NationMaster - Puerto Rican Labor statistics

Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment	52 %	...	[52nd of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment	48 %	...	[48th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment	42 %	...	[42nd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	46 %	...	[46th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	7 %	...	[7th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment	3 %	...	[3rd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	51 %	...	[51st of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment	50 %	...	[50th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment	2 %	...	[2nd of 94]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	151 %	...	[151st of 184]
Labor force	126		[126th of 214]
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture	150 %		[150th of 169]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry	76 %		[76th of 145]
Labor force > By occupation > Services	12 %		[12th of 145]
Regulation	100		[100th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions	74		[74th of 123]
Regulation > Firing	96		[96th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring	111		[111st of 123]
Unemployment rate	64 %		[64th of 182]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required	15 days

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SOURCES: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing.; Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).; Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services.; 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.; The total labor force figure ; This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete. ; 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.; 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.; 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.; Nations are listed with a Flexibility of Hiring Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation in question regulates the hiring process.; The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted. ;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

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