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Central America and the Caribbean > Dominican Republic > Labor

DOMINICAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 3% [57th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 24% [22nd of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 28.02 % Time series [40th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 35208010000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 13.22 [57th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 34.61 [98th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 66.49 [129th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 76.32 [119th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 76.25 [125th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 73.3 [139th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 71.45 [139th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 69.76 [128th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 66.83 [118th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 64.21 [77th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 57.76 [56th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 39.66 [43rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 21.76 [41st of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 49.68 [70th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 83.41 [83rd of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 95.91 [59th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 98.23 [21st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 97.9 [51st of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 96.57 [108th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 95.7 [88th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 94.38 [63rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 93.93 [24th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 86.01 [37th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 70.63 [24th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 4.39 [67th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 19.12 [134th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 48.82 [131st of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 55.89 [118th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 53.45 [127th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 47.81 [139th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 45.29 [136th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 42.45 [128th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 37.8 [126th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 33.32 [98th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 29.02 [73rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 10.18 [86th of 167]
Economically active children, female 8.1 % Time series [27th of 34]
Economically active children, male 16.7 % Time series [25th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 92.8 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 95.1 % Time series [5th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 92.2 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, total 12.5 % Time series [25th of 34]
Economically active children, work only 7.2 % Time series [29th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 4.9 % Time series [30th of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 7.8 % Time series [29th of 34]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 1.9 % Time series [65th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 23 % Time series [28th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 15.4 % Time series [36th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 24.1 % Time series [65th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 82.7 % Time series [29th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 52.9 % Time series [38th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 15.9 % Time series [37th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 21.1 % Time series [59th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 63 % Time series [40th of 94]
Female decision makers 31% [28th of 67]
Female economic activity 40% [122nd of 156]
Female economic activity growth 17% [21st of 156]
Female professionals 49% [41st of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 87.6 weeks of wages Time series [31st of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 48.51 % Time series [140th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 83.97 % Time series [65th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 66.36 % Time series [117th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 38.3 % Time series [11th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 18.6 % Time series [31st of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 10.3 % Time series [33rd of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 35.9 % Time series [144th of 184]
force, total 3,847,696 Time series [86th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.433 per capita Time series [107th of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 20% [22nd of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 27% [55th of 79]
Labor force 4,027,000 Time series [68th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 429,967.783 per million people Time series [74th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 17%, industry 24.3%, services and government 58.7%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 17% Time series [5th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 24.3% Time series [2nd of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 58.7% Time series [2nd of 29]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 1.6 % Time series [35th of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 1.3 % Time series [33rd of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 2.2 % Time series [33rd of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date June 15, 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 14 [126th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Regulation 49 [81st of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 79 [54th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 35 [63rd of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [101st of 123]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date September 22, 1953
Rigidity of employment index 42 Time series [68th of 166]
Service workers > Female 77% [41st of 79]
Service workers > Male 48% [50th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 38.2 % Time series [94th of 174]
Unemployment rate 15.6% Time series [6th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 32.4 % Time series [50th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 29.1 % Time series [46th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 9.6 % Time series [45th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 10.8 % Time series [43rd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 7.8 % Time series [45th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 30.7 % Time series [4th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 10.5 % Time series [17th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 18.4 % Time series [7th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 34.3 % Time series [11th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 16.2 % Time series [33rd of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 23.1 % Time series [21st of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 26,000,000 $ Time series [101st of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 0.881 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [119th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 2.923 $ per 1,000 people Time series [109th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 2,717,000,000 $ Time series [29th of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 92.096 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [26th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 305.456 $ per capita Time series [14th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 2,429,800,000 BoP $ Time series [18th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 82.361 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [22nd of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 273.168 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [8th 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; 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: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Dominican Republic, Republica Dominicana, dominican rep, dominican rep.

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