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Agricultural workers > Female	4%		[48th of 77]
Days off work	59 days		[10th of 20]
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	4.2 %		[42nd of 94]
Source: OECD
Female decision makers	19%		[58th of 67]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, total	24,439,710		[22nd of 184]
Source: calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002
Gender division of housework	1.74		[12th of 13]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Hours worked	1,591 hours		[6th of 9]
Source: Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748
Labor force	24,740,000		[19th of 132]
Source: OECD
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 5%, industry 32%, services 63%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Strikes	76		[9th of 27]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Trade union membership	35%		[8th of 18]
Source: OECD
Unemployment	10.3%		[1st of 18]
Source: Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy
Unemployment gender ratio	180%		[3rd of 30]
Source: OECD Historical Statistics
Unemployment rate	6.2%		[49th of 107]
Source: 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
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	8 %		[40th of 101]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 20-30 days plus 12 public holidays
Source: World Development Indicators database
Work Time > More than 40 hours	63.8%		[5th of 18]
Source: Wikipedia: Vacation
Working time to buy a car	989 hours		[13th of 16]
Source: ILO, Key Indicators
Working time to buy a television set	44 hours		[3rd of 15]
Source: International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002)
Youth unemployment	29.7%		[3rd of 30]
Source: International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002)

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