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Southeast Asia > Singapore > Labor

SINGAPORE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Compensation of employees > % of expense 31.11 % Time series [33rd of 97]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 16.26 [120th of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 0.2 % Time series [70th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 20.5 % Time series [15th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 36 % Time series [17th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, male > % of male employment
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 79.1 % Time series [27th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, services, female > % of female employment
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 0.3 % Time series [74th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Employment in industry > % of total employment 29.5 % Time series [15th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in industry > % of total employment
Female decision makers 23% [52nd of 67]
Definition: Labor > Female decision makers
Female economic activity growth -1% [123rd of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
force with tertiary education > % of total 37.9 % Time series [4th of 52]
Definition: Labor > force with tertiary education > % of total
force, total 2,214,821 Time series [110th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Labor force 2,751,000 Time series [81st of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation
manufacturing 21%, construction 5%, transportation and communication 7%, financial, business, and other services 42%, other 25%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Regulation 20 [123rd of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Regulation > Employment Conditions 26 [120th of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation > Employment Conditions
Unemployment rate 2.1% Time series [88th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 5.3 % Time series [67th of 95]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, female > % of female labor force
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 5.4 % Time series [72nd of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 7 days
Definition: Labor > Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required

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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 occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; 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; 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

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