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Labor Stats: compare key data on Faroe Islands & Germany

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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 > 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)."
  • 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 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.
  • 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)."
STAT Faroe Islands Germany HISTORY
Employees > Agriculture > Female > % of female employment 8.3%
Ranked 35th. 5 times more than Germany
1.6%
Ranked 21st.

Employees > Agriculture > Male > % of male employment 20%
Ranked 33th. 7 times more than Germany
2.8%
Ranked 24th.

Employees > Industry > Female > % of female employment 8.3%
Ranked 75th.
15.9%
Ranked 11th. 92% more than Faroe Islands

Employees > Services > Female > % of female employment 83.3%
Ranked 30th. 1% more than Germany
82.5%
Ranked 14th.

Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 11.1%
Ranked 44th. 5 times more than Germany
2.2%
Ranked 24th.

Employment in services > % of total employment 66.7%
Ranked 30th.
68%
Ranked 13th. 2% more than Faroe Islands

Labor force 34,680
Ranked 7th.
43.35 million
Ranked 14th. 1250 times more than Faroe Islands

Labor force > By occupation fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%, construction and private services 33%, public services 34% agriculture 2.8%, industry 33.4%, services 63.8%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 10.2%
Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Germany
2.4%
Ranked 42nd.

Labor force > By occupation > Industry 20.5%
Ranked 13th.
29.7%
Ranked 7th. 45% more than Faroe Islands

Labor force > By occupation > Services 69.2%
Ranked 7th. 2% more than Germany
67.8%
Ranked 16th.

Labor force > Per capita 712.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 35% more than Germany
528.39 per 1,000 people
Ranked 29th.

Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 45.8%
Ranked 50th.
46.9%
Ranked 34th. 2% more than Faroe Islands

Unemployment > Unemployment > Total > % of total labor force 3.2%
Ranked 88th.
7.5%
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Faroe Islands

Unemployment rate 3.9%
Ranked 7th.
7.4%
Ranked 50th. 90% more than Faroe Islands

Employment in industry > % of total employment 22.2%
Ranked 45th.
29.7%
Ranked 7th. 34% more than Faroe Islands

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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