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Africa > Gambia, The > Labor

GAMBIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Compensation of employees > % of expense 31.67 % Time series [27th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 122950000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 33.83 [17th of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 71.13 [19th of 162]
Female economic activity 69.7% [21st of 156]
Female economic activity growth 1% [100th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 8.7 weeks of wages Time series [153rd of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 60.29 % Time series [78th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 41.56 % Time series [95th of 184]
force, total 657,713.4 Time series [141st of 184]
Labor force 400,000 Time series [6th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 75% Time series [3rd of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 19% Time series [3rd of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 6% Time series [5th of 29]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Rigidity of employment index 27 Time series [120th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 20.9 % Time series [140th of 174]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 1,000,000 $ Time series [141st of 149]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 56,693,390 BoP $ Time series [71st of 115]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gambia, The, Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia, gambia

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