|
|
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Compensation of employees > % of expense
|
31.4 %
|
|
[19th of 97]
|
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
|
25.57 |
|
[101st of 162]
|
|
Female economic activity growth
|
-3% |
|
[147th of 156]
|
|
Firing cost > weeks of wages
|
42.7 weeks of wages
|
|
[76th of 164]
|
|
force with secondary education > % of total
|
17.3 %
|
|
[6th of 51]
|
|
force with tertiary education > % of total
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19 %
|
|
[1st of 52]
|
|
force, female > % of total labor force
|
25.39 %
|
|
[174th of 184]
|
|
force, total
|
1,374,111
|
|
[129th of 184]
|
|
Labor force
|
2,093,000 |
|
[90th of 132]
|
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture NA, industries NA, services NA |
|
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave
|
70 days |
|
|
|
Regulation
|
41 |
|
[101st of 123]
|
|
Regulation > Employment Conditions
|
40 |
|
[115th of 123]
|
|
Regulation > Firing
|
50 |
|
[32nd of 123]
|
|
Rigidity of employment index
|
13
|
|
[149th of 166]
|
|
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment
|
25.2 %
|
|
[113rd of 174]
|
|
Unemployment rate
|
2.2% |
|
[30th of 107]
|
|
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment
|
58.8 %
|
|
[17th of 71]
|
|
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
|
1.7 %
|
|
[76th of 101]
|
|
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
|
2,648,000,000 $
|
|
[16th of 149]
|
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave
; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt
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