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Africa > Malawi > Labor

MALAWIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 31.49 [19th of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 83.47 [1st of 162]
Female economic activity growth -2% [138th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 84.3 weeks of wages Time series [36th of 164]
force, female > % of total labor force 49.82 % Time series [6th of 184]
force, total 5,929,696 Time series [63rd of 184]
Labor force 4,500,000 Time series [18th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 90% Time series
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 90% Time series [1st of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry and services 10% [20th of 22]
Regulation 52 [70th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 68 [71st of 123]
Rigidity of employment index 21 Time series [134th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 12.4 % Time series [133rd of 174]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 0.6 % Time series [86th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 1.2 % Time series [86th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 0.9 % Time series [90th of 101]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 0.8 % Time series [35th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 1,000,000 $ Time series [144th of 149]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 843,693.6 BoP $ Time series [110th of 115]

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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; 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: Malawi, Republic of Malawi

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