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Middle East > Israel > Labor

ISRAELI LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 1% [75th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 16.91 [118th of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 11.2 % Time series [53rd of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 31.6 % Time series [35th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, male > % of male employment
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 87.5 % Time series [12th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, services, female > % of female employment
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 2 % Time series [52nd of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Employment in industry > % of total employment 21.7 % Time series [39th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in industry > % of total employment
Female decision makers 26% [42nd of 67]
Definition: Labor > Female decision makers
Female economic activity growth 13% [33rd of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
force with tertiary education > % of total 49.6 % Time series [2nd of 52]
Definition: Labor > force with tertiary education > % of total
force, total 2,730,372 Time series [98th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Labor force 2,894,000 Time series [77th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 18.5%, industry 23.7%, services 50%, other 7.8%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Regulation 38 [103rd of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Regulation > Employment Conditions 64 [80th of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation > Employment Conditions
Total work time > Males 377 minutes [22nd of 29]
Definition: Labor > Total work time > Males
Unemployment rate 7.3% Time series [37th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 10.7 % Time series [34th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 14 days
Definition: Labor > Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 2,349,000,000 $ Time series [19th of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; 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; World Development Indicators database; 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; 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; 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; Wikipedia: Vacation

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Israel, State of Israel, Medinat Yisra'el, Yisra'el

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