FACTOID # 4: 61.5% of Swedes work more than 40 hours per week, but just across the border in Norway only 15.8% of people work this long.
 
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South America > Brazil > Labor

BRAZILIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 19% [15th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 30.06 [91st of 162]
Female economic activity growth -2% [141st of 156]
Service workers > Male 47% [52nd of 79]
Unemployment rate 9.6 % [79th of 182]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 24 % ... [60th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 16.2 % ... [57th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 2.5 % ... [72nd of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 2.9 % ... [65th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 2 % ... [66th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 12.3 % ... [32nd of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 7.8 % ... [46th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 9.7 % ... [41st of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 23.3 % ... [22nd of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 14.2 % ... [41st of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 18.1 % ... [35th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
30 consecutive days, of which 10 can be sold back to the employer
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 498,000,000 $ ... [39th of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 3,540,000,000 $ ... [19th of 156]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 2,479,867,000 BoP $ ... [17th of 115]

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; 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; 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: Vacation

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil

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