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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]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 25.49 % Time series [44th of 97]
Definition: Labor > Compensation of employees > % of expense
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 58.98 [40th of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 18.4 % Time series [26th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 12.3 % Time series [81st of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, male > % of male employment
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 23 % Time series [82nd of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, services, female > % of female employment
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 51.7 % Time series [5th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Employment in industry > % of total employment 13.7 % Time series [83rd of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in industry > % of total employment
Female decision makers 5% [67th of 67]
Definition: Labor > Female decision makers
Female economic activity growth 1% [89th of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
force, total 63,868,780 Time series [8th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Labor force 69,400,000 Time series [7th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 63%, services 26%, industry 11% (FY 95/96)
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Regulation 50 [78th of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Regulation > Employment Conditions 85 [35th of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation > Employment Conditions
Rigidity of employment index 30 Time series [109th of 166]
Definition: Labor > Rigidity of employment index
Total work time > Males 496 minutes [5th of 29]
Definition: Labor > Total work time > Males
Unemployment rate 2.5% Time series [84th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.3 % Time series [79th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 6,000,000 $ Time series [131st of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$

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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; 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; 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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