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South America > Suriname > Labor

SURINAMESE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 3% [52nd of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 18.36 [115th of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 1.8 % Time series [68th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 0.5 % Time series [85th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 21.8 % Time series [71st of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, male > % of male employment
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 96.6 % Time series [2nd of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, services, female > % of female employment
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 6.1 % Time series [63rd of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Employment in industry > % of total employment 14.5 % Time series [83rd of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in industry > % of total employment
Female decision makers 28% [32nd of 67]
Definition: Labor > Female decision makers
Female economic activity growth 21% [14th of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
force with tertiary education > % of total 4.1 % Time series [51st of 52]
Definition: Labor > force with tertiary education > % of total
force, total 152,370.5 Time series [169th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Labor force 156,700 Time series [15th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 14% Time series [22nd of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Industry
Labor force > By occupation > Services 78% Time series [5th of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Services
Rigidity of employment index 23 Time series [129th of 166]
Definition: Labor > Rigidity of employment index
Unemployment rate 9.5% Time series [22nd of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 13.8 % Time series [19th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 9,000,000 $ Time series [124th of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; 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 occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Republiek Suriname, surinam

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