Labor laws and
Labor markets

Economy and population

Economy

The GDP ,GDP growth rates and GDP per Capita of each country are shown in graphs and tables. GDP is shown in US dollars, while the growth rate is shown as a percentage of the previous year.
Note that for ease of reading, graphs are presented in millions of USD.

GDP

Source:【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )
【Taiwan】National Statistics Republic of China (Taiwan) ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )

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【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】
Select the ( Data ＞ National Accounts - Analysis of Main Aggregates (AMA) ＞ Country Profile) on the source website and enter the country name in the search field.

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【Taiwan】
Download ( Full text and tables ) on the source website and see (Table 1-2 GDP, GNI and NI)

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GDP growth rate

Source:【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )
【Taiwan】National Statistics Republic of China (Taiwan) ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )

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【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】
Select the ( Data ＞ National Accounts - Analysis of Main Aggregates (AMA) ＞ Country Profile) on the source website and enter the country name in the search field.

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【Taiwan】
Download ( Full text and tables ) on the source website and see ( Table 1-1 Gross Domestic Product and Economic Growth Rate )

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GDP per Capita

Source:【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )
【Taiwan】National Statistics Republic of China (Taiwan) ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )

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【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】
Select the ( Data ＞ National Accounts - Analysis of Main Aggregates (AMA) ＞ Country Profile) on the source website and enter the country name in the search field.

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【Taiwan】
Select ( Data Query ＞ Statistics by Categories ) on the source website and download ( 00 Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Chaina 2022 ) .
And see (Table 40. Per capita income and consumption At current prices ) .

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CPI increase rate

Consumer price index (CPI) increase rate of each country is shown in graphs and tables.

CPI increase rate

Source:IMF World Economic Outlook ( Viewed on March 19, 2023 )

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Select ( World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 ) on the source website and download ( Entire Dataset ＞ By Countries ) .

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Population

The population of each country "overall" and "by sex" is shown in graphs and tables, and "by age" in tables.

Population (overall)

Source:United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Dynamics ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )

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Select (File type=Standard Projections ( Estimates and Projection scenarios ), Major topic/Special groupings=Most used) on the source website, download ( Files = Compact(most used: estimates and medium projections ) ) and see ( Medium variant ) .

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Population (by sex)

Source:United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Dynamics ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )

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Select ( File type=Standard Projections ( Estimates and Projection scenarios ), Major topic/Special groupings=Most used) on the source website, download ( Files = Compact(most used: estimates and medium projections ) )and see ( Medium variant ) .

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Population (by age)

Source:United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Dynamics ( Viewed on March 18, 2024 )

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Select ( File type=Standard Projections ( Estimates and Projection scenarios ), Major topic/Special groupings=Population ) on the source website, download ( Files = Population by Five-year Age Groups - Both Sexes ) and see (Medium variant) .

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Labor force and unemployment rate

Labor force

Each country's labor force is shown "overall" and "by sex" in graphs and tables, and "by age" in tables. The data "by educational background," shows the number of people for each designation in each country.

Labor force (overall)

Source:ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Labour force by sex and age ( thousands ) - Annual ) on the source website and search by country name.

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Labor force (by sex)

Source:ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Labour force by sex and age ( thousands ) - Annual ) on the source website and search by country name.

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Labor force (by age)

Source:ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Labour force by sex and age ( thousands ) - Annual ) on the source website and search by country name.

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Labor force (by educational background)

Source:ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Labour force by sex,age and education ( thousands ) - Annual ) on the source website, and then enter 'Education = ISCED' and search by country name.

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Unemployment rate

Unemployment rates for each country are shown in percentages in the graphs and tables.

Unemployment rate

Sources:ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = SDG indicator 8.5.2 - Unemployment rate (%) - Annual ) on the source website and search by country name.

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Income

Wages

The monthly average income of each country "overall" and "by sex" is shown in tables. The tables also show the minimum wage.

Average monthly income (overall)

Sources: 【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )
【Taiwan】Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】
Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity - Annual ) on the source website and search by country name.

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【Taiwan】
Select ( "統計期間 = 111年1月至111年12月""周期 = 年資料,全年""統計項 = 毎人毎月総薪資""行業別 = 工業及服務業""性別 = 總計""資料属性 = 統計值" ) on the source website.

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Average monthly income (by sex)

Sources: 【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )
【Taiwan】Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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【Japan・China・Hong Kong・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】
Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity - Annual ) on the source website and search by country name.

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【Taiwan】
Select ( "統計期間 = 111年1月至111年12月""周期 = 年資料,全年""統計項 = 毎人毎月総薪資""行業別 = 工業及服務業""性別 = 總計,男,女""資料属性 = 統計值" ) on the source website.

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Minimum wage

*1 Beijing data
*2 Data for special capital region of Jakarta
*3 Data for Metro Manila.The range of amounts depends on the type of job
*4 Data for Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, and Samut Sakhon
*5 Data for Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Haiphong, and others.
*6 Data for Delhi ( Latest Minimum wages for Shops & Establishment ) . The minimum wage is subdivided by occupation, region, and city.
*7 Figures for adults ( 16 years or over and not starting-out or training ) .In addition, there is an explanation about Starting-out and Training rates in New Zealand available at ( https://www.employment.govt.nz/hours-and-wages/pay/minimum-wage/different-types-of-minimum-wage-rates/#scrollto-starting_002dout-minimum-wage ) .

Source/Reference URL( Viewed on March 27, 2024 ):
【Japan】Ministry of Health, Labour Standards
【China】CEIC
【Hong Kong】Labour Department
【Taiwan】MINISTRY OF LABOR REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)
【Korea】Minimum Wage Commission Republic of Korea
【Indonesia】WageIndicator.org
【Malaysia】FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
【Philippines】National Wages and Productivity Commission
【Thailand】Ministry of Labour
【Vietnam】WageIndicator.org
【India】Simpliance®
【Australia】Fair Work Commission
【New Zealand】EMPLOYMENT NEW ZEALAND

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Working hours

Working hours

The following graphs and tables show the average weekly working hours in each country, both overall and by sex. The table also presents data "by occupation" ( only for countries and regions where data is available ) .

Average weekly working hours (overall and by sex)

(*)Note:Taiwanese data is calculated on a pro-rata basis monthly over 4 weeks

Sources: 【Japan・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 22, 2024 )
【Hong Kong】Brand Hong Kong ( Viewed on March 22, 2024 )
【Taiwan】National Statistics Republic of China (Taiwan) ( Viewed on March 22, 2024 )

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【Japan・Korea・Indonesia・Malaysia・Philippines・Singapore・Thailand・Vietnam・India・Australia・New Zealand】
Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Mean weekly hours acutually worked per emplyed person by sex and economic activity - Annual ) on the source website and search by country name.

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【Hong Kong】
See the source website (Quarterly Report on General Household Survey > "Attachment" > table in the upper right of the screen )

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【Taiwan】
Select ( Earnings and Productivity > E-Book > YEARBOOK OF EARNINGS AND PRODUCTIVITY STATISTICS REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 2022 ) on the source website and download (E-Book) .

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Average weekly working hours (by occupation)

(*)Note:No applicable data for countries other than those above

Sources: ILOSTAT ( Viewed on March 21, 2024 )

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Select ( Data explorer > Dataset = Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and occupation - Annual ) on the source website, and then enter ‘Occupation = ISCO’ and search by country name.

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Others

Global Gender Gap Index

The gender gap index of each country is indicated in the graph and table below.
The ranking indicates the ranks out of 146 countries. The scores range from 0 (imparity) to 1 (parity). The smaller the value is, the larger the gender gap becomes.

Global Gender Gap Index

(*)Note 1:"Economic Participation and Opportunity" comprises the labour-force participation rate; wage equality for similar work; estimated earned income; legislators, senior officials, and managers; and professional and technical workers.

(*)Note 2:"Educational Attainment" comprises the literacy rate, enrolment in primary education, enrolment in secondary education, and enrolment in tertiary education.

(*)Note 3:"Health and Survival" comprises the sex ratio at birth and healthy life expectancy.

(*)Note 4:"Political Empowerment" comprises women in parliament, women in ministerial positions, and years with female/male head of state.

Sources: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, Global Gender Gap Report 2023 ( Viewed on March 23, 2024 )

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Download Global Gender Gap Report 2023 (PDF) on the source website and see (TABLE1.1(p.11)、TABLE1.2(p.17-18)) .

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