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Labor Statistics > Work time > Market-oriented (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Philippines:73% 
#2  Denmark:68% 
#3  Japan:66% 
#4  Korea, South:64% 
#5  India:61% 
#6  Mongolia:61% 
#7  Indonesia:60% 
#8  Guatemala:59% 
#9  Venezuela:59% 
#10  Kenya:56% 
#11  Nepal:56% 
#12  Canada:53% 
#13  Bangladesh:52% 
#14  Israel:51% 
#15  Finland:51% 
#16  United Kingdom:51% 
#17  South Africa:51% 
#18  Hungary:51% 
#19  Norway:50% 
#20  United States:50% 
#21  Austria:49% 
#22  Colombia:49% 
#23  Netherlands:48% 
#24  France:46% 
#25  New Zealand:46% 
#26  Latvia:46% 
#27  Australia:46% 
#28  Italy:45% 
#29  Germany:44% 
Weighted average: 53.9%  


DEFINITION: Classification of market and non-market activities are not strictly based on the 1993 revised UN System of National Accounts, so comparisons between countries and areas must be made with caution.

SOURCE: Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report

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