Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
0.3%
Cyprus
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,282

What the numbers show

Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Cyprus; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 309.9%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 93.1%).

Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cyprus 0.3% 2016 up 8.0% rising
2 Greece 0.3% 2016 up 3.4% flat
3 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 2.8% rising
4 Ukraine 0.2% 2013 up 98.5% rising
5 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 down 10.9% rising
6 Argentina 0.2% 2021 up 0.6% flat
7 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 down 21.3% rising
8 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 down 12.2% flat
9 Brazil 0.2% 2021 up 2.2% rising
10 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2017 up 1.1% rising
11 Malta 0.2% 2016 down 3.7% rising
12 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 5.3% falling
13 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 down 8.2% falling
14 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 6.3% flat
15 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 26.9% falling
16 Colombia 0.2% 2021 down 1.8% rising
17 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 38.0% rising
18 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 down 7.2% falling
19 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 3.6% flat
20 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 2.0% rising
21 Portugal 0.2% 2016 down 0.5% flat
22 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 0.7% rising
23 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 23.4% rising
24 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 1.6% rising
25 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 7.6% rising
26 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 0.1% rising
27 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 13.5% rising
28 South Africa 0.2% 2020 down 3.9% rising
29 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 12.7% flat
30 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 5.0% flat
31 Jordan 0.2% 2016 down 15.1% falling
32 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 39.8% rising
33 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 up 25.7% rising
34 Egypt 0.2% 2019 up 22.7% rising
35 Denmark 0.2% 2016 down 4.0% falling
36 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 down 4.2% flat
37 Peru 0.2% 2021 up 2.5% falling
38 France 0.2% 2016 up 3.8% falling
39 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 up 22.2% falling
40 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 9.2% rising
41 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 6.2% falling
42 Austria 0.2% 2003 up 4.5% flat
43 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 up 18.1% rising
44 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 7.2% falling
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2021 up 15.6% rising
46 Belgium 0.2% 2003 down 2.1% falling
47 Philippines 0.2% 2019 up 7.1% rising
48 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 107.4% rising
49 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 down 32.6% falling
49 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 down 32.6% falling
51 India 0.2% 2019 up 10.7% rising
52 Honduras 0.2% 2017 up 1.3% rising
53 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 23.6% volatile
54 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 0.9% falling
55 Georgia 0.1% 2013 up 11.7% rising
56 Iceland 0.1% 2013 down 22.5% falling
57 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 17.8% rising
58 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 42.8% rising
59 Gambia 0.1% 2020 down 33.2% rising
60 Romania 0.1% 2016 up 22.9% rising
61 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 13.8% rising
62 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 10.6% falling
63 Korea 0.1% 2017 down 6.6% falling
64 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 5.3% rising
65 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 1.7% rising
66 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 3.6% falling
67 Norway 0.1% 2016 down 21.9% falling
68 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 1.3% flat
69 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 41.6% falling
70 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 down 6.5% flat
71 Mauritius 0.1% 2012 down 28.9% falling
72 Armenia 0.1% 2020 up 17.1% rising
73 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 26.3% falling
74 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 23.4% rising
75 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 2.7% falling
76 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 12.6% falling
77 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 24.5% falling
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 309.9% rising
79 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 down 1.8% rising
80 China 0.1% 2013 up 57.6% rising
81 Albania 0.1% 2019 down 13.1% falling
82 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 up 0.0% flat
83 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 10.3% rising
84 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 9.4% rising
85 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 down 8.5% rising
86 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 1.0% rising
87 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 17.6% rising
88 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 43.5% falling
89 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 44.4% rising
90 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 down 11.1% rising
91 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 down 66.8% falling
92 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 93.1% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,282 data points, 1970–2021
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