Labor Stats: compare key data on Japan & Mayotte
Definitions
- Labor force: The total labor force figure
- Unemployment rate: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
- Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. WorkersÂ’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. MigrantsÂ’ transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration.
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database
