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Labor stats: Hong Kong vs United Kingdom

  Hong Kong Labor stats

  British Labor stats

Firing cost > weeks of wages 62.1 weeks of wages 22.1 weeks of wages
Ranked 46th in 2006. 181% more than United Kingdom Ranked 122nd in 2006.
force, female > % of total labor force 46.59 % 45.99 %
Ranked 38th in 2005. 1% more than United Kingdom Ranked 51st in 2005.
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 62.16 % 69.34 %
Ranked 70th in 2005. Ranked 38th in 2005. 12% more than Hong Kong
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 70.94 % 75.56 %
Ranked 78th in 2005. Ranked 41st in 2005. 7% more than Hong Kong
force, total 3,665,160 30,644,970
Ranked 90th in 2005. Ranked 17th in 2005. 7 times more than Hong Kong
force, total (per capita) 0.5 per capita 0.5 per capita
Ranked 18th in 2005. 4% more than United Kingdom Ranked 30th in 2005.
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 1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5%
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 5.6 % 4.2 %
Ranked 56th in 2004. 33% more than United Kingdom Ranked 65th in 2004.
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 7.8 % 5 %
Ranked 36th in 2004. 56% more than United Kingdom Ranked 59th in 2004.
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 6.8 % 4.6 %
Ranked 49th in 2004. 48% more than United Kingdom Ranked 65th in 2004.
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 46.8 % 47.2 %
Ranked 31st in 2003. Ranked 29th in 2003. 1% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 35.1 % 42.7 %
Ranked 38th in 2003. Ranked 30th in 2003. 22% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 11.9 % 13.8 %
Ranked 41st in 2003. Ranked 38th in 2003. 16% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 10.7 % 14.6 %
Ranked 46th in 2003. Ranked 37th in 2003. 36% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 8 % 10 %
Ranked 52nd in 2005. Ranked 45th in 2005. 25% more than Hong Kong
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 13.8 % 13.4 %
Ranked 34th in 2005. 3% more than United Kingdom Ranked 37th in 2005.
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 10.9 % 11.8 %
Ranked 43rd in 2005. Ranked 41st in 2005. 8% more than Hong Kong
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 7 days 20 calendar days, plus 8 bank holidays
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 335,000,000 $ 3,087,000,000 $
Ranked 43rd in 2005. Ranked 14th in 2005. 8 times more than Hong Kong
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 240,000,000 $ 6,722,000,000 $
Ranked 91st in 2005. Ranked 8th in 2005. 27 times more than Hong Kong

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