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Agricultural workers > Female	88%		[1st of 77]
Compensation of employees > % of expense	13.52 %		[68th of 97]
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	74.63		[12th of 162]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment	70 %		[2nd 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, female > % of female employment	7.6 %		[78th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	4.8 %		[85th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	22.4 %		[81st of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	77.9 %		[1st of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in industry > % of total employment	6.1 %		[92nd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth	-1%		[117th of 156]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force with tertiary education > % of total	1.1 %		[33rd of 52]
Source: 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
force, total	31,586,610		[16th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force	27,270,000		[5th of 132]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	90 days
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation	51		[71st of 123]
Source: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Regulation > Employment Conditions	67		[72nd of 123]
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.
Rigidity of employment index	34		[92nd of 166]
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, female > % of female labor force	31.2 %		[3rd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	23.1 %		[4th of 101]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	16,000,000 $		[116th of 149]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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• Ethiopians are by far the most agricultural people on earth (both men and women)

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