Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24) by country

Countries reporting
23
Highest
1.0%
Egypt
Lowest
0.1%
Pakistan
Median
0.5%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
268

What the numbers show

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Egypt; the lowest is 0.1% in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 501.8%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 58.3%).

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 1.0% 2008 up 501.8% volatile
1 Republic of Moldova 1.0% 2019 up 38.0% rising
3 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 rising
4 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 10.3% rising
5 South Africa 0.8% 2020 up 9.4% rising
6 Albania 0.7% 2019 falling
7 Ecuador 0.7% 2017 down 1.2% rising
8 Kosovo 0.6% 2014 up 65.5% rising
9 Panama 0.6% 2018 up 0.9% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 up 104.7% falling
11 Brazil 0.5% 2020 down 10.5% flat
12 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 up 37.0% rising
13 Mexico 0.4% 2020 up 10.2% rising
14 Peru 0.3% 2016 up 77.6% rising
15 Honduras 0.3% 2017 down 13.8% flat
16 El Salvador 0.3% 2017 up 32.1% rising
17 Guatemala 0.3% 2011 up 4.2% rising
18 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 11.5% rising
19 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 30.1% falling
20 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2% 2017 up 104.3% flat
21 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2014 down 11.9% falling
22 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 down 52.4% falling
23 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 down 58.3% falling

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Indicator
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24)
Unit
% of employed population aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 268 data points, 1981–2021
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