Labor Stats: compare key data on United States & West Bank

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Labor force: The total labor force figure
Labor force > By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
Unemployment rate: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

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STAT	United States	West Bank
Labor force	154.9 million Ranked 4th. 256 times more than West Bank	605,000 Ranked 114th.
Labor force > By occupation	farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.9%, managerial, professional, and technical 34.9%, sales and office 25%, other services 16.5%; <i>note:</i> figures exclude the unemployed	agriculture 18.4%, industry 24%, services 57.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7% Ranked 31st.	18.6% Ranked 9th. 92% more than United States

SOURCES: 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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