Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
21
Highest
1.0%
Egypt
Lowest
0.1%
Republic of Korea
Median
0.6%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
255

What the numbers show

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) is currently reported for 21 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Egypt; the lowest is 0.1% in Republic of Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, 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 14 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 111.6%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 39.3%).

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 1.0% 2008 up 79.7% rising
1 Republic of Moldova 1.0% 2019 up 11.6% falling
3 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 8.8% rising
4 Ecuador 0.9% 2017 up 0.2% rising
5 South Africa 0.9% 2020 up 5.5% rising
6 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 rising
7 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 48.0% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 up 111.6% falling
9 Panama 0.6% 2018 up 1.1% rising
10 Honduras 0.6% 2017 down 1.8% rising
11 Mexico 0.6% 2020 up 6.7% rising
12 Peru 0.6% 2016 up 24.5% rising
13 Brazil 0.5% 2020 down 18.8% falling
14 El Salvador 0.5% 2017 up 19.1% rising
15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2017 up 98.2% rising
16 Ghana 0.5% 2016 down 6.3% falling
17 Guatemala 0.4% 2011 up 4.8% rising
18 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 13.5% rising
19 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 down 30.8% flat
20 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 down 39.3% falling
21 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2014 down 18.1% falling

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Indicator
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
21 places, 255 data points, 1981–2021
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