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Agricultural workers > Female	14%		[22nd of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male	31%		[16th of 78]
DEFINITION: Proportion of employed males engaged in the agricultural sector. Employment by economic activity (%) (most recent year available between 1995 and 2001). Note: As a result of a number of limitations in the data, comparisons of labour statistics over time and across countries should be made with caution. For detailed notes on the data see ILO (2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; and 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002). The percentage shares of employment by economic activity may not sum to 100 because of rounding or the omission of activities not classified.
SOURCE: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14	13.22		[58th 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: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	70.63		[25th of 162]
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
Firing cost > weeks of wages	57.7 weeks of wages		[51st 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: 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
force with secondary education > % of total	17.2 %		[42nd of 51]
DEFINITION: Labor force with secondary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a secondary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force with tertiary education > % of total	10.1 %		[43rd of 52]
DEFINITION: Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Industrial workers > Male	24%		[65th of 79]
DEFINITION: Proportion of employed males engaged in the industrial sector. Employment by economic activity (%) (most recent year available between 1995 and 2001). Note: As a result of a number of limitations in the data, comparisons of labour statistics over time and across countries should be made with caution. For detailed notes on the data see ILO (2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; and 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002). The percentage shares of employment by economic activity may not sum to 100 because of rounding or the omission of activities not classified.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%
DEFINITION: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.		View time series
SOURCE: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment	48.5 %		[18th of 46]
DEFINITION: Long-term unemployment refers to the number of people with continuous periods of unemployment extending for a year or longer, expressed as a percentage of the total unemployed.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	12 weeks
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Rigidity of employment index	17		[146th 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: Parental leave
Service workers > Male	40%		[67th of 79]
DEFINITION: Proportion of employed males engaged in the service sector. Employment by economic activity (%) (most recent year available between 1995 and 2001). Note: As a result of a number of limitations in the data, comparisons of labour statistics over time and across countries should be made with caution. For detailed notes on the data see ILO (2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; and 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002). The percentage shares of employment by economic activity may not sum to 100 because of rounding or the omission of activities not classified.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment	1.2 %		[71st of 71]
DEFINITION: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).		View time series
SOURCE: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	27.2 %		[10th of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	19.6 %		[6th of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	23.1 %		[6th of 101]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24	40.6 %		[3rd of 77]
DEFINITION: Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	100,000 $		[148th of 149]
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Migrants’ transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$	9,351,852 BoP $		[62nd of 115]
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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