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Labor Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Vanuatu

Definitions

  • Expense > Current LCU: Expense (current LCU). Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.
  • GNI > Current US$: GNI (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • GNI > Current US$ per capita: GNI (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Hours worked > Standard workweek: Standard workweek (hours).
  • 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 1000: The total labor force figure. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Labor force, total: Labor force, total. Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization 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.
  • Rigidity of employment index: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.
  • Salaries and benefits > Hourly minimum wage: Hourly minimum wage at international USD (this means that discrepancies in purchasing power have been compensated for).
  • Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage: Minimum wage.

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  • Unemployment rate: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
  • Labor force, total per 1000: Labor force, total. Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Both sexes: Percentage of unemployed people out of total population able to work. Workers not able to work due to labor disputes, sickness and childcare do not count towards the percentage. 
  • Firing cost > Weeks of wages: Firing cost is the cost of advance notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.
  • Expense > Current LCU per capita: Expense (current LCU). Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Labor force > 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."
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men: Employment-to-population ratio, men, percentage.
  • Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Men: Percentage of unemployed men out of total male population able to work. Men not able to work due to labor disputes, sickness and childcare do not count towards the percentage.
  • Compensation of employees > Current LCU: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.
  • Force > Total: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization 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.
  • Force > Total > Per capita: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • GNI > Current LCU: GNI (current LCU). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current local currency.
  • Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Women: Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, women, percentage.
  • Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Women: Percentage of unemployed women out of total female population able to work. Women not able to work due to labor disputes, sickness and childcare do not count towards the percentage.
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women: Employment-to-population ratio, women, percentage.
  • Labor force > Per capita: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Net income from abroad > Current US$: Net income from abroad (current US$). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ per capita: 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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Rigidity of employment index > 0=less rigid to 100=more rigid: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations."
  • Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Men: Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, men, percentage.
  • Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • GNI per capita > Constant 2000 US$: GNI per capita (constant 2000 US$). GNI per capita is gross national income divided by midyear population. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. WorkersÂ’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. MigrantsÂ’ transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration.
  • Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ > Per $ GDP: 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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Net income from abroad > Current US$ per million: Net income from abroad (current US$). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Personal remittances, received > % of GDP: Personal remittances, received (% of GDP). Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.
  • Net income from abroad > Current LCU: Net income from abroad (current LCU). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current local currency.
  • Force participation rate > Female > % of female population ages 15-64: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
  • Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Net income from abroad > Current LCU per million: Net income from abroad (current LCU). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current local currency. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Employers, male > % of employment: Employers, male (% of employment). Employers refers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).
  • One-person and family businesses > Women: Percentage of employed women who are self-employed without employees or contribute to a family-run business.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Labor force > 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.
  • 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)."
  • One-person and family businesses > Men: Percentage of employed men who are self-employed without employees or contribute to a family-run business.
  • GNI > Current US$, % of GDP: GNI (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • GNI > Current LCU per capita: GNI (current LCU). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current local currency. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Expense > % of GDP: Expense (% of GDP). Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.
  • Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense: Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense). Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organizations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind.
  • Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ > Per $ GDP: 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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment: 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.
  • One-person and family businesses > Men > Percentage: Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, men, percentage.
  • Net income from abroad > Current US$, % of GDP: Net income from abroad (current US$). Net income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • GNI per capita > Current LCU: GNI per capita (current LCU). GNI per capita is gross national income divided by midyear population. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current local currency.
  • Force > Total per 1000: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Employees, services, male > % of male employment: Employees, services, 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. 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.
  • Employees, services, female > % of female employment: 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.
  • Labor participation rate > Total > % of total population ages 15+: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
  • Employees, industry, male > % of male employment: Employees, industry, 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. 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, industry, female > % of female employment: 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).
  • Contributing family workers, total > % of total employed: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employed). Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.
  • Contributing family workers, male > % of males employed: Contributing family workers, male (% of males employed). Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.
  • Contributing family workers, female > % of females employed: Contributing family workers, female (% of females employed). Contributing family workers are those workers who hold u2018self-employment jobsu2019 as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.
  • Wage and salaried workers, total > % of total employed: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employed). Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
  • Force participation rate > Male > % of male population ages 15-64: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
  • Wage and salary workers, male > % of males employed: Wage and salary workers, male (% of males employed). Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
  • Wage and salaried workers, female > % of females employed: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of females employed). Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
  • Vulnerable employment, total > % of total employment: Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment). Vulnerable employment is unpaid family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
  • Vulnerable employment, male > % of male employment: Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment). Vulnerable employment is unpaid family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
  • Unemployment, female > % of female labor force: Unemployment, female (% of female 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.
  • Vulnerable employment, female > % of female employment: Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment). Vulnerable employment is unpaid family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
  • Self-employed, total > % of total employed: Self-employed, total (% of total employed). Self employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" (i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced). Self employed workers include three subcategories: employers, own-account workers, and members of producers' cooperatives.
  • Self-employed, male > % of males employed: Self-employed, male (% of males employed). Self employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" (i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced). Self employed workers include three subcategories: employers, own-account workers, and members of producers' cooperatives.
  • Compensation of employees > % of expense: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.
  • Self-employed, female > % of females employed: Self-employed, female (% of females employed). Self employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" (i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced). Self employed workers include three subcategories: employers, own-account workers, and members of producers' cooperatives.
  • Employers, total > % of employment: Employers, total (% of employment). Employers refers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).
  • Force > 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 all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.
  • Employers, female > % of employment: Employers, female (% of employment). Employers refers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).
  • Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment: 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.
  • Force participation rate > Total > % of total population ages 15-64: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
  • Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ per capita: 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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Unemployment, total > % of total labor force: 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, male > % of male labor force: Unemployment, male (% of male 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.
STAT Malaysia Vanuatu HISTORY
Expense > Current LCU 203.77 billion
Ranked 5th. 30 times more than Vanuatu
6.88 billion
Ranked 58th.

GNI > Current US$ $293.36 billion
Ranked 32nd. 393 times more than Vanuatu
$746.74 million
Ranked 162nd.

GNI > Current US$ per capita $10,032.80
Ranked 56th. 3 times more than Vanuatu
$3,020.05
Ranked 114th.

Hours worked > Standard workweek 48 hours
Ranked 42nd. 20% more than Vanuatu
40 hours
Ranked 161st.
Labor force 11.62 million
Ranked 39th. 100 times more than Vanuatu
115,900
Ranked 154th.

Labor force > By occupation agriculture 14.5%, industry 36%, services 49.5% agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 13%
Ranked 24th.
65%
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 36%
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Vanuatu
5%
Ranked 19th.
Labor force > By occupation > Services 51%
Ranked 33th. 70% more than Vanuatu
30%
Ranked 14th.
Labor force per 1000 410.95
Ranked 80th.
526.82
Ranked 25th. 28% more than Malaysia

Labor force, total 12.72 million
Ranked 41st. 116 times more than Vanuatu
109,790.07
Ranked 176th.

Rigidity of employment index 10
Ranked 155th.
33
Ranked 100th. 3 times more than Malaysia

Salaries and benefits > Hourly minimum wage $1.79
Ranked 72nd.
$2.86
Ranked 45th. 60% more than Malaysia
Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage RM 900 per month on the peninsula, and RM 800 per month for the states of Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan. 30,000 Vanuatu vatu ($323) per month, 170 vatu per hour.
Unemployment rate 3.5%
Ranked 83th. 2 times more than Vanuatu
1.7%
Ranked 13th.
Labor force, total per 1000 434.95
Ranked 113th.
444.02
Ranked 103th. 2% more than Malaysia

Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Both sexes 60.6%
Ranked 24th.
67.6%
Ranked 10th. 12% more than Malaysia
Firing cost > Weeks of wages 88 weeks of wages
Ranked 30th. 56% more than Vanuatu
56.3 weeks of wages
Ranked 56th.

Expense > Current LCU per capita 6,968.79
Ranked 8th.
37,966.1
Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Malaysia

Labor force > Total 11.73 million
Ranked 41st. 98 times more than Vanuatu
119,216.29
Ranked 164th.

Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men 76.1%
Ranked 10th.
77.1%
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Malaysia
Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Men 76.1%
Ranked 10th.
77.1%
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Malaysia
Compensation of employees > Current LCU 23511000000 3807000000
Force > Total 11.02 million
Ranked 41st. 103 times more than Vanuatu
106,524.5
Ranked 172nd.

Force > Total > Per capita 0.435 per capita
Ranked 104th.
0.504 per capita
Ranked 36th. 16% more than Malaysia

GNI > Current LCU 905.21 billion
Ranked 88th. 13 times more than Vanuatu
69.18 billion
Ranked 129th.

Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Women 19.9%
Ranked 27th.
74.5%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Malaysia
Labor force participation > Employment to population ratio > Women 44.5%
Ranked 51st.
58.3%
Ranked 15th. 31% more than Malaysia
Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women 44.5%
Ranked 51st.
58.3%
Ranked 15th. 31% more than Malaysia
Labor force > Per capita 421.54 per 1,000 people
Ranked 37th.
546.77 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 30% more than Malaysia

Net income from abroad > Current US$ $-11,674,530,021.63
Ranked 143th. 289 times more than Vanuatu
$-40,329,240.32
Ranked 51st.

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ per capita 219.75$
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Vanuatu
85.97$
Ranked 33th.

Rigidity of employment index > 0=less rigid to 100=more rigid 10
Ranked 145th.
14
Ranked 127th. 40% more than Malaysia

Self employed > One-person and family businesses > Men 22.7%
Ranked 27th.
66.6%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ > Per capita 224,046.91$ per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Vanuatu
85,159.93$ per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th.

GNI per capita > Constant 2000 US$ $6,516.64
Ranked 41st. 4 times more than Vanuatu
$1,762.58
Ranked 122nd.
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ 5.68 billion$
Ranked 9th. 316 times more than Vanuatu
18 million$
Ranked 110th.

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ > Per $ GDP 43.58$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 10th.
52.86$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 7th. 21% more than Malaysia

Net income from abroad > Current US$ per million $-399,266,729.42
Ranked 132nd. 2 times more than Vanuatu
$-163,103,268.27
Ranked 106th.

Personal remittances, received > % of GDP 0.433%
Ranked 101st.
2.8%
Ranked 54th. 6 times more than Malaysia

Net income from abroad > Current LCU -36,024,000,000
Ranked 112th. 10 times more than Vanuatu
-3,736,000,000
Ranked 78th.

Force participation rate > Female > % of female population ages 15-64 48.1%
Ranked 142nd.
80.26%
Ranked 9th. 67% more than Malaysia

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ > Per capita 50.54$ per capita
Ranked 83th.
52.04$ per capita
Ranked 81st. 3% more than Malaysia

Net income from abroad > Current LCU per million -1,232,014,019.734
Ranked 93th.
-15,109,479,014.163
Ranked 132nd. 12 times more than Malaysia

Employers, male > % of employment 5%
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Vanuatu
1.8%
Ranked 68th.
One-person and family businesses > Women 19.9%
Ranked 27th.
74.5%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Malaysia
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ 1.28 billion$
Ranked 46th. 116 times more than Vanuatu
11 million$
Ranked 134th.

Unemployment > Unemployment > Total > % of total labor force 3.2%
Ranked 78th. Twice as much as Vanuatu
1.6%
Ranked 96th.
Labor force > Female > % of total labor force 35.17%
Ranked 146th.
46.65%
Ranked 45th. 33% more than Malaysia

Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 39%
Ranked 66th. 3% more than Vanuatu
37.8%
Ranked 69th.

One-person and family businesses > Men 22.7%
Ranked 27th.
66.6%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Malaysia
GNI > Current US$, % of GDP 96.65%
Ranked 109th. 2% more than Vanuatu
95.08%
Ranked 130th.

GNI > Current LCU per capita 30,958.11
Ranked 110th.
279,770.11
Ranked 57th. 9 times more than Malaysia

Expense > % of GDP 21.65%
Ranked 7th. 9% more than Vanuatu
19.9%
Ranked 52nd.

Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense 44.55%
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Vanuatu
5.86%
Ranked 26th.
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ > Per $ GDP 9.83$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 85th.
32.3$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 54th. 3 times more than Malaysia

Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 8.2%
Ranked 23th.
62.3%
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Malaysia
One-person and family businesses > Men > Percentage 22.7%
Ranked 27th.
66.6%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Net income from abroad > Current US$, % of GDP -3.846%
Ranked 105th.
-5.135%
Ranked 123th. 34% more than Malaysia

GNI per capita > Current LCU 30,958.11
Ranked 110th.
279,770.11
Ranked 57th. 9 times more than Malaysia

Force > Total per 1000 426.39
Ranked 109th.
508.77
Ranked 34th. 19% more than Malaysia

Employees, services, male > % of male employment 51.9%
Ranked 37th. 77% more than Vanuatu
29.4%
Ranked 83th.
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 71.5%
Ranked 45th. 2 times more than Vanuatu
33.3%
Ranked 83th.
Labor participation rate > Total > % of total population ages 15+ 62%
Ranked 110th.
83.5%
Ranked 11th. 35% more than Malaysia

Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 33.1%
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Vanuatu
10.5%
Ranked 85th.
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 20.3%
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Vanuatu
2.5%
Ranked 85th.
Contributing family workers, total > % of total employed 4.7%
Ranked 21st.
8.8%
Ranked 22nd. 87% more than Malaysia
Contributing family workers, male > % of males employed 2.6%
Ranked 20th.
8.5%
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Malaysia
Contributing family workers, female > % of females employed 8.5%
Ranked 13th.
9.2%
Ranked 24th. 8% more than Malaysia
Wage and salaried workers, total > % of total employed 74.9%
Ranked 41st. 3 times more than Vanuatu
26.5%
Ranked 92nd.
Force participation rate > Male > % of male population ages 15-64 83.74%
Ranked 71st.
89.21%
Ranked 24th. 7% more than Malaysia

Wage and salary workers, male > % of males employed 73.7%
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Vanuatu
29.4%
Ranked 91st.
Wage and salaried workers, female > % of females employed 77%
Ranked 42nd. 3 times more than Vanuatu
22.7%
Ranked 90th.
Vulnerable employment, total > % of total employment 21.4%
Ranked 25th.
70%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Vulnerable employment, male > % of male employment 21.3%
Ranked 24th.
66.6%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 3.2%
Ranked 77th.
5.2%
Ranked 82nd. 62% more than Malaysia
Vulnerable employment, female > % of female employment 21.4%
Ranked 22nd.
74.5%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Self-employed, total > % of total employed 25.1%
Ranked 27th.
71.4%
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Malaysia
Self-employed, male > % of males employed 26.3%
Ranked 26th.
68.3%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Compensation of employees > % of expense 29.62%
Ranked 39th.
55.29%
Ranked 3rd. 87% more than Malaysia

Self-employed, female > % of females employed 23%
Ranked 24th.
75.5%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Employers, total > % of employment 3.8%
Ranked 35th. 3 times more than Vanuatu
1.4%
Ranked 68th.
Force > Female > % of total labor force 35.81%
Ranked 144th.
46.71%
Ranked 33th. 30% more than Malaysia

Employers, female > % of employment 1.5%
Ranked 46th. 50% more than Vanuatu
1%
Ranked 60th.
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 15.1%
Ranked 23th.
59.2%
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Malaysia
Force participation rate > Total > % of total population ages 15-64 66.2%
Ranked 119th.
84.77%
Ranked 7th. 28% more than Malaysia

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ per capita 49.57$
Ranked 82nd.
52.54$
Ranked 80th. 6% more than Malaysia

Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 3%
Ranked 80th.
4.6%
Ranked 88th. 53% more than Malaysia
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 2.9%
Ranked 78th.
4.1%
Ranked 89th. 41% more than Malaysia

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