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Agricultural workers > Female
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12% |
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[26th of 77]
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
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32.4 |
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[86th of 162]
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Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
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16.6 %
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[22nd of 86]
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Employees, services, female > % of female employment
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74.4 %
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[35th of 86]
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Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
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7.9 %
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[31st of 94]
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Female decision makers
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5% |
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[66th of 67]
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force with tertiary education > % of total
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24.9 %
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[16th of 52]
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force, total
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24,375,370
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[23rd of 184]
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Foreign labor force
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0.6 |
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[22nd of 23]
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Labor force
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24,220,000 |
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[20th of 132]
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Labor force > By occupation agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73% |
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Labor force > By occupation > Industry
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17.3% |
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[10th of 29]
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Labor force > By occupation > Services
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75.2% |
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[3rd of 29]
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Strikes
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95 |
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[6th of 27]
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Unemployment gender ratio
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71% |
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[30th of 30]
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Unemployment rate
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3.3% |
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[79th of 107]
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Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
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3.5 %
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[71st of 101]
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Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
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10 working days |
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Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
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3,336,000,000 $
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[13th of 149]
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Youth unemployment
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10.2% |
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[18th 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; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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; Wikipedia: Vacation
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ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea
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