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Employed workers with a work contract, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
23
Highest
1.0%
Egypt
Lowest
0.1%
Korea
Median
0.6%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
268

What the numbers show

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Egypt; the lowest is 0.1% in 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 7 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 173.6%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 36.4%).

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 1.0% 2008 up 97.7% rising
1 Moldova 1.0% 2019 up 16.8% falling
3 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 7.9% rising
4 Kosovo 0.9% 2014 up 21.2% rising
5 South Africa 0.8% 2020 up 6.0% rising
6 Ecuador 0.8% 2017 up 3.0% rising
7 Albania 0.8% 2019 β€” flat
8 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 β€” rising
9 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 49.0% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 up 61.3% falling
11 Peru 0.6% 2016 up 14.2% rising
12 Panama 0.6% 2018 up 4.8% rising
13 Mexico 0.6% 2020 up 4.5% flat
14 Bolivia 0.6% 2017 up 173.6% flat
15 Honduras 0.6% 2017 down 0.2% rising
16 Brazil 0.5% 2020 down 23.5% falling
17 Ghana 0.5% 2016 down 6.4% falling
18 El Salvador 0.5% 2017 up 12.9% rising
19 Paraguay 0.4% 2017 down 23.2% flat
20 Guatemala 0.4% 2011 down 14.1% falling
21 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 14.9% rising
22 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 down 36.4% falling
23 Korea 0.1% 2014 down 17.2% falling

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Indicator
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 268 data points, 1981–2021
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