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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]
DEFINITION: Economically active population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of labour for the production of economic goods
SOURCE: 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
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus	3.49		[132nd of 167]
DEFINITION: Economically active population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of labour for the production of economic goods
SOURCE: 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
Economically active children, female	9.67 %		[26th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of female children ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: 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
Economically active children, male	17.45 %		[24th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of male children ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, study and work	48.31 %		[28th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity. % of economically active children, ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, total	13.65 %		[24th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of children ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, work only, male	43.95 %		[8th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school. % of male economically active children, ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Firing cost > weeks of wages	4 weeks of wages		[162nd of 164]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	19.51 %		[182nd of 184]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	49.67 %		[181st of 184]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force, female > % of total labor force	18.99 %		[178th of 184]
DEFINITION: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force, total	6,717,590		[53rd of 184]
DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
DEFINITION: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	62 days
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date	November 27, 1962
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Rigidity of employment index	59		[19th of 166]
DEFINITION: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	15 %		[15th of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	29.4 %		[2nd of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	26.8 %		[3rd of 101]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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