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Labor stats: Japan vs Puerto Rico

  Japanese Labor stats

  Puerto Rican Labor stats

force, female > % of total labor force 41.08 % 41.48 %
Ranked 99th in 2005. Ranked 97th in 2005. 1% more than Japan
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 60.45 % 44.41 %
Ranked 77th in 2005. 36% more than Puerto Rico Ranked 151st in 2005.
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 84.83 % 67.73 %
Ranked 55th in 2005. 25% more than Puerto Rico Ranked 176th in 2005.
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 72.72 % 55.59 %
Ranked 62nd in 2005. 31% more than Puerto Rico Ranked 172nd in 2005.
force, total 66,592,120 1,462,982
Ranked 7th in 2005. 45 times more than Puerto Rico Ranked 127th in 2005.
force, total (per capita) 0.5 per capita 0.4 per capita
Ranked 24th in 2005. 39% more than Puerto Rico Ranked 158th in 2005.
force with secondary education > % of total 45.4 % 37.2 %
Ranked 5th in 1990. 22% more than Puerto Rico Ranked 7th in 1990.
force with tertiary education > % of total 21.2 % 40.5 %
Ranked 6th in 1990. Ranked 3rd in 1990. 91% more than Japan
Labor participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15+ 48.6 % 36.7 %
Ranked 118th in 2008. 32% more than Puerto Rico Ranked 157th in 2008.
Regulation 37 41
Ranked 104th. Ranked 100th. 11% more than Japan
Regulation > Employment Conditions 64 67
Ranked 78th. Ranked 74th. 5% more than Japan
Regulation > Firing 9 24
Ranked 118th. Ranked 96th. 167% more than Japan
Rigidity of employment index 29 32
Ranked 111st in 2006. Ranked 103rd in 2006. 10% more than Japan
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 4.4 % 9.1 %
Ranked 64th in 2004. Ranked 38th in 2004. 107% more than Japan
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 4.9 % 11.7 %
Ranked 61st in 2004. Ranked 12th in 2004. 139% more than Japan
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.7 % 10.6 %
Ranked 64th in 2004. Ranked 20th in 2004. 126% more than Japan
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 7.4 % 20.9 %
Ranked 54th in 2005. Ranked 20th in 2005. 182% more than Japan
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 9.9 % 24.8 %
Ranked 48th in 2005. Ranked 8th in 2005. 151% more than Japan
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 8.7 % 23.3 %
Ranked 50th in 2005. Ranked 13th in 2005. 168% more than Japan
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required including sick leave: 18 days paid time off;
officially, five weeks (in reaction to the karoshi problem)
15 days

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