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Agricultural workers > Female	14%		[21st of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	60.17		[36th of 162]
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment	23.3 %		[14th 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	18.2 %		[80th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	55.6 %		[70th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	38.7 %		[15th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in industry > % of total employment	20 %		[71st of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth	28%		[7th of 156]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, total	4,077,174		[82nd of 184]
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
Labor force	3,958,000		[69th of 132]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry	15%		[13th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Services	35%		[12th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave Two days at birth of child
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation	65		[21st of 123]
Source: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Regulation > Employment Conditions	85		[34th 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.
Total work time > Males	579 minutes		[1st of 29]
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 rate	3.2%		[96th of 107]
Source: 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
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	2.8 %		[90th of 101]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	33,000,000 $		[98th of 149]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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