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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]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 31.79 % Time series [18th of 97]
Definition: Labor > Compensation of employees > % of expense
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 49.28 [59th of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 5.2 % Time series [55th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
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 27 % Time series [44th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, male > % of male employment
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 86 % Time series [13th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, services, female > % of female employment
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 18 % Time series [16th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in industry > % of total employment 17.7 % Time series [54th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in industry > % of total employment
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth 1% [101st of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, total 1,166,704 Time series [135th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
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 1,255,000 Time series [100th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 20.1%, industry 16.6%, services 63.4%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 19% Time series [13th of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Industry
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Services 64% Time series [11th of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Services
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation 34 [113rd of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation > Employment Conditions 52 [103rd of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation > Employment Conditions
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.
Rigidity of employment index 4 Time series [163rd of 166]
Definition: Labor > Rigidity of employment index
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 9.9% Time series [14th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Source: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 11.4 % Time series [15th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 394,000,000 $ Time series [40th of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
Source: World Development Indicators database

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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; 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

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