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Southeast Asia > Laos > Labor

LAO LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 25.36 [31st of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 53.6 [53rd of 162]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 89.3 % Time series [1st of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 81.2 % Time series [1st of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 2.7 % Time series [78th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 4.4 % Time series [78th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 7.9 % Time series [78th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 85.4 % Time series [1st of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 3.5 % Time series [91st of 94]
Female economic activity growth 1% [99th of 156]
force, total 2,354,696 Time series [106th of 184]
Labor force 2,100,000 Time series [93rd of 132]
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 80% Time series
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 80% Time series [2nd of 32]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 90 days
Rigidity of employment index 37 Time series [84th of 166]
Unemployment rate 2.4% Time series [101st of 107]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 2.6 % Time series [76th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 2.6 % Time series [82nd of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 500,000 $ Time series [147th of 149]

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SOURCES: 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 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, lao people’s democratic republic, lao people's dem rep., lao people's dem. rep., lao people's dem., Lao PDR, Lao People's Dem. Rep.

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