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Europe > Belgium > Labor

BELGIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 2% [62nd of 77]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 2 % Time series [67th of 94]
Female decision makers 19% [57th of 67]
force, total 4,498,422 Time series [75th of 184]
Labor force 4,940,000 Time series [60th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 1.3%, industry 24.5%, services 74.2%
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 25% Time series [8th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 73% Time series [4th of 29]
Strikes 22 [16th of 27]
Trade union membership 53% [5th of 18]
Unemployment 7% [6th of 18]
Unemployment gender ratio 156% [8th of 30]
Unemployment rate 7.5% Time series [35th of 107]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 7.4 % Time series [45th of 101]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 20 days, premium pay
Work Time > More than 40 hours 28.7% [14th of 18]
Working time to buy a car 1,500 hours [7th of 16]
Working time to buy a television set 68 hours [1st of 15]
Working time to buy beef 82 minutes [3rd of 16]
Youth unemployment 15.2% [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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