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Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Labor

JAMAICAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 10% [29th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 30% [17th of 78]
Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 31.26 % Time series [7th of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 17.08 % Time series [7th of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 36.84 % Time series [7th of 11]
Child employment in manufacturing > % of economically active children ages 7-14 7.72 % Time series [3rd of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 11.6 % Time series [3rd of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 6.19 % Time series [2nd of 10]
Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 51.39 % Time series [1st of 11]
Child employment in services, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 71.32 % Time series [1st of 11]
Child employment in services, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 43.55 % Time series [1st of 11]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 31.79 % Time series [18th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 65228130000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 30.51 [111st of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 83.29 [17th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 88.3 [39th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 91.01 [35th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 92.32 [30th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 92.18 [31st of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 91.83 [24th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 85.86 [30th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 80.26 [23rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 60.85 [45th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 34.28 [57th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 33.19 [114th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 87.03 [45th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 93.04 [140th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 95.72 [152nd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 96.03 [149th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 96.11 [124th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 95.62 [92nd of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 93.81 [74th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 88.42 [73rd of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 77.62 [59th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 49.28 [59th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 27.7 [97th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 79.18 [23rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 83.23 [36th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 86.25 [33rd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 88.65 [29th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 88.36 [32nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 88.2 [23rd of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 78.18 [33rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 72.33 [19th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 45.18 [45th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 22.34 [53rd of 167]
Economically active children, female 0.6 % Time series [34th of 34]
Economically active children, male 1.5 % Time series [34th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 82.9 % Time series [9th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 92.5 % Time series [8th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 78.8 % Time series [12th of 34]
Economically active children, total 1.1 % Time series [34th of 34]
Economically active children, work only 17.1 % Time series [26th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 7.5 % Time series [27th of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 21.2 % Time series [23rd of 34]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 8.5 % Time series [20th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 25 % Time series [11th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 5.2 % Time series [55th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 27 % Time series [44th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 86 % Time series [13th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 47.8 % Time series [39th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 18 % Time series [16th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 17.7 % Time series [54th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 64.1 % Time series [31st of 94]
Female economic activity 67.1% [27th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 1% [101st of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 60.5 weeks of wages Time series [47th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 59.32 % Time series [85th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 78.02 % Time series [128th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 68.47 % Time series [106th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 43.59 % Time series [76th of 184]
force, total 1,166,704 Time series [135th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.44 per capita Time series [97th of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 9% [75th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 26% [59th of 79]
Labor force 1,255,000 Time series [100th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 451,417.415 per million people Time series [62nd of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 20.1%, industry 16.6%, services 63.4%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 17% Time series [16th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 19% Time series [13th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 64% Time series [11th of 29]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 31.7 % Time series [17th of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 36.2 % Time series [14th of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 24.4 % Time series [20th of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date October 13, 2003
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [65th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Regulation 34 [113rd of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 52 [103rd of 123]
Regulation > Firing 18 [105th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [104th of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 18.89 % Time series [3rd of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date December 26, 1962
Rigidity of employment index 4 Time series [163rd of 166]
Service workers > Female 81% [32nd of 79]
Service workers > Male 45% [59th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 47 % Time series [46th of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 41.11 % Time series [2nd of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 6.42 per million people Time series [5th of 49]
Unemployment rate 9.9% Time series [14th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 5.7 % Time series [33rd of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 4.8 % Time series [33rd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 6.1 % Time series [32nd of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 7 % Time series [30th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 5 % Time series [29th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 15.7 % Time series [13th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 8.1 % Time series [34th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 11.4 % Time series [15th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 36.3 % Time series [7th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 22 % Time series [15th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 28.1 % Time series [9th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 394,000,000 $ Time series [40th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 41.153 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [12th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 148.427 $ per 1,000 people Time series [27th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 1,783,000,000 $ Time series [41st of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 186.231 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [11th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 671.69 $ per capita Time series [4th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 1,621,225,000 BoP $ Time series [24th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 169.334 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [7th of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 610.746 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [2nd of 143]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; 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; 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; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; 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; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

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