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Africa > Gabon > Labor

GABONESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 58.7 [41st of 162]
Female economic activity growth 1% [98th of 156]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 25 % [123rd of 145]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 14 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Up to 10 days paid leave for family events concerning workers' home
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date May 29, 1951
Rigidity of employment index 59 ... [23rd of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 37.7 % ... [88th of 174]
Unemployment rate 21 % [30th of 182]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 6.6 % ... [44th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 10.3 % ... [43rd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 8.2 % ... [28th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 8.5 % ... [29th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 8.1 % ... [23rd of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 16.4 % ... [15th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 19.3 % ... [4th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 18 % ... [8th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 110,000,000 $ ... [61st of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 6,000,000 $ ... [141st of 156]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 1,431,046 BoP $ ... [108th of 115]

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SOURCES: 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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