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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
0.9%
Chile
Lowest
0.0%
Honduras
Median
0.4%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
358

What the numbers show

Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Chile; the lowest is 0.0% in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 0.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 884.1%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 45.5%).

Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 9.7% rising
2 South Korea 0.8% 2017 up 20.5% rising
3 Turkey 0.8% 2013 up 15.4% rising
4 Uruguay 0.8% 2019 up 9.9% rising
5 Venezuela 0.7% 2002 down 13.9% falling
6 Costa Rica 0.7% 2016 up 29.7% rising
7 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 50.0% rising
8 Argentina 0.7% 2018 up 1.7% flat
9 Ecuador 0.6% 2017 up 148.3% rising
10 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2015 up 7.0% flat
11 South Africa 0.6% 2020 up 10.4% falling
12 Peru 0.5% 2016 up 44.3% rising
13 Egypt 0.5% 2019 down 24.8% falling
14 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 17.5% rising
15 Ghana 0.4% 2016 down 14.0% falling
16 El Salvador 0.4% 2017 down 32.7% falling
17 Mexico 0.4% 2020 up 7.4% flat
18 Madagascar 0.4% 2012 down 42.2% falling
19 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 up 30.6% rising
20 Brazil 0.3% 2020 down 43.6% falling
21 Morocco 0.3% 2009 up 884.1% rising
22 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 up 28.1% rising
23 Guatemala 0.3% 2011 down 8.8% falling
24 Bolivia 0.2% 2017 up 16.2% rising
25 Zambia 0.2% 2015 down 6.5% rising
26 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 down 45.5% falling
27 Gambia 0.2% 2020 up 24.6% falling
28 Honduras 0.0% 2017 up 9.5% rising

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Indicator
Employed workers with social security, 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
28 places, 358 data points, 1981–2021
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