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Agricultural workers > Female
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1% |
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[71st of 77]
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Days off work
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117 days |
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[7th of 20]
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Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
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4 %
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[53rd of 94]
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force, total
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27,098,340
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[20th of 184]
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Hours worked
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1,453 hours |
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[8th of 9]
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Labor force
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27,910,000 |
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[18th of 132]
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Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 4.1%, industry 24.4%, services 71.5% |
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Labor force > By occupation > Industry
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24.4% |
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[5th of 29]
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Labor force > By occupation > Services
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71.5% |
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[1st of 29]
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Strikes
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67 |
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[10th of 27]
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Trade union membership
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9% |
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[18th of 18]
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Unemployment
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9.3% |
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[3rd of 18]
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Unemployment gender ratio
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140% |
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[10th of 30]
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Unemployment rate
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7.9% |
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[30th of 107]
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Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
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9.9 %
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[26th of 101]
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Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
5 weeks + 2 weeks of RTT (Reduction du Temps de Travail, in English : Reduction of Working Time) = 7 weeks. The most significant vacation time of any country in the world. |
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Work Time > More than 40 hours
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21.4% |
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[16th of 18]
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Working time to buy a car
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1,600 hours |
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[4th of 16]
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Working time to buy a television set
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22 hours |
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[9th of 15]
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Youth unemployment
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20.7% |
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[7th of 30]
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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; OECD; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation
; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
France, French Republic, Republique Francaise
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