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Asia > China > Labor

CHINESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 7.86 [64th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 58.63 [24th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 91.64 [1st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 95.31 [3rd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 95.68 [6th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 95.79 [9th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 94.18 [19th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 90.32 [36th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 78.81 [68th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 64.21 [78th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 43.84 [94th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 16.85 [96th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 7.74 [69th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 55.79 [50th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 92.41 [7th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 97.98 [6th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 98.6 [7th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 98.8 [9th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 98.32 [16th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 97.3 [35th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 92.56 [91st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 81.61 [112nd of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 59.64 [109th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 27.52 [98th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 61.7 [15th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 90.81 [1st of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 92.47 [6th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 92.57 [11th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 92.59 [13th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 89.72 [26th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 82.99 [38th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 64.02 [73rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 45.43 [74th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 27.17 [80th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 7.6 [94th of 167]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 44.1 % Time series [12th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 17.7 % Time series [76th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 16.1 % Time series [91st of 94]
Female economic activity 72.7% [19th of 156]
Female economic activity growth -1% [118th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 91 weeks of wages Time series [21st of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 75.79 % Time series [15th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 87.79 % Time series [28th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 81.97 % Time series [15th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 44.54 % Time series [66th of 184]
force, total 776,047,400 Time series [1st of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.595 per capita Time series [3rd of 184]
Labor force 800,700,000 Time series [1st of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 605,741.087 per million people Time series [9th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 49%, industry 22%, services 29%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 43% Time series [6th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 25% Time series [6th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 32% Time series [22nd of 29]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date April 28, 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 16 [27th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 90 days
Regulation 47 [84th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 67 [73rd of 123]
Regulation > Firing 57 [21st of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 17 [122nd of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 20.73 % Time series [8th of 39]
Rigidity of employment index 24 Time series [126th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 40.9 % Time series [83rd of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 30.73 % Time series [6th of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 201.6 per million people Time series [7th of 49]
Unemployment rate 4% Time series [73rd of 107]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.2 % Time series [7th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 1.1 % Time series [67th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 0.8 % Time series [66th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 1 % Time series [67th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required Not required
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 2,602,000,000 $ Time series [17th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 1.165 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [116th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 1.995 $ per 1,000 people Time series [117th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 22,492,000,000 $ Time series [2nd of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 10.067 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [85th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 17.242 $ per capita Time series [112nd of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 5,494,678,000 BoP $ Time series [3rd of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 2.459 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [66th of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 4.212 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [80th of 143]

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; World Development Indicators database; 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; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; 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: Vacation

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: China, People's Republic of China, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo, Zhong Guo, China; Peoples Republic of, China, People's Republic, China, People's Rep, China, People's Rep. of, China PR

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