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| SOUTH AFRICAN LABOR STATS: |
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
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23.47 |
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[108th of 162]
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Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
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13.6 %
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[40th of 86]
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Employees, industry, male > % of male employment
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33.3 %
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[34th of 86]
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Employees, services, female > % of female employment
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78.9 %
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[34th of 86]
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Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
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10.3 %
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[44th of 94]
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Employment in industry > % of total employment
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24.5 %
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[33rd of 94]
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Female economic activity growth
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1% |
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[102nd of 156]
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force, total
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19,561,090
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[29th of 184]
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Labor force
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20,490,000 |
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[26th of 132]
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Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% |
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Labor force > By occupation > Industry
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26% |
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[7th of 29]
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Labor force > By occupation > Services
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65% |
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[5th of 29]
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Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Three days paid family responsibility leave |
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Regulation
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36 |
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[109th of 123]
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Regulation > Employment Conditions
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36 |
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[118th of 123]
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Total work time > Males
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273 minutes |
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[30th of 29]
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Unemployment rate
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24.3% |
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[4th of 107]
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Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
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27.1 %
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[2nd of 101]
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Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
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21 consecutive days |
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Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
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1,055,000,000 $
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[30th of 149]
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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; World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave
; 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; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report; Wikipedia: Vacation
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South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA
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