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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14	36.73		[13th of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	81.89		[4th 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: 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
Economically active children, female	67.5 %		[4th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of female children ages 7-14		View time series
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
Economically active children, study and work	36.3 %		[33rd of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity. % of economically active children, ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, total	67.5 %		[4th of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of children ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economically active children, work only, male	59.8 %		[2nd of 34]
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school. % of male economically active children, ages 7-14		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity	57%		[66th of 156]
DEFINITION: Female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) in 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth	0%		[103rd 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	86.7 weeks of wages		[32nd 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	63.06 %		[64th 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 participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	77.77 %		[30th 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	40.85 %		[104th 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	636,033.8		[143rd 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 > By occupation	agriculture 82%
DEFINITION: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	60 days
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date	February 21, 1977
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Rigidity of employment index	77		[3rd 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: Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	5,000,000 $		[132nd 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 and compensation of employees, received > US$	28,000,000 $		[124th of 156]
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$	26,909,730 BoP $		[85th 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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