor force > By occupation > Services 69.2%
Ranked 7th.
80.4%
Ranked 1st. 16% more than Faroe Islands

Labor force > Per capita 712.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 40% more than United Kingdom
508.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th.

Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 45.8%
Ranked 50th.
52.2%
Ranked 7th. 14% more than Faroe Islands

Unemployment rate 3.9%
Ranked 7th.
7.9%
Ranked 47th. 2 times more than Faroe Islands

Unemployment > Unemployment > Total > % of total labor force 3.2%
Ranked 88th.
5.6%
Ranked 46th. 75% more than Faroe Islands

SOURCES: International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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