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Compensation of employees > % of expense	31.11 %		[33rd of 97]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	16.26		[120th of 162]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment	0.2 %		[70th of 86]
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
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment	20.5 %		[15th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment	36 %		[17th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, services, female > % of female employment	79.1 %		[27th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	0.3 %		[74th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in industry > % of total employment	29.5 %		[15th of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female decision makers	23%		[52nd of 67]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth	-1%		[123rd of 156]
Source: calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002
force with tertiary education > % of total	37.9 %		[4th of 52]
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, total	2,214,821		[110th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force	2,751,000		[81st of 132]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation manufacturing 21%, construction 5%, transportation and communication 7%, financial, business, and other services 42%, other 25%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation	20		[123rd of 123]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation > Employment Conditions	26		[120th 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.
Unemployment rate	2.1%		[88th of 107]
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
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	5.3 %		[67th of 95]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	5.4 %		[72nd of 101]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required	7 days
Source: World Development Indicators database

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