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Labor > Labor force Stats: compare key data on European Union & India

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  • By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Female > % of total labor force: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organisation's definition of the economically active population.
  • Per capita: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total: Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organisation definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector."
STAT European Union India HISTORY
By occupation agriculture 4.5%, industry 27.4%, services 66.9%; <i>note:</i> the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services agriculture 60%, industry 17%, services 23%
By occupation > Agriculture 5.6%
Ranked 13th.
52%
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than European Union

By occupation > Industry 27.7%
Ranked 7th. 98% more than India
14%
Ranked 16th.

By occupation > Services 66.7%
Ranked 8th. 96% more than India
34%
Ranked 14th.

Female > % of total labor force 44.8%
Ranked 75th. 61% more than India
27.79%
Ranked 159th.

Per capita 457.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th. About the same as India
457.05 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th.

Total 241.08 million
Ranked 3rd.
449.89 million
Ranked 2nd. 87% more than European Union

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; International Labour Organisation, using World Bank population estimates.

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