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Central America and the Caribbean > Nicaragua > Labor

NICARAGUAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 62.41 % Time series [9th of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 32.04 % Time series [11th of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 73.19 % Time series [7th of 11]
Child employment in manufacturing > % of economically active children ages 7-14 4.89 % Time series [4th of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 10.17 % Time series [2nd of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 3.01 % Time series [6th of 10]
Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 32.31 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in services, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 57.79 % Time series [1st of 11]
Child employment in services, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 23.27 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 29.95 % Time series [22nd of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 5169966000 Time series
CPIA building human resources rating 3.5 Time series [45th of 75]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 42.79 [63rd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 69.32 [115th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 77.16 [114th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 81.33 [98th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 79.11 [111st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 76.4 [117th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 73.95 [113rd of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 70.89 [102nd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 67.76 [63rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 56.8 [58th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 32.48 [64th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 18.64 [50th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 58.22 [46th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 86.73 [49th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 96.09 [54th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 97.47 [65th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 97.55 [84th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 97.26 [67th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 97.09 [48th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 95.61 [37th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 94.71 [14th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 88.08 [27th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 54.42 [50th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 5.17 [66th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 27.07 [101st of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 51.84 [122nd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 58.65 [111st of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 65.93 [96th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 61.6 [106th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 56.61 [111st of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 51.77 [110th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 46.66 [109th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 41.2 [84th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 26.45 [83rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 14.45 [68th of 167]
Economically active children, female 6.5 % Time series [12th of 34]
Economically active children, male 17.52 % Time series [8th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 66.72 % Time series [9th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 81.99 % Time series [4th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 61.3 % Time series [8th of 34]
Economically active children, total 12.13 % Time series [11th of 34]
Economically active children, work only 33.28 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 18.01 % Time series [10th of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 38.7 % Time series [6th of 34]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 10.4 % Time series [29th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 43.1 % Time series [10th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 17 % Time series [32nd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 18.6 % Time series [77th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 52 % Time series [70th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 32.4 % Time series [79th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 30.5 % Time series [19th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 18 % Time series [68th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 40 % Time series [76th of 94]
Female economic activity 47.2% [103rd of 156]
Female economic activity growth 17% [23rd of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 23.8 weeks of wages Time series [121st of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 36.93 % Time series [162nd of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 87.37 % Time series [31st of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 61.98 % Time series [149th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 84.9 % Time series [1st of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 8.8 % Time series [40th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 6 % Time series [40th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 29.77 % Time series [164th of 184]
force, total 1,908,840 Time series [119th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.371 per capita Time series [161st of 184]
Labor force 2,262,000 Time series [86th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 398,565.306 per million people Time series [85th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 30.5%, industry 17.3%, services 52.2%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 29% Time series [11th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 19% Time series [14th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 52% Time series [14th of 29]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date November 2, 1981
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 14 [104th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Regulation 61 [33rd of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 90 [15th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 58 [19th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [114th of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 6.86 % Time series [14th of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date October 31, 1967
Rigidity of employment index 24 Time series [122nd of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 41.1 % Time series [64th of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 17.04 % Time series [15th of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 84.5 per million people Time series [5th of 49]
Unemployment rate 22% Time series [14th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 28.2 % Time series [55th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 22.7 % Time series [57th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 19.7 % Time series [24th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 25.2 % Time series [19th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 16.3 % Time series [26th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 8 % Time series [55th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 7.6 % Time series [49th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 7.8 % Time series [55th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 15.8 % Time series [44th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 10.8 % Time series [57th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 12.5 % Time series [48th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 3,000,000 $ Time series [83rd of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 1.09 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [125th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 896.74 $ per 1,000 people Time series [131st of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 600,000,000 $ Time series [71st of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 122.174 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [21st of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 116.52 $ per capita Time series [52nd of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 600,400,000 BoP $ Time series [41st of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 122.255 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [16th of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 116.598 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [25th of 143]

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: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; 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; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua

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