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Compensation of employees > % of expense	32.97 %		[28th of 97]
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	30.94		[88th of 162]
DEFINITION: Economically active population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of labour for the production of economic goods
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity	29.6%		[148th of 156]
DEFINITION: Female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) in 2000.
SOURCE: 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
Female economic activity growth	22%		[13th of 156]
DEFINITION: The % change in the female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) from 1990 to 2000.
SOURCE: 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
Firing cost > weeks of wages	17.3 weeks of wages		[130th of 164]
DEFINITION: Firing cost is the cost of advance notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.		View time series
SOURCE: 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
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	35.72 %		[167th of 184]
DEFINITION: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force, female > % of total labor force	30.38 %		[163rd of 184]
DEFINITION: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force, total	1,408,747		[128th of 184]
DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > A note in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1999 est.) (2001 est.)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
DEFINITION: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	40 days
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation	46		[87th of 123]
DEFINITION: This statistic is an average of "Regulation - Hiring", "Regulation - Firing", and "Regulation - Employment Conditions". Nations are listed with an Employment Laws Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates Employment.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Regulation > Employment Conditions	50		[105th of 123]
DEFINITION: Nations are listed with a Conditions of Employment Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates conditions of employment.
SOURCE: 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.
Regulation > Firing	35		[64th of 123]
DEFINITION: Nations are listed with a Flexibility of Firing Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates the process of firing employed labor.
SOURCE: 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
Rigidity of employment index	24		[125th of 166]
DEFINITION: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.		View time series
SOURCE: 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
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	7.2 %		[63rd of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	9 %		[42nd of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	8.6 %		[52nd of 101]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	4,233,000,000 $		[12th of 149]
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Migrants’ transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$	4,257,417,000 BoP $		[8th of 115]
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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