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Labor Stats: compare key data on Japan & Tuvalu

Definitions

  • GNI > Current LCU: GNI (current LCU). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current local currency.
  • GNI > Current US$: GNI (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • GNI > Current US$ per capita: GNI (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Labor force: The total labor force figure
  • Labor force > By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
  • Labor force > Per capita: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Both sexes: Percentage of unemployed people out of total population able to work. Workers not able to work due to labor disputes, sickness and childcare do not count towards the percentage. 
  • Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Men: Percentage of unemployed men out of total male population able to work. Men not able to work due to labor disputes, sickness and childcare do not count towards the percentage.
  • Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Women: Percentage of unemployed women out of total female population able to work. Women not able to work due to labor disputes, sickness and childcare do not count towards the percentage.
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men: Employment-to-population ratio, men, percentage.
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women: Employment-to-population ratio, women, percentage.
  • Labor force per 1000: The total labor force figure. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Net income from abroad > Current US$: Net income from abroad (current US$). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage: Minimum wage.

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  • Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Women: Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, women, percentage.
  • Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Men: Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, men, percentage.
  • GNI per capita > Constant 2000 US$: GNI per capita (constant 2000 US$). GNI per capita is gross national income divided by midyear population. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Vulnerable employment, total > % of total employment: Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment). Vulnerable employment is unpaid family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
  • Unemployment, female > % of female labor force: Unemployment, female (% of female 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.
  • One-person and family businesses > Men: Percentage of employed men who are self-employed without employees or contribute to a family-run business.
  • 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 > 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.
  • Wage and salaried workers, total > % of total employed: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employed). Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
  • Contributing family workers, male > % of males employed: Contributing family workers, male (% of males employed). Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.
  • Contributing family workers, total > % of total employed: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employed). Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.
  • Unemployment, male > % of male labor force: Unemployment, male (% of male 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.
  • Unemployment, total > % of total labor force: 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.
  • Net income from abroad > Current US$, % of GDP: Net income from abroad (current US$). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • GNI per capita > Current LCU: GNI per capita (current LCU). GNI per capita is gross national income divided by midyear population. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current local currency.
  • Net income from abroad > Current US$ per million: Net income from abroad (current US$). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Net income from abroad > Current LCU: Net income from abroad (current LCU). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current local currency.
  • Net income from abroad > Current LCU per million: Net income from abroad (current LCU). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current local currency. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Employers, male > % of employment: Employers, male (% of employment). Employers refers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).
  • One-person and family businesses > Women: Percentage of employed women who are self-employed without employees or contribute to a family-run business.
  • GNI > Current US$, % of GDP: GNI (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • GNI > Current LCU per capita: GNI (current LCU). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current local currency. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • One-person and family businesses > Men > Percentage: Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, men, percentage.
  • Employers, female > % of employment: Employers, female (% of employment). Employers refers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).
  • Employers, total > % of employment: Employers, total (% of employment). Employers refers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).
  • Self-employed, female > % of females employed: Self-employed, female (% of females employed). Self employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" (i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced). Self employed workers include three subcategories: employers, own-account workers, and members of producers' cooperatives.
  • Self-employed, male > % of males employed: Self-employed, male (% of males employed). Self employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" (i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced). Self employed workers include three subcategories: employers, own-account workers, and members of producers' cooperatives.
  • Self-employed, total > % of total employed: Self-employed, total (% of total employed). Self employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" (i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced). Self employed workers include three subcategories: employers, own-account workers, and members of producers' cooperatives.
  • Vulnerable employment, female > % of female employment: Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment). Vulnerable employment is unpaid family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
  • Vulnerable employment, male > % of male employment: Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment). Vulnerable employment is unpaid family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
  • Wage and salaried workers, female > % of females employed: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of females employed). Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
  • Wage and salary workers, male > % of males employed: Wage and salary workers, male (% of males employed). Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
  • Contributing family workers, female > % of females employed: Contributing family workers, female (% of females employed). Contributing family workers are those workers who hold u2018self-employment jobsu2019 as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.
STAT Japan Tuvalu HISTORY
GNI > Current LCU 490.72 trillion
Ranked 6th. 8765848 times more than Tuvalu
55.98 million
Ranked 176th.

GNI > Current US$ $6.15 trillion
Ranked 4th. 106104 times more than Tuvalu
$57.96 million
Ranked 176th.

GNI > Current US$ per capita $48,213.08
Ranked 11th. 8 times more than Tuvalu
$5,878.64
Ranked 80th.

Labor force 65.7 million
Ranked 9th. 18174 times more than Tuvalu
3,615
Ranked 26th.

Labor force > By occupation agriculture 4.6%, industry 27.8%, services 67.7% people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)
Labor force > Per capita 523.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th. 66% more than Tuvalu
315.23 per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th.
Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Both sexes 56.6%
Ranked 39th. 6% more than Tuvalu
53.3%
Ranked 51st.
Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Men 67.7%
Ranked 26th. 4% more than Tuvalu
64.8%
Ranked 55th.
Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Women 46.3%
Ranked 42nd. 8% more than Tuvalu
42.8%
Ranked 49th.
Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men 67.7%
Ranked 26th. 4% more than Tuvalu
64.8%
Ranked 55th.
Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women 46.3%
Ranked 42nd. 8% more than Tuvalu
42.8%
Ranked 49th.
Labor force per 1000 515.49
Ranked 28th. 38% more than Tuvalu
374.77
Ranked 16th.

Net income from abroad > Current US$ $190.41 billion
Ranked 2nd. 10527 times more than Tuvalu
$18.09 million
Ranked 31st.

Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage Ranges from 664 Japanese yen ($8.17) to 869 yen ($10.65) per hour; set on a prefectural and industry basis. None; the minimum annual salary in the public sector was approximately A$ 3,000 to A$4,000 ($3,120 to $4,160).
Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Women 11.4%
Ranked 46th. 7 times more than Tuvalu
1.7%
Ranked 76th.
Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Men 9.8%
Ranked 61st. 5 times more than Tuvalu
2.1%
Ranked 77th.
GNI per capita > Constant 2000 US$ $38,075.13
Ranked 12th. 10 times more than Tuvalu
$3,858.22
Ranked 88th.
Vulnerable employment, total > % of total employment 10.5%
Ranked 57th. 5 times more than Tuvalu
2%
Ranked 82nd.
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 4%
Ranked 74th.
8.6%
Ranked 55th. 2 times more than Japan

One-person and family businesses > Men 9.8%
Ranked 61st. 5 times more than Tuvalu
2.1%
Ranked 77th.
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 41.6%
Ranked 60th. 23% more than Tuvalu
33.9%
Ranked 96th.

Unemployment > Unemployment > Total > % of total labor force 4%
Ranked 57th.
16.3%
Ranked 11th. 4 times more than Japan

Wage and salaried workers, total > % of total employed 87.7%
Ranked 19th.
96.2%
Ranked 1st. 10% more than Japan
Contributing family workers, male > % of males employed 1%
Ranked 36th. 5 times more than Tuvalu
0.2%
Ranked 77th.
Contributing family workers, total > % of total employed 2.9%
Ranked 31st. 29 times more than Tuvalu
0.1%
Ranked 86th.
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 4.6%
Ranked 63th.
4.9%
Ranked 78th. 7% more than Japan

Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.3%
Ranked 69th.
6.5%
Ranked 73th. 51% more than Japan

Net income from abroad > Current US$, % of GDP 3.2%
Ranked 12th.
49.05%
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Japan

GNI per capita > Current LCU 3.85 million
Ranked 18th. 678 times more than Tuvalu
5,677.6
Ranked 160th.

Net income from abroad > Current US$ per million $1.49 billion
Ranked 6th.
$1.83 billion
Ranked 4th. 23% more than Japan

Net income from abroad > Current LCU 15.19 trillion
Ranked 1st. 869717 times more than Tuvalu
17.47 million
Ranked 34th.

Net income from abroad > Current LCU per million 119.1 billion
Ranked 3rd. 67 times more than Tuvalu
1.77 billion
Ranked 16th.

Employers, male > % of employment 3.6%
Ranked 66th. 64% more than Tuvalu
2.2%
Ranked 68th.
One-person and family businesses > Women 11.4%
Ranked 46th. 7 times more than Tuvalu
1.7%
Ranked 76th.
GNI > Current US$, % of GDP 103.2%
Ranked 21st.
157.19%
Ranked 2nd. 52% more than Japan

GNI > Current LCU per capita 3.85 million
Ranked 18th. 678 times more than Tuvalu
5,677.6
Ranked 160th.

One-person and family businesses > Men > Percentage 9.8%
Ranked 61st. 5 times more than Tuvalu
2.1%
Ranked 77th.
Employers, female > % of employment 1%
Ranked 72nd. 25% more than Tuvalu
0.8%
Ranked 70th.
Employers, total > % of employment 2.5%
Ranked 71st. 47% more than Tuvalu
1.7%
Ranked 69th.
Self-employed, female > % of females employed 10.9%
Ranked 52nd. 4 times more than Tuvalu
2.5%
Ranked 88th.
Self-employed, male > % of males employed 12.6%
Ranked 74th. 3 times more than Tuvalu
4.3%
Ranked 89th.
Self-employed, total > % of total employed 11.9%
Ranked 71st. 3 times more than Tuvalu
3.7%
Ranked 91st.
Vulnerable employment, female > % of female employment 11.4%
Ranked 50th. 7 times more than Tuvalu
1.7%
Ranked 79th.
Vulnerable employment, male > % of male employment 9.8%
Ranked 66th. 5 times more than Tuvalu
2.1%
Ranked 81st.
Wage and salaried workers, female > % of females employed 88.7%
Ranked 33th.
97.5%
Ranked 2nd. 10% more than Japan
Wage and salary workers, male > % of males employed 87.1%
Ranked 11th.
95.5%
Ranked 1st. 10% more than Japan
Contributing family workers, female > % of females employed 5.6%
Ranked 22nd. 56 times more than Tuvalu
0.1%
Ranked 83th.

SOURCES: World Bank national accounts data; World Bank national accounts data. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division Original html; United Nations Statistics Division Original html; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of minimum wages by country (Countries); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=MDG&f=seriesRowID%3a772, Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, men, percentage; International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; World Bank national accounts data. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM).; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=MDG&f=seriesRowID%3a773#MDG, Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, women, percentage; United Nations Statistics Division

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