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Africa > Sierra Leone > Labor

SIERRA LEONEAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Compensation of employees > % of expense 25.98 % Time series [42nd of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 178751600000 Time series
Source: World Development Indicators database
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 13.9 [54th of 89]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 57.01 [43rd of 162]
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
Female economic activity 44.6% [108th of 156]
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
Female economic activity growth 5% [68th of 156]
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
Firing cost > weeks of wages 328.7 weeks of wages Time series [2nd of 164]
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
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 58.38 % Time series [88th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, female > % of total labor force 38.46 % Time series [129th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, total 2,357,038 Time series [105th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > A note
only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) (1981 est.)
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Regulation 67 [14th of 123]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation > Employment Conditions 84 [40th of 123]
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.
Regulation > Firing 62 [15th of 123]
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 63 Time series [13th of 166]
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
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 21.2 % Time series [139th of 174]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 2,000,000 $ Time series [136th of 149]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 2,000,000 $ Time series [151st of 156]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 2,348,588 BoP $ Time series [91st of 115]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone

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