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Central America and the Caribbean > Dominica > Labor

DOMINICAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 14% [22nd of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 70.63 [25th of 162]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 13.7 % Time series [23rd of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 10.2 % Time series [69th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 24.3 % Time series [65th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 71.8 % Time series [42nd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 23.7 % Time series [27th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 18.2 % Time series [76th of 94]
force with tertiary education > % of total 10.1 % Time series [43rd of 52]
Labor force 25,000 Time series [51st of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 32% Time series [5th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 28% Time series [15th of 29]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Rigidity of employment index 17 Time series [146th of 166]
Unemployment rate 23% Time series [6th of 107]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 27.2 % Time series [10th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 23.1 % Time series [6th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 100,000 $ Time series [148th of 149]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 9,351,852 BoP $ Time series [62nd 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; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica, dom. rep.

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