Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country
Countries reporting
23
Highest
1.0%
Moldova
Lowest
0.1%
South Korea
Median
0.5%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
295
What the numbers show
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Moldova; the lowest is 0.1% in South Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 172.3%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 39.2%).
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 1.0% | 2019 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 1 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2008 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 0.9% | 2017 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 0.9% | 2020 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 0.8% | 2015 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0.8% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 8 | Albania | 0.8% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | Rwanda | 0.7% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7% | 2020 | up 68.5% | falling |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2013 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 12 | Panama | 0.6% | 2018 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 0.5% | 2020 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 14 | Peru | 0.5% | 2016 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2020 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 172.3% | rising |
| 17 | Honduras | 0.5% | 2017 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Ghana | 0.4% | 2016 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 19 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2017 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 21 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2011 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 22 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2017 | down 27.6% | flat |
| 23 | Pakistan | 0.2% | 2020 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 24 | South Korea | 0.1% | 2014 | down 17.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 0.9%
- South Africa 0.8%