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Central America and the Caribbean > Antigua and Barbuda > Labor

ANTIGUAN-BARBUDAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 44 % ... [44th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 45 % ... [45th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 61 % ... [61st of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 44 % ... [44th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 4 % ... [4th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 12 % ... [12th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 61 % ... [61st of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 68 % ... [68th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 6 % ... [6th of 94]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 62 weeks of wages ... [62nd of 164]
Labor force 190 [190th of 214]
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 132 % [132nd of 169]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 122 % [122nd of 145]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 4 % [4th of 145]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date March 17, 1983
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 3 [3rd of 146]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date February 2, 1983
Rigidity of employment index 153 ... [153rd of 166]
Unemployment rate 69 % [69th of 182]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 51 % ... [51st of 95]

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SOURCES: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing.; Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).; Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and 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.; Firing cost is the cost of advance notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.; The total labor force figure ; 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. ; ; years ; The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.; The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted. ; 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.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Antigua and Barbuda, antigua, Antigua-Barbuda

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