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Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Labor

JAMAICAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 10% [29th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 49.28 [59th of 162]
Female economic activity growth 1% [101st of 156]
Service workers > Male 45% [59th of 79]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 6.42 per million people ... [5th of 49]
Unemployment rate 11.3 % [67th of 182]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 5.7 % ... [33rd of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 4.8 % ... [33rd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 6.1 % ... [32nd of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 7 % ... [30th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 5 % ... [29th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 15.7 % ... [13th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 8.1 % ... [34th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 11.4 % ... [15th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 36.3 % ... [7th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 22 % ... [15th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 28.1 % ... [9th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 394,000,000 $ ... [40th of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 1,783,000,000 $ ... [41st of 156]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 1,621,225,000 BoP $ ... [24th of 115]

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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 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; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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