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Asia > Bangladesh > Labor

BANGLADESHI LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 78% [2nd of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 54% [2nd of 78]
Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 62.1 % Time series [2nd of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 64.02 % Time series [2nd of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 61.35 % Time series [4th of 11]
Child employment in manufacturing > % of economically active children ages 7-14 12.66 % Time series [1st of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 15.49 % Time series [2nd of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 11.56 % Time series [1st of 10]
Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 23.25 % Time series [5th of 11]
Child employment in services, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 18.28 % Time series [5th of 11]
Child employment in services, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 25.17 % Time series [4th of 11]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 25.49 % Time series [44th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 74313640000 Time series
CPIA building human resources rating 4 Time series [5th of 75]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 27.74 [24th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 59.33 [22nd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 74.1 [77th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 82.55 [83rd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 87.73 [62nd of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 88.89 [58th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 86.97 [71st of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 86.78 [53rd of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 85.66 [31st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 82.57 [19th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 74.27 [14th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 46.59 [32nd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 28.62 [28th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 64.9 [22nd of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 82.11 [101st of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 94.93 [96th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 98.92 [3rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 98.84 [7th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 98.37 [10th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 98.46 [9th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 97.28 [7th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 96.38 [6th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 89.79 [20th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 58.98 [40th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 26.83 [26th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 53.34 [32nd of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 65.71 [78th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 69.79 [84th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 76.32 [67th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 78.89 [62nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 75.45 [70th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 74.31 [62nd of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 72.6 [47th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 66.73 [28th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 57.09 [22nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 32.9 [27th of 167]
Economically active children, female 13.91 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, male 20.9 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 36.71 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 36.02 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 37.13 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, total 17.54 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, work only 63.29 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 63.98 % Time series [1st of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 62.87 % Time series [1st of 34]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 58.6 % Time series [3rd of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 49.8 % Time series [4th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 18.4 % Time series [26th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 12.3 % Time series [81st of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 23 % Time series [82nd of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 37.9 % Time series [73rd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 51.7 % Time series [5th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 13.7 % Time series [83rd of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 34.6 % Time series [83rd of 94]
Female decision makers 5% [67th of 67]
Female economic activity 66.3% [30th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 1% [89th of 156]
Female professionals 35% [65th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 51 weeks of wages Time series [65th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 55.19 % Time series [109th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 88.08 % Time series [27th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 72.04 % Time series [67th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 36.95 % Time series [139th of 184]
force, total 63,868,780 Time series [8th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.45 per capita Time series [87th of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 8% [77th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 11% [79th of 79]
Labor force 69,400,000 Time series [7th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 461,287.911 per million people Time series [55th of 131]
Labor force > A note
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998)
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 63%, services 26%, industry 11% (FY 95/96)
Labor force > Note
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2006 est.)
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Regulation 50 [78th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 85 [35th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 32 [71st of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [102nd of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 8.32 % Time series [4th of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date June 22, 1972
Rigidity of employment index 30 Time series [109th of 166]
Service workers > Female 11% [80th of 79]
Service workers > Male 34% [76th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 23.1 % Time series [116th of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 19.24 % Time series [4th of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 31.84 per million people Time series [9th of 49]
Total work time > Females 545 minutes [6th of 29]
Total work time > Females over males 110% [13th of 29]
Total work time > Males 496 minutes [5th of 29]
Unemployment rate 2.5% Time series [84th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 22.4 % Time series [55th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 22.9 % Time series [52nd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 8.4 % Time series [47th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 5.7 % Time series [54th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 10.2 % Time series [37th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 4.9 % Time series [70th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 4.2 % Time series [77th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.3 % Time series [79th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 5.8 % Time series [70th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 7 % Time series [66th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 6.6 % Time series [68th of 77]
Work time > Market-oriented 52% [14th of 29]
Work time > Non-market-oriented 48% [17th of 29]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 6,000,000 $ Time series [131st of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 0.1 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [139th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 0.042 $ per 1,000 people Time series [147th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 4,251,000,000 $ Time series [16th of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 70.81 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [34th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 29.974 $ per capita Time series [98th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 4,241,448,000 BoP $ Time series [9th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 70.651 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [23rd of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 29.907 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [50th of 143]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; 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; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; 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; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh

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