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Southeast Asia > Burma > Labor

BURMESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 22.94 [38th of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 66.73 [30th of 162]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 62.7 % Time series [5th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 12.2 % Time series [85th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 25.1 % Time series [86th of 94]
Female economic activity growth 0% [108th of 156]
force, total 27,431,220 Time series [19th of 184]
Labor force 29,260,000 Time series [17th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 70%, industry 7%, services 23%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 70% Time series [3rd of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 7% Time series [14th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 23% Time series [14th of 29]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Six days of "casual leave" that can be used by fathers to assist their spouses at the time of confinement
Unemployment rate 5.2% Time series [59th of 107]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 8.8 % Time series [27th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 4.7 % Time series [36th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 6 % Time series [38th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 24,500,000 $ Time series [103rd of 149]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 81,318,360 BoP $ Time series [71st of 115]

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SOURCES: 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; World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burma, Union of Burma, Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar), Myanma Naingngandaw, burma (myanmar), myanmar (burma), myanmar

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