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Middle East > Iraq > Labor

IRAQI LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 2.23 [81st of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 37.95 [76th of 162]
Economically active children, female 9.67 % Time series [26th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 48.31 % Time series [28th of 34]
Economically active children, total 13.65 % Time series [24th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, male 43.95 % Time series [8th of 34]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 4 weeks of wages Time series [162nd of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 19.51 % Time series [182nd of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 49.67 % Time series [181st of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 18.99 % Time series [178th of 184]
force, total 6,717,590 Time series [53rd of 184]
Labor force 7,400,000 Time series [4th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 62 days
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date November 27, 1962
Rigidity of employment index 59 Time series [19th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 11.9 % Time series [163rd of 174]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 15 % Time series [15th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 29.4 % Time series [2nd of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 26.8 % Time series [3rd of 101]

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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; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah, Al Iraq

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