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CPIA building human resources rating	2.5		[67th of 75]
Firing cost > weeks of wages	91 weeks of wages		[24th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	31.74 %		[172nd of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64	77.61 %		[129th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	54.25 %		[176th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force	29.25 %		[166th of 184]
force, total	49,167.46		[181st of 184]
Labor force > By occupation population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; note: shortages of skilled workers
Labor force > By occupation > Note population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date	May 4, 2005
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age	14		[115th of 146]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date	June 17, 1992
Rigidity of employment index	67		[9th of 166]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	17.8 %		[13th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	12.5 %		[18th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	14.4 %		[16th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	1,000,000 $		[145th of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$	1,000,000 $		[154th of 156]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$	644,500 BoP $		[111st of 115]

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