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Central America and the Caribbean > Guatemala > Labor

GUATEMALAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 14% [21st of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 60.17 [36th of 162]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 23.3 % Time series [14th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 18.2 % Time series [80th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 55.6 % Time series [70th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 38.7 % Time series [15th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 20 % Time series [71st of 94]
Female economic activity growth 28% [7th of 156]
force, total 4,077,174 Time series [82nd of 184]
Labor force 3,958,000 Time series [69th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35%
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 15% Time series [13th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 35% Time series [12th of 29]
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Two days at birth of child
Regulation 65 [21st of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 85 [34th of 123]
Total work time > Males 579 minutes [1st of 29]
Unemployment rate 3.2% Time series [96th of 107]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 2.8 % Time series [90th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 33,000,000 $ Time series [98th of 149]

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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; 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 ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala, Republica de Guatemala

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