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South America > Uruguay > Labor

URUGUAYAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 1% [74th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 6% [57th of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 22.34 % Time series [36th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 25210860000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 36.67 [91st of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 76.58 [60th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 83.87 [70th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 84.62 [80th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 85.14 [79th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 83.41 [89th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 80.33 [91st of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 71.35 [101st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 57.06 [104th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 32.59 [125th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 8.29 [131st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 1.2 [87th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 45.15 [81st of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 85.34 [67th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 95.57 [74th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.61 [120th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 96.35 [139th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 95.86 [128th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 93.42 [138th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 86.97 [143rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 77.9 [127th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 46.09 [128th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 13.65 [125th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 0.8 [87th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 27.86 [94th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 67.56 [71st of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 71.81 [76th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 72.64 [76th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 74.26 [76th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 71.67 [82nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 67.85 [80th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 57.06 [89th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 38.28 [88th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 21.12 [101st of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 4.53 [121st of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 1.5 % Time series [46th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 7.1 % Time series [33rd of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 12.8 % Time series [31st of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 29.1 % Time series [39th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 85.7 % Time series [15th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 63.8 % Time series [10th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 4.6 % Time series [40th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 21.9 % Time series [38th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 73.5 % Time series [15th of 94]
Female decision makers 36% [14th of 67]
Female economic activity 48% [98th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 8% [49th of 156]
Female professionals 54% [21st of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 31.2 weeks of wages Time series [102nd of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 66.32 % Time series [48th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 86.12 % Time series [41st of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 76.1 % Time series [39th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 42.9 % Time series [8th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 14.3 % Time series [13th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 21.4 % Time series [5th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 44.16 % Time series [71st of 184]
force, total 1,752,297 Time series [123rd of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.506 per capita Time series [33rd of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 14% [38th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 34% [31st of 79]
Labor force 1,631,000 Time series [95th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 471,304.601 per million people Time series [47th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 14%, industry 16%, services 70%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 9% Time series [9th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 15% Time series [12th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 76% Time series [1st of 29]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date June 2, 1977
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [66th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Three days paternity leave for civil servants
Regulation 39 [102nd of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 56 [93rd of 123]
Regulation > Firing 3 [122nd of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 58 [41st of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 7.22 % Time series [4th of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date March 18, 1954
Rigidity of employment index 31 Time series [104th of 166]
Service workers > Female 85% [20th of 79]
Service workers > Male 61% [19th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 46.8 % Time series [47th of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 1.75 % Time series [16th of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 50.13 per million people Time series [37th of 49]
Unemployment rate 9.2% Time series [17th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 33.1 % Time series [52nd of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 28.9 % Time series [52nd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 13.9 % Time series [45th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 16.4 % Time series [35th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 10.8 % Time series [41st of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 20.8 % Time series [8th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 13.5 % Time series [14th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 16.8 % Time series [8th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 34.9 % Time series [5th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 25.4 % Time series [7th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 29.5 % Time series [6th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 14 days
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 2,000,000 $ Time series [138th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 0.119 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [138th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 0.578 $ per 1,000 people Time series [133rd of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 78,000,000 $ Time series [113rd of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 4.645 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [113rd of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 22.523 $ per capita Time series [105th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 78,352,000 BoP $ Time series [69th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 4.666 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [60th of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 22.624 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [57th of 143]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; 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; 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 ; Wikipedia: Vacation

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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