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Agricultural workers > Female
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2% |
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[62nd of 77]
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Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
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2 %
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[67th of 94]
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Female decision makers
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19% |
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[57th of 67]
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force, total
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4,498,422
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[75th of 184]
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Labor force
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4,940,000 |
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[60th of 132]
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Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 1.3%, industry 24.5%, services 74.2% |
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Labor force > By occupation > Industry
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25% |
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[8th of 29]
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Labor force > By occupation > Services
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73% |
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[4th of 29]
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Strikes
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22 |
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[16th of 27]
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Trade union membership
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53% |
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[5th of 18]
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Unemployment
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7% |
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[6th of 18]
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Unemployment gender ratio
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156% |
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[8th of 30]
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Unemployment rate
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7.5% |
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[35th of 107]
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Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
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7.4 %
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[45th of 101]
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Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
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20 days, premium pay |
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Work Time > More than 40 hours
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28.7% |
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[14th of 18]
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Working time to buy a car
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1,500 hours |
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[7th of 16]
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Working time to buy a television set
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68 hours |
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[1st of 15]
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Working time to buy beef
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82 minutes |
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[3rd of 16]
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Youth unemployment
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15.2% |
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[9th of 30]
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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation
; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie
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