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Labor Stats: compare key data on North Korea & United Kingdom

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  • Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male > %: Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%). Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15-24 are generally considered the youth population.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Per capita: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men aged above 14: Employment-to-population ratio.
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women aged 15 to 24: Employment-to-population ratio.
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women aged above 14: Employment-to-population ratio.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage: Minimum wage.

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  • Employment to population ratio, 15+, female > %: Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%). Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.
  • Employment to population ratio, 15+, male > %: Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%). Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.
  • Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men aged 15 to 24: Employment-to-population ratio.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total > %: Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%). Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15-24 are generally considered the youth population.
  • Employment to population ratio, 15+, total > %: Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%). Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.
  • 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.
  • 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.
STAT North Korea United Kingdom HISTORY
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male > % 53.5%
Ranked 50th. 15% more than United Kingdom
46.4%
Ranked 81st.

Force > Total 10.69 million
Ranked 42nd.
30.64 million
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than North Korea

Force > Total > Per capita 0.475 per capita
Ranked 60th.
0.509 per capita
Ranked 29th. 7% more than North Korea

Force participation rate > Female > % of female population ages 15-64 49.94%
Ranked 132nd.
69.34%
Ranked 38th. 39% more than North Korea

Labor force 12.2 million
Ranked 2nd.
31.45 million
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than North Korea

Labor force > By occupation agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64% agriculture 1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 35%
Ranked 7th. 25 times more than United Kingdom
1.4%
Ranked 27th.

Labor force > Per capita 893.5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 76% more than United Kingdom
508.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th.

Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men aged above 14 73.8%
Ranked 72nd. 13% more than United Kingdom
65.6%
Ranked 122nd.

Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women aged 15 to 24 30.8%
Ranked 97th.
57.9%
Ranked 24th. 88% more than North Korea

Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, women aged above 14 46.2%
Ranked 98th.
53%
Ranked 51st. 15% more than North Korea

Labor force per 1000 500.58
Ranked 7th.
505.05
Ranked 32nd. 1% more than North Korea

Labor force, total 15.09 million
Ranked 37th.
32.38 million
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than North Korea

Labor force, total per 1000 609.33
Ranked 6th. 19% more than United Kingdom
512.08
Ranked 41st.

Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage Averaging 5,000 - 10,000 North Korean won per day. roughly 2000 North Korean won is 1 US Dollar. \u00a3 6.31 per hour (aged 21 and older), \u00a35.03 per hour (aged 18\u201320) or \u00a33.72 per hour (under 18 and finished compulsory education).
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female > % 69.5%
Ranked 19th. 35% more than United Kingdom
51.6%
Ranked 68th.

Employment to population ratio, 15+, male > % 79.8%
Ranked 23th. 27% more than United Kingdom
63%
Ranked 124th.

Labor force participation rate > Employment-population ratio, men aged 15 to 24 35.5%
Ranked 139th.
60.5%
Ranked 42nd. 70% more than North Korea

Force > Female > % of total labor force 38.72%
Ranked 125th.
45.99%
Ranked 51st. 19% more than North Korea

Force participation rate > Total > % of total population ages 15-64 65.29%
Ranked 130th.
75.56%
Ranked 41st. 16% more than North Korea

Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total > % 56.5%
Ranked 23th. 22% more than United Kingdom
46.3%
Ranked 55th.

Employment to population ratio, 15+, total > % 74.5%
Ranked 20th. 30% more than United Kingdom
57.1%
Ranked 100th.

Force participation rate > Male > % of male population ages 15-64 80.42%
Ranked 110th.
81.86%
Ranked 98th. 2% more than North Korea

Force > Total per 1000 449
Ranked 84th.
508.85
Ranked 33th. 13% more than North Korea

SOURCES: International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of minimum wages by country (Countries); World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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