FACTOID # 4: 61.5% of Swedes work more than 40 hours per week, but just across the border in Norway only 15.8% of people work this long.
 
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Europe > Netherlands > Labor

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Agricultural workers > Female 59% [59th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 67% [67th of 78]
Days off work 19 days [19th of 20]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 95 [95th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 105 [105th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 123 [123rd of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 158 [158th of 162]
Female decision makers 36% [36th of 67]
Female economic activity growth 63% [63rd of 156]
Long term unemployment 20% [20th of 27]
Service workers > Male 11% [11th of 79]
Strikes 23 [23rd of 27]
Temporary employment share 9% [9th of 26]
Total work time > Females over males 27% [27th of 29]
Total work time > Males 29 minutes [29th of 29]
Trade union membership 13% [13th of 18]
Unemployment 17% [17th of 18]
Unemployment and education > Tertiary 15% [15th of 18]
Unemployment gender ratio 5% [5th of 30]
Work time > Non-market-oriented 7% [7th of 29]

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SOURCES: Proportion of employed females engaged in the agricultural sector. Employment by economic activity (%) (most recent year available between 1995 and 2001). Note: As a result of a number of limitations in the data, comparisons of labour statistics over time and across countries should be made with caution. For detailed notes on the data see ILO (2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; and 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002). The percentage shares of employment by economic activity may not sum to 100 because of rounding or the omission of activities not classified.; Proportion of employed males engaged in the agricultural sector. Employment by economic activity (%) (most recent year available between 1995 and 2001). Note: As a result of a number of limitations in the data, comparisons of labour statistics over time and across countries should be made with caution. For detailed notes on the data see ILO (2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; and 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002). The percentage shares of employment by economic activity may not sum to 100 because of rounding or the omission of activities not classified.; Number of days not worked for every 1000 salaried employees. Selected OECD countries only. Data for 2000.; 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; Female legislators, senior officials and managers (as % of total). Data refer to the latest year available during the period 1991-2000. Those for countries that have implemented the recent International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) are not strictly comparable with those for countries using the previous classification (ISCO-68).; The % change in the female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) from 1990 to 2000.; Long term unemployment as a % of labour force, 2000. Long term implies 12 months or longer.; Proportion of employed males engaged in the service sector. Employment by economic activity (%) (most recent year available between 1995 and 2001). Note: As a result of a number of limitations in the data, comparisons of labour statistics over time and across countries should be made with caution. For detailed notes on the data see ILO (2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; and 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002). The percentage shares of employment by economic activity may not sum to 100 because of rounding or the omission of activities not classified.; Strikes five-year average in days not worked per 1000 employees (1996-2000); Temporary employment, expressed as a percentage share of total dependent employment. Data for 2000; Female total work time as a % of male total work time; Total work time (minutes per day); Union members as % of all employees. Figures are for 2000.; Unemployed as proportion of the total labour force. Data for 2000-2002.; Unemployment rates among people of all ages who are educated to tertiary levels. Data is for 2000.; Female unemployment rate as a % of the male unemployment rate.; Classification of market and non-market activities are not strictly based on the 1993 revised UN System of National Accounts, so comparisons between countries and areas must be made with caution.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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