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Labor > Labor force Stats: compare key data on New Zealand & United Kingdom

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  • By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Female > % of total labor force: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organisation's definition of the economically active population.
  • Per capita: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total: Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organisation definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector."
STAT New Zealand United Kingdom HISTORY
By occupation agriculture 10%, industry 25%, services 65% agriculture 1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5%
By occupation > Agriculture 7%
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than United Kingdom
1.4%
Ranked 27th.

By occupation > Industry 19%
Ranked 14th. 4% more than United Kingdom
18.2%
Ranked 16th.

By occupation > Services 74%
Ranked 3rd.
80.4%
Ranked 1st. 9% more than New Zealand

Female > % of total labor force 46.21%
Ranked 55th. 1% more than United Kingdom
45.66%
Ranked 62nd.

Per capita 543.28 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st. 7% more than United Kingdom
508.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th.

Total 2.31 million
Ranked 105th.
31.49 million
Ranked 18th. 14 times more than New Zealand

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; International Labour Organisation, using World Bank population estimates.

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