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Labor stats: Hong Kong vs Japan

  Hong Kong Labor stats

  Japanese Labor stats

Firing cost > weeks of wages 62.1 weeks of wages 8.6 weeks of wages
Ranked 46th in 2006. 6 times more than Japan Ranked 154th in 2006.
force, female > % of total labor force 46.59 % 41.08 %
Ranked 38th in 2005. 13% more than Japan Ranked 99th in 2005.
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 62.16 % 60.45 %
Ranked 70th in 2005. 3% more than Japan Ranked 77th in 2005.
force, total 3,665,160 66,592,120
Ranked 90th in 2005. Ranked 7th in 2005. 17 times more than Hong Kong
force, total (per capita) 0.5 per capita 0.5 per capita
Ranked 18th in 2005. 1% more than Japan Ranked 24th in 2005.
force with secondary education > % of total 37 % 45.4 %
Ranked 8th in 1990. Ranked 5th in 1990. 23% more than Hong Kong
force with tertiary education > % of total 14.1 % 21.2 %
Ranked 10th in 1990. Ranked 6th in 1990. 50% more than Hong Kong
Labor force > By occupation manufacturing 7.5%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.7%, financing, insurance, and real estate 19.2%, transport and communications 7.9%, community and social services 18.5%; note: above data exclude public sector agriculture 4.6%, industry 27.8%, services 67.7%
Technicians in R&D > per million people 225.18 per million people 525.7 per million people
Ranked 28th in 2002. Ranked 13th in 2002. 133% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 5.6 % 4.4 %
Ranked 56th in 2004. 27% more than Japan Ranked 64th in 2004.
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 7.8 % 4.9 %
Ranked 36th in 2004. 59% more than Japan Ranked 61st in 2004.
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 6.8 % 4.7 %
Ranked 49th in 2004. 45% more than Japan Ranked 64th in 2004.
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 50.8 % 57.7 %
Ranked 27th in 2001. Ranked 17th in 2001. 14% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 36.3 % 50.5 %
Ranked 40th in 2001. Ranked 25th in 2001. 39% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 11.9 % 32.6 %
Ranked 41st in 2003. Ranked 12th in 2003. 174% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 8 % 7.4 %
Ranked 52nd in 2005. 8% more than Japan Ranked 54th in 2005.
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 13.8 % 9.9 %
Ranked 34th in 2005. 39% more than Japan Ranked 48th in 2005.
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 10.9 % 8.7 %
Ranked 43rd in 2005. 25% more than Japan Ranked 50th in 2005.
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 7 days including sick leave: 18 days paid time off;
officially, five weeks (in reaction to the karoshi problem)
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 335,000,000 $ 1,281,000,000 $
Ranked 43rd in 2005. Ranked 24th in 2005. 3 times more than Hong Kong

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