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Middle East > Kuwait > Labor

KUWAITI LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Compensation of employees > % of expense 31.4 % Time series [19th of 97]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 25.57 [101st of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Female economic activity growth -3% [147th of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
Firing cost > weeks of wages 42.7 weeks of wages Time series [76th of 164]
Definition: Labor > Firing cost > weeks of wages
force with secondary education > % of total 17.3 % Time series [6th of 51]
Definition: Labor > force with secondary education > % of total
force with tertiary education > % of total 19 % Time series [1st of 52]
Definition: Labor > force with tertiary education > % of total
force, female > % of total labor force 25.39 % Time series [174th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, female > % of total labor force
force, total 1,374,111 Time series [129th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Labor force 2,093,000 Time series [90th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture NA, industries NA, services NA
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 70 days
Definition: Labor > Parental leave > Paid maternity leave
Regulation 41 [101st of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Regulation > Employment Conditions 40 [115th of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation > Employment Conditions
Regulation > Firing 50 [32nd of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation > Firing
Rigidity of employment index 13 Time series [149th of 166]
Definition: Labor > Rigidity of employment index
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 25.2 % Time series [113rd of 174]
Definition: Labor > Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment
Unemployment rate 2.2% Time series [30th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 58.8 % Time series [17th of 71]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 1.7 % Time series [76th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 2,648,000,000 $ Time series [16th of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$

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SOURCES: 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: 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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