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Asia > Nepal > Labor

NEPALESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 65.01 [34th of 162]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 78.5 % Time series [2nd of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total 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
Employment in industry > % of total employment 5.5 % Time series [90th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in industry > % of total employment
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth 1% [92nd of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, total 10,521,580 Time series [44th 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 11,110,000 Time series [37th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 81%, industry 3%, services 16%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 76% Time series [4th of 32]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 6% Time series [29th 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 18% Time series [27th of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Services
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 52 days
Definition: Labor > Parental leave > Paid maternity leave
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation 45 [89th of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Source: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Regulation > Employment Conditions 54 [95th 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 52 Time series [41st 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
Total work time > Males 547 minutes [2nd of 29]
Definition: Labor > Total work time > Males
Source: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment rate 42% Time series [6th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Source: Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 10.7 % Time series [40th of 95]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, female > % of female labor force
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 8.8 % Time series [47th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 65,000,000 $ Time series [71st of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 1,126,344,000 BoP $ Time series [30th of 115]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$
Source: World Development Indicators database

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SOURCES: 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; World Development Indicators database; 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; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report

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mahendra
8th July 2009
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