STATS
Distribution of Income or Consumption by Percentage
Share: Nicaragua
Lowest 10% 1.6
Lowest 20% 4.2
Second 20% 8.0
Third 20% 12.6
Fourth 20% 20.0
Highest 20% 55.2
Highest 10% 39.8
Survey year: 1993
Note: This information refers to expenditure shares by percentiles of the population and is ranked by per capita expenditure.
SOURCE: 2000 World Development Indicators [CD-ROM].
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Americas/Nicaragua-WORKING-CONDITIONS.html#ixzz3LGTm0NMZ
http://hrbcountryguide.org/countries/nicaragua/labour-standards/working-conditions/
- In 1999, the nation's unemployment rate was 10.5%, the lowest level since the 1970s.
- In 1999, the underemployment rate was 36%.
- The 1996 Labor Law raised the minimum age to employ children from 12 to 14 years old, and all children under 16 required parental permission; however, a study had shown that 42% of children work between the ages of 6 and 9.
- A 1999 government study found that 6,219 children in Managua work in occupations such as car washers, street vendors, and beggars.
- In 2013, the monthly minimum wage for the agriculture sector was 2,566 Nicaraguan Córdobas (US$100), an increase of 6 percent from 2012; however, this is the lowest minimal wage as compared to those who work in the mining or construction fields.
- The Danish Council reported in 2013 that most workers worked more than 40 hours per week and over a third worked more than 50 hours per week without overtime pay.
Distribution of Income or Consumption by Percentage
Share: Nicaragua
Lowest 10% 1.6
Lowest 20% 4.2
Second 20% 8.0
Third 20% 12.6
Fourth 20% 20.0
Highest 20% 55.2
Highest 10% 39.8
Survey year: 1993
Note: This information refers to expenditure shares by percentiles of the population and is ranked by per capita expenditure.
SOURCE: 2000 World Development Indicators [CD-ROM].
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Americas/Nicaragua-WORKING-CONDITIONS.html#ixzz3LGTm0NMZ
http://hrbcountryguide.org/countries/nicaragua/labour-standards/working-conditions/
Fair Trade, Sweatshops, Human Trafficking
As a country, Nicaragua relies heavily on export production for its national income; however, the global coffee crisis has negatively affected and left thousands of workers unemployed. The global coffee crisis was caused by an outbreak of "coffee leaf rust" (a fungus) and was the worst outbreak in over thirty years. Over 50 percent of the total coffee growing area in the region was affected, causing nearly a 20 percent drop in production and costing the industry around $500 million. Over 373,000 jobs have been lost in the process, which is around 17 percent