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Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment	0.2 %		[56th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment	0.4 %		[55th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment	6.6 %		[54th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	22.3 %		[48th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	93.2 %		[2nd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	0.3 %		[59th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment	15.2 %		[57th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment	84.6 %		[1st of 94]
Firing cost > weeks of wages	62.1 weeks of wages		[46th of 164]
force with secondary education > % of total	37 %		[8th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total	14.1 %		[10th of 52]
force, total	3,665,160		[90th of 184]
Labor force	3,640,000		[71st of 132]
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%; note: above data exclude public sector
Unemployment rate	4%		[72nd of 107]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	5.6 %		[56th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	7.8 %		[36th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	6.8 %		[49th of 101]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required	7 days
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	335,000,000 $		[43rd of 149]

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