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Agricultural workers > Female	0%		[77th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	24.89		[103rd of 162]
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment	16.1 %		[25th of 86]
Source: 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
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	20.6 %		[52nd of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	75.5 %		[33rd of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	22.4 %		[13th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in industry > % of total employment	18.8 %		[51st of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female decision makers	38%		[6th of 67]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force with tertiary education > % of total	25.1 %		[17th of 52]
Source: calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002
force, total	22,339,580		[26th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force	20,500,000		[25th of 132]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 22.7%, industry 18.7%, services 58.5%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry	18.7%		[10th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Services	58.5%		[7th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave Law 755 (2002) appended a paragraph to Article 236 of the Labor Code to indicate that fathers have a leave of 4-8 days. (edward gonzalez-acosta, The New School)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation	59		[44th of 123]
Source: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Unemployment rate	11.2%		[13th of 107]
Source: 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.
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	13.7 %		[10th of 101]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required	14 days
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	56,000,000 $		[78th of 149]
Source: Wikipedia: Vacation

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