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Middle East > Saudi Arabia > Labor

SAUDI LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 15.54 [159th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 56.14 [164th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 68.05 [156th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 70.53 [153rd of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 73.02 [141st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 75.23 [126th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 74.16 [112nd of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 64.87 [124th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 53.86 [121st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 42.2 [100th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 20.88 [86th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 24.61 [143rd of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 81.74 [106th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 95.65 [67th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 97.87 [38th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 98.01 [44th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 97.09 [78th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 97.46 [29th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 91.36 [105th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 83.78 [102nd of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 68.6 [85th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 39.85 [72nd of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 6.01 [161st of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 29.56 [164th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 37.61 [159th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 35.97 [160th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 28.44 [161st of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 21.1 [165th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 16.95 [161st of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 14.78 [163rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 9.23 [164th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 8.26 [153rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 1.24 [157th of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 0.6 % Time series [78th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 5.3 % Time series [65th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 1.2 % Time series [86th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 24 % Time series [66th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 98.1 % Time series [1st of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 70.5 % Time series [6th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 4.7 % Time series [66th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 21 % Time series [61st of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 74.2 % Time series [16th of 94]
Female economic activity 21.2% [156th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 42% [4th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 80.1 weeks of wages Time series [38th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 18.47 % Time series [182nd of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 80.38 % Time series [112nd of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 53.08 % Time series [178th of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force 15.16 % Time series [180th of 184]
force, total 7,453,088 Time series [54th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.322 per capita Time series [176th of 184]
Labor force 6,563,000 Time series [50th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 237,780.912 per million people Time series [113rd of 131]
Labor force > A note
35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 12%, industry 25%, services 63%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 12% Time series [13th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 25% Time series [4th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 63% Time series [4th of 29]
Labor force > Note
more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2006 est.)
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 10 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave One day
Regulation 36 [107th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 58 [89th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 16 [110th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [92nd of 123]
Rigidity of employment index 7 Time series [160th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 13.5 % Time series [131st of 174]
Unemployment rate 13% Time series [16th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 41.6 % Time series [40th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 31.6 % Time series [49th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 40 % Time series [1st of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 49.6 % Time series [4th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 6.5 % Time series [57th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 14.7 % Time series [2nd of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 4.7 % Time series [6th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 5.2 % Time series [72nd of 101]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 15 days
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 14,318,000,000 $ Time series [2nd of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 46.22 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [9th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 619.318 $ per 1,000 people Time series [8th of 167]

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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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: Vacation

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah, Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah , saudi arabia b, saudi-arabia

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