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Compensation of employees > % of expense	57.72 %		[2nd of 97]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	30.22		[90th of 162]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment	2.1 %		[62nd of 86]
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, female > % of female employment	12.5 %		[49th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	23.1 %		[66th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	83.3 %		[27th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	3.6 %		[68th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in industry > % of total employment	21.8 %		[50th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth	57%		[1st of 156]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force with tertiary education > % of total	27.2 %		[10th of 52]
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
force, total	1,843,594		[120th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force	1,563,000		[97th of 132]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 5%, industry 12.5%, services 82.5%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry	12.5%		[12th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Services	82.5%		[1st of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation	60		[35th of 123]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation > Employment Conditions	82		[45th of 123]
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	27		[115th of 166]
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, total > % of total labor force	12.4 %		[12th of 101]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	349,000,000 $		[42nd of 149]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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