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Southeast Asia > East Timor > Labor

TIMORESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 91.78 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 8.22 % Time series [8th of 11]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 36.25 [15th of 89]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.81 [105th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 59.91 [37th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 76.93 [30th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 30.65 [35th of 167]
Economically active children, female 8.1 % Time series [10th of 34]
Economically active children, male 7.1 % Time series [13th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 73.2 % Time series [8th of 34]
Economically active children, total 7.6 % Time series [12th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, male 30.8 % Time series [7th of 34]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 34.5 weeks of wages Time series [93rd of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 56.58 % Time series [96th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 70.48 % Time series [88th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 37.63 % Time series [136th of 184]
force, total 394,980 Time series [150th of 184]
Rigidity of employment index 46 Time series [57th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 19 % Time series [146th of 174]
Unemployment rate 50% Time series [1st of 107]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: East Timor, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese], Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Timor-Leste [Portuguese], Timor Leste, Timor-Leste

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