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Compensation of employees > % of expense	21.05 %		[48th of 97]
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Compensation of employees > current LCU	24030000000
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 > Both sexes aged 10-14	28.6		[21st of 89]
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
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus	30.77		[33rd of 167]
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: 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
Economically active children, female	39.8 %		[8th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of female children ages 7-14		View time series
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
Economically active children, male	39.9 %		[10th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of male children ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, study and work	64.3 %		[18th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity. % of economically active children, ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, total	39.8 %		[8th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of children ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, work only, male	29.6 %		[18th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school. % of male economically active children, ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity	58.4%		[59th of 156]
DEFINITION: Female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) in 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth	0%		[110th 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
Firing cost > weeks of wages	30.8 weeks of wages		[103rd of 164]
DEFINITION: Firing cost is the cost of advance notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.		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 participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	63.1 %		[63rd 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: World Development Indicators database
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	76.97 %		[35th 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: World Development Indicators database
force, female > % of total labor force	41.16 %		[98th 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	22,940,010		[24th 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
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	14 weeks
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date	June 16, 1969
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Rigidity of employment index	78		[1st of 166]
DEFINITION: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	1.01 %		[20th of 38]
DEFINITION: Skills are the share of senior managers who ranked skills of available workers as a major or severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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