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Arctic Region > Iceland > Labor

ICELANDIC LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 5% [41st of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 12% [38th of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 29.63 % Time series [34th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 76875100000 Time series
Days off work 367 days [1st of 20]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 43.67 [60th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 72.96 [83rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 87.48 [48th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 89.36 [50th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 90.7 [45th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 92.27 [30th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 91.76 [25th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 88.16 [17th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 84.43 [11th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 81.22 [8th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 27.89 [73rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 43.72 [87th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 77.22 [147th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 95.65 [68th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.58 [122nd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 96.64 [129th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 97.43 [52nd of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 97.28 [36th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 94.15 [69th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 91.27 [54th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 90.61 [15th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 37.98 [75th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 43.61 [49th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 68.54 [65th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 78.96 [51st of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 81.97 [50th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 84.66 [44th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 86.89 [34th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 85.9 [28th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 81.73 [23rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 77.53 [11th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 71.97 [8th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 19.57 [58th of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 3.5 % Time series [53rd of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 10.6 % Time series [47th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 11.2 % Time series [62nd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 33.6 % Time series [32nd of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 84.6 % Time series [20th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 54.8 % Time series [33rd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 7.2 % Time series [53rd of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 23.1 % Time series [42nd of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 69 % Time series [25th of 94]
employment rate > Source / date of > information 2003 OECD .
Female decision makers 27% [39th of 67]
Female economic activity 66.6% [28th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 1% [95th of 156]
Female professionals 53% [24th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 13 weeks of wages Time series [141st of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 82.87 % Time series [5th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 90.52 % Time series [14th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 86.73 % Time series [4th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 42 % Time series [8th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 28.1 % Time series [32nd of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 29.6 % Time series [7th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 46.64 % Time series [36th of 184]
force, total 176,805.7 Time series [163rd of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.596 per capita Time series [2nd of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 15% [34th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 34% [29th of 79]
Labor force 181,000 Time series [113rd of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 599,474.714 per million people Time series [11th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture, fishing and fish processing 10.3%, industry 18.3%, services 71.4%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 5.1% Time series [20th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 23% Time series [13th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 71.8% Time series [6th of 29]
Long term unemployment 0.2% [25th of 27]
Long term unemployment > Share 12.5% [24th of 28]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 11.1 % Time series [26th of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 13.3 % Time series [24th of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 9.5 % Time series [26th of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date December 6, 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [59th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave
90 days 80% up to a ceiling of Íkr480,000 (€5,300, $6,700) monthly (minimum monthly payment Íkr 91,200 (€1000, $1,275) + 90 days to be shared between the parents
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave As for the mother
Parental leave > Restrictions
Parents must have been working for a period of 6 months prior to taking the leave. Entitlement expires on the child's eighth birthday.
Parental leave > Unpaid maternity leave 13 weeks
Parental leave > Unpaid paternity leave 13 weeks
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date July 15, 1952
Rigidity of employment index 31 Time series [105th of 166]
Service workers > Female 80% [34th of 79]
Service workers > Male 53% [35th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 52.5 % Time series [7th of 174]
Strikes 244 [2nd of 27]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 2,052.31 per million people Time series [3rd of 49]
Temporary employment share 5.4% [23rd of 26]
Unemployment gender ratio 158% [7th of 30]
Unemployment rate 1% Time series [91st of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 27.3 % Time series [57th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 19.4 % Time series [60th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 15.1 % Time series [40th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 13.6 % Time series [45th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 16.1 % Time series [27th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 2.9 % Time series [72nd of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 3.2 % Time series [71st of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 3.1 % Time series [73rd of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 6.8 % Time series [65th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 9.4 % Time series [57th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 8.1 % Time series [61st of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 65,000,000 $ Time series [70th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 4.11 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [73rd of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 219.04 $ per 1,000 people Time series [20th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 88,000,000 $ Time series [110th of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 5.565 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [109th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 296.546 $ per capita Time series [15th of 167]
Youth unemployment 4.7% [29th of 30]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; OECD; 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; Wikipedia: List of countries by employment rate ; 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; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; OECD; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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