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Compensation of employees > % of expense	31.11 %		[33rd of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU	8706000000
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19	21.43		[145th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24	81.02		[28th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29	88.19		[41st of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34	84.69		[78th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39	81.34		[100th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44	79.76		[102nd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49	72.61		[120th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54	64.04		[125th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59	42.78		[154th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64	27.15		[137th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus	9.72		[127th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19	21.33		[154th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24	81.88		[105th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29	95.57		[73rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34	97.5		[61st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39	98.07		[39th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44	97.7		[36th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49	95.51		[98th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54	88.72		[134th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59	65.32		[153rd of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64	44.03		[131st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	16.26		[120th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19	21.54		[128th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24	80.1		[18th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29	80.52		[44th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34	72.25		[77th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39	64.59		[99th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44	61.62		[98th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49	49.23		[118th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54	38.86		[122nd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59	20.03		[148th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64	10.69		[145th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus	4.32		[123rd of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment	0.2 %		[70th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment	0.4 %		[70th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment	20.5 %		[15th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	36 %		[17th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	79.1 %		[27th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment	62.9 %		[13th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	0.3 %		[74th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment	29.5 %		[15th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment	69.6 %		[20th of 94]
Female decision makers	23%		[52nd of 67]
Female economic activity	50.1%		[85th of 156]
Female economic activity growth	-1%		[123rd of 156]
Female professionals	42%		[56th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages	4 weeks of wages		[161st of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	56.73 %		[95th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64	82.78 %		[85th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	69.88 %		[91st of 184]
force with primary education > % of total	19.8 %		[24th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total	28 %		[33rd of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total	37.9 %		[4th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force	39.91 %		[116th of 184]
force, total	2,214,821		[110th of 184]
force, total (per capita)	0.51 per capita		[27th of 184]
Industrial workers > Female	23%		[12th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male	33%		[32nd of 79]
Labor force	2,751,000		[81st of 132]
Labor force (per capita)	604,215.805 per million people		[10th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation manufacturing 21%, construction 5%, transportation and communication 7%, financial, business, and other services 42%, other 25%
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date	November 7, 2005
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age	15		[92nd of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	12 weeks
Regulation	20		[123rd of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions	26		[120th of 123]
Regulation > Firing	1		[123rd of 123]
Regulation > Hiring	33		[90th of 123]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date	October 25, 1965
Service workers > Female	77%		[39th of 79]
Service workers > Male	67%		[4th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment	47 %		[44th of 174]
Technicians in R&D > per million people	380.97 per million people		[21st of 49]
Unemployment rate	2.1%		[88th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment	27.5 %		[50th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment	22.7 %		[47th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment	38.8 %		[7th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment	45.1 %		[4th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment	33.3 %		[6th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	5.3 %		[67th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	5.5 %		[71st of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	5.4 %		[72nd of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24	6.3 %		[56th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24	4.1 %		[58th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24	5.2 %		[57th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required	7 days

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