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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]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 13.65 [125th of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 12.8 % Time series [31st of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 29.1 % Time series [39th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, male > % of male employment
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 85.7 % Time series [15th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, services, female > % of female employment
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 4.6 % Time series [40th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Employment in industry > % of total employment 21.9 % Time series [38th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in industry > % of total employment
Female decision makers 36% [14th of 67]
Definition: Labor > Female decision makers
force with tertiary education > % of total 21.4 % Time series [5th of 52]
Definition: Labor > force with tertiary education > % of total
force, total 1,752,297 Time series [123rd of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Labor force 1,631,000 Time series [95th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 14%, industry 16%, services 70%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 15% Time series [12th of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Industry
Labor force > By occupation > Services 76% Time series [1st of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Services
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Three days paternity leave for civil servants
Definition: Labor > Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
Regulation 39 [102nd of 123]
Definition: Labor > Regulation
Unemployment rate 9.2% Time series [17th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 16.8 % Time series [8th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 14 days
Definition: Labor > Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 2,000,000 $ Time series [138th of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$

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

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

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