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Compensation of employees > % of expense	49.78 %		[2nd of 97]
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Compensation of employees > current LCU	585500000
DEFINITION: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	32.98		[82nd of 162]
DEFINITION: Economically active population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of labour for the production of economic goods
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity	33.5%		[144th of 156]
DEFINITION: Female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) in 2000.
SOURCE: 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
Female economic activity growth	18%		[18th of 156]
DEFINITION: The % change in the female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) from 1990 to 2000.
SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	30.71 %		[175th of 184]
DEFINITION: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.		View time series
SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva
force with secondary education > % of total	24.9 %		[9th of 51]
DEFINITION: Labor force with secondary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a secondary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force with tertiary education > % of total	16.7 %		[2nd of 52]
DEFINITION: Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force, female > % of total labor force	18.73 %		[178th of 184]
DEFINITION: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force, total	337,278.8		[153rd of 184]
DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > A note 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 1%, industry, commerce, and services 79%, government 20%
DEFINITION: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	45 days
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment	44 %		[25th of 71]
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment	38.1 %		[24th of 71]
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment	29.5 %		[7th of 71]
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	10 %		[44th of 95]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	3.9 %		[77th of 95]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	5.2 %		[72nd of 101]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	1,223,000,000 $		[26th of 149]
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Migrants’ transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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