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Africa > Burkina Faso > Labor

BURKINABE LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 1.28 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 40.72 % Time series [10th of 97]
Definition: Labor > Compensation of employees > % of expense
Source: World Development Indicators database
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 43.46 [5th of 89]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14
Source: World Development Indicators database
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 70.66 [22nd of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
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 -3% [150th of 156]
Definition: Labor > Female economic activity growth
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
Firing cost > weeks of wages 33.6 weeks of wages Time series [94th of 164]
Definition: Labor > Firing cost > weeks of wages
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 5,834,261 Time series [64th of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force 5,000,000 Time series [54th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 90% Time series
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 90% Time series [1st of 32]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 14 weeks
Definition: Labor > Parental leave > Paid maternity leave
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation 53 [67th of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Source: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Regulation > Employment Conditions 79 [53rd of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation > Employment Conditions
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 64 Time series [12th of 166]
Definition: Labor > Rigidity of employment index
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 77% Time series [2nd of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Source: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 0.5 % Time series [43rd of 95]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, female > % of female labor force
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 1.5 % Time series [43rd of 95]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, male > % of male labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 2.6 % Time series [83rd of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 44,000,000 $ Time series [86th of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
Source: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 43,607,530 BoP $ Time series [72nd of 115]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$
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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta

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