|
|
|
Agricultural workers > Female
|
1% |
|
[73rd of 77]
|
|
Days off work
|
21 days |
|
[14th of 20]
|
|
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
|
1.4 %
|
|
[55th of 94]
|
|
Female decision makers
|
33% |
|
[21st of 67]
|
|
force, total
|
30,644,970
|
|
[17th of 184]
|
|
Gender division of housework
|
2.11 |
|
[6th of 13]
|
|
Hours worked
|
1,673 hours |
|
[5th of 9]
|
|
Labor force
|
30,890,000 |
|
[16th of 132]
|
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5% |
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Strikes
|
22 |
|
[18th of 27]
|
|
Trade union membership
|
29% |
|
[10th of 18]
|
|
Unemployment
|
5.3% |
|
[9th of 18]
|
|
Unemployment gender ratio
|
79% |
|
[29th of 30]
|
|
Unemployment rate
|
5.3% |
|
[57th of 107]
|
|
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
|
4.6 %
|
|
[65th of 101]
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Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
20 calendar days, plus 8 bank holidays |
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Work Time > More than 40 hours
|
49.8% |
|
[9th of 18]
|
|
Working time to buy a car
|
956 hours |
|
[14th of 16]
|
|
Working time to buy a television set
|
28 hours |
|
[7th of 15]
|
|
Youth unemployment
|
11.8% |
|
[16th of 30]
|
... View all Labor stats
SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; OECD; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation
; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);
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