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Africa > Zambia > Labor

ZAMBIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 55.37 [45th of 162]
Female economic activity growth -2% [137th of 156]
Regulation 46 [85th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 64 [79th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 40 [54th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [100th of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 16.91 % ... [1st of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date September 2, 1996
Rigidity of employment index 23 ... [127th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 29.4 % ... [123rd of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 35.75 % ... [2nd of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 15.54 per million people ... [47th of 49]
Unemployment rate 50 % [8th of 182]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 12 % ... [35th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 13 % ... [12th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 12 % ... [26th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 21.1 % ... [14th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 20.7 % ... [10th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 20.9 % ... [13th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 24,000,000 $ ... [105th 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; 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.; 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: Zambia, Republic of Zambia

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