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Asia > Afghanistan > Labor

AFGHAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Compensation of employees > % of expense 47.3 % Time series [4th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 20502790000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 24.18 [33rd of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 55.24 [47th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 50.03 [126th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 20.51 [57th of 167]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 4.3 weeks of wages Time series [158th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 38.2 % Time series [150th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 64.35 % Time series [130th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 28.39 % Time series [160th of 184]
force, total 4,815,286 Time series [58th of 184]
Labor force 15,000,000 Time series [2nd of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 80%, industry 10%, services 10%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 80% Time series [3rd of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 10% Time series [26th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 10% Time series [28th of 29]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 90 days
Rigidity of employment index 46 Time series [55th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 17.8 % Time series [148th of 174]
Unemployment rate 40% Time series [3rd of 107]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Afghanistan, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan, Afghanestan

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