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Labor Stats: compare key data on Australia & Faroe Islands

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  • Employees > Agriculture > Female > % of female employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing."
  • Employees > Agriculture > Male > % of male employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing."
  • Employees > Services > Female > % of female employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services."
  • Employment in agriculture > % of total employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing."
  • Employment in industry > % of total employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water)."
  • Employment in services > % of total employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services."
  • Labor force: The total labor force figure
  • Labor force > By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
  • Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.
  • Labor force > By occupation > Industry: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.
  • Labor force > By occupation > Services: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.
  • Labor force > Per capita: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment: Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector is the share of female workers in the nonagricultural sector (industry and services), expressed as a percentage of total employment in the nonagricultural sector. Industry includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas, and water, corresponding to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3). Services include wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services-corresponding to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3)."
  • Unemployment > Unemployment > Total > % of total labor force: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.
  • Unemployment rate: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
  • Employees > Industry > Female > % of female employment: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water)."
STAT Australia Faroe Islands HISTORY
Employees > Agriculture > Female > % of female employment 2.4%
Ranked 46th.
8.3%
Ranked 35th. 3 times more than Australia
Employees > Agriculture > Male > % of male employment 4.3%
Ranked 53th.
20%
Ranked 33th. 5 times more than Australia
Employees > Services > Female > % of female employment 88.5%
Ranked 11th. 6% more than Faroe Islands
83.3%
Ranked 30th.
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 3.4%
Ranked 54th.
11.1%
Ranked 44th. 3 times more than Australia
Employment in industry > % of total employment 21.2%
Ranked 51st.
22.2%
Ranked 45th. 5% more than Australia
Employment in services > % of total employment 75.1%
Ranked 15th. 13% more than Faroe Islands
66.7%
Ranked 30th.
Labor force 11.62 million
Ranked 38th. 335 times more than Faroe Islands
34,680
Ranked 7th.

Labor force > By occupation agriculture 3.7%, industry 26.4%, services 70% fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%, construction and private services 33%, public services 34%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 3.6%
Ranked 13th.
10.2%
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Australia

Labor force > By occupation > Industry 21.1%
Ranked 11th. 3% more than Faroe Islands
20.5%
Ranked 13th.

Labor force > By occupation > Services 75%
Ranked 3rd. 8% more than Faroe Islands
69.2%
Ranked 7th.

Labor force > Per capita 535.87 per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th.
712.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 33% more than Australia
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 46.8%
Ranked 37th. 2% more than Faroe Islands
45.8%
Ranked 50th.
Unemployment > Unemployment > Total > % of total labor force 4.2%
Ranked 52nd. 31% more than Faroe Islands
3.2%
Ranked 88th.
Unemployment rate 5.1%
Ranked 75th. 31% more than Faroe Islands
3.9%
Ranked 7th.

Employees > Industry > Female > % of female employment 8.9%
Ranked 63th. 7% more than Faroe Islands
8.3%
Ranked 75th.

SOURCES: International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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