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Southeast Asia > Laos > Labor

Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 25.36 [31st of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 53.6 [53rd of 162]
Female economic activity 74.4% [13th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 1% [99th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 19.4 weeks of wages Time series [129th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 56.44 % Time series [100th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 69.3 % Time series [97th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 40.64 % Time series [107th of 184]
force, total 2,354,696 Time series [106th of 184]
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 80% Time series
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 90 days
Rigidity of employment index 37 Time series [84th of 166]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 2.6 % Time series [76th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 2.6 % Time series [75th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 2.6 % Time series [82nd of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 3.9 % Time series [69th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 6.4 % Time series [60th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 5 % Time series [69th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 500,000 $ Time series [147th of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 1,000,000 $ Time series [153rd of 156]

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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; 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; 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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