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Asia > Japan > Labor

JAPANESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 6% [37th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 33.4 [81st of 162]
Female decision makers 9% [63rd of 67]
Female economic activity growth 3% [76th of 156]
Long term unemployment 1.2% [19th of 27]
Service workers > Male 57% [27th of 79]
Strikes 1 [27th of 27]
Temporary employment share 12.9% [11th of 26]
Unemployment 5.1% [10th of 18]
Unemployment gender ratio 91% [24th of 30]
Working mothers 34 [21st of 23]
Working time to buy a car 1,182 hours [11th of 16]
Working time to buy a refrigerator 60 hours [1st of 15]
Working time to buy a television set 15 hours [14th of 15]
Working time to buy beef 137 minutes [1st of 16]
Working time to buy bread 15 minutes [1st of 16]
Working time to buy chicken 41 minutes [2nd of 16]
Working time to buy fish 62 minutes [7th of 15]
Working time to buy milk 8 minutes [2nd of 16]
Youth unemployment 9.2% [20th of 30]

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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; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; 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; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; OECD; OECD; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);

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