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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
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32.68 |
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[85th of 162]
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Female economic activity growth
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21% |
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[15th of 156]
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Regulation > Hiring
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33 |
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[113rd of 123]
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regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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33.04 %
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[3rd of 39]
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Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date
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June 7, 1957 |
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Rigidity of employment index
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30
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[110th of 166]
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Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment
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18.2 %
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[123rd of 174]
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skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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36.07 %
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[2nd of 38]
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Technicians in R&D > per million people
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24.24 per million people
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[35th of 49]
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Unemployment rate
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12.5 %
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[61st of 182]
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Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment
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9.8 %
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[56th of 77]
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Unemployment, female > % of female labor force
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28.3 %
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[4th of 95]
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Unemployment, male > % of male labor force
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9 %
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[41st of 95]
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Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
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12.3 %
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[23rd of 101]
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Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24
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38.9 %
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[9th of 77]
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Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24
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21.4 %
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[18th of 77]
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Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24
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26.3 %
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[15th of 77]
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Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
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40,000,000 $
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[91st of 149]
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Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$
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823,000,000 $
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[62nd of 156]
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Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$
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763,000,000 BoP $
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[39th 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; 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; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah
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