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Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment	0.4 %		[52nd of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment	3.3 %		[48th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment	11 %		[42nd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	25.4 %		[46th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	88.6 %		[7th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment	71.6 %		[3rd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	2.1 %		[51st of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment	19 %		[50th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment	79 %		[2nd of 94]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	44.41 %		[151st of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64	67.73 %		[176th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	55.59 %		[172nd of 184]
force with primary education > % of total	22 %		[15th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total	37.2 %		[7th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total	40.5 %		[3rd of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force	41.48 %		[97th of 184]
force, total	1,462,982		[127th of 184]
force, total (per capita)	0.374 per capita		[159th of 184]
Labor force	1,300,000		[30th of 132]
Labor force (per capita)	340,679.787 per million people		[41st of 131]
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 3%, industry 20%, services 77%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture	3%		[19th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry	20%		[9th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services	77%		[2nd of 29]
Regulation	41		[100th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions	67		[74th of 123]
Regulation > Firing	24		[96th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring	33		[111st of 123]
Rigidity of employment index	32		[103rd of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment	39.3 %		[89th of 174]
Unemployment rate	12%		[32nd of 107]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	9.1 %		[38th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	11.7 %		[12th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	10.6 %		[20th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24	20.9 %		[20th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24	24.8 %		[8th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24	23.3 %		[13th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required	15 days

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