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Middle East > Syria > Labor

SYRIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 2.35 [79th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 31.02 [107th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 57.56 [163rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 65.23 [164th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 66.39 [160th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 66.07 [161st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 64.4 [160th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 62.2 [155th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 59.79 [150th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 53.93 [119th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 44.98 [91st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 18.93 [91st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 1.92 [84th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 40.45 [97th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 79.44 [133rd of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 94.62 [111st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 97.53 [58th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 98.22 [30th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 97.14 [77th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 94.68 [116th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 92.3 [95th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 87.59 [78th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 74.98 [73rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 32.68 [85th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 2.8 [75th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 21.35 [129th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 35.09 [161st of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 34.99 [162nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 33.46 [162nd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 32.43 [159th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 31.5 [158th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 30.04 [151st of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 28.49 [150th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 23.18 [137th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 18.14 [108th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 6.77 [98th of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 58.1 % Time series [5th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 24.1 % Time series [24th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 6.8 % Time series [81st of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 31.4 % Time series [42nd of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 35.1 % Time series [80th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 44.5 % Time series [63rd of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 30.3 % Time series [23rd of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 26.9 % Time series [27th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 42.8 % Time series [73rd of 94]
Female economic activity 28.6% [151st of 156]
Female economic activity growth 21% [15th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 79.8 weeks of wages Time series [39th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 39.88 % Time series [158th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 89.23 % Time series [23rd of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 64.64 % Time series [135th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 38.6 % Time series [9th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 7.4 % Time series [16th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 12.5 % Time series [12th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 30.61 % Time series [161st of 184]
force, total 7,575,065 Time series [53rd of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.398 per capita Time series [139th of 184]
Labor force 5,462,000 Time series [53rd of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 282,789.104 per million people Time series [109th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture, industry, services NA
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 19.2% Time series [13th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 14.5% Time series [21st of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 66.3% Time series [9th of 29]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date September 18, 2001
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [81st of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 75 days
Regulation 45 [91st of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 79 [55th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 22 [101st of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [113rd of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 33.04 % Time series [3rd of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date June 7, 1957
Rigidity of employment index 30 Time series [110th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 18.2 % Time series [123rd of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 36.07 % Time series [2nd of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 24.24 per million people Time series [35th of 49]
Unemployment rate 9% Time series [20th of 107]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 9.8 % Time series [56th of 77]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 28.3 % Time series [4th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 9 % Time series [41st of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 12.3 % Time series [23rd of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 38.9 % Time series [9th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 21.4 % Time series [18th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 26.3 % Time series [15th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 40,000,000 $ Time series [91st of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 1.52 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [105th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 2.1 $ per 1,000 people Time series [115th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 823,000,000 $ Time series [62nd of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 31.269 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [57th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 43.217 $ per capita Time series [90th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 763,000,000 BoP $ Time series [39th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 28.989 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [38th of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 40.066 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [46th of 143]

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; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; 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: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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