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Southeast Asia > Hong Kong > Labor

HONG KONG LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 56 % ... [56th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 55 % ... [55th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 54 % ... [54th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 48 % ... [48th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 2 % ... [2nd of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 1 % ... [1st of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 59 % ... [59th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 57 % ... [57th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 1 % ... [1st of 94]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 46 weeks of wages ... [46th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 70 % ... [70th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 105 % ... [105th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 78 % ... [78th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 7 % ... [7th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 8 % ... [8th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 10 % ... [10th of 52]
Labor force 88 [88th of 214]
Labor force > By occupation
manufacturing 7.5%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.9%, financing, insurance, and real estate 19.6%, transport and communications 7.1%, community and social services 18.8%
Unemployment rate 131 % [131st of 182]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 7 days

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SOURCES: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing.; Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).; Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services.; Firing cost is the cost of advance notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.; Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.; Labor force with primary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a primary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.; Labor force with secondary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a secondary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.; Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.; The total labor force figure ; Component parts of the labor force by occupation. ; The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted. ;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu, Xianggang, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, hong kong sar, Hong Kong S.A.R., Hong Kong, China (SAR), Hong Kong China (SAR)

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