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Africa > Gabon > Labor

GABONESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 14.07 [53rd of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 58.7 [41st of 162]
Female economic activity growth 1% [98th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 43.3 weeks of wages Time series [75th of 164]
force, female > % of total labor force 43.32 % Time series [81st of 184]
force, total 596,516.2 Time series [147th of 184]
Labor force 582,000 Time series [109th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25%
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 14 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Up to 10 days paid leave for family events concerning workers' home
Rigidity of employment index 59 Time series [23rd of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 37.7 % Time series [88th of 174]
Unemployment rate 21% Time series [6th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 6.6 % Time series [44th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 8.5 % Time series [29th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 16.4 % Time series [15th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 19.3 % Time series [4th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 18 % Time series [8th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 110,000,000 $ Time series [61st of 149]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 1,431,046 BoP $ Time series [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; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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