Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
85
Highest
0.7%
Rwanda
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,140

What the numbers show

Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Rwanda; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 421.2%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 up 324.8% rising
2 Peru 0.4% 2016 down 21.5% falling
3 South Africa 0.4% 2020 down 2.8% rising
4 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 down 31.1% flat
5 Namibia 0.3% 2015 up 61.1% rising
6 Guatemala 0.3% 2006 down 2.2% rising
7 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 down 9.2% falling
8 Ecuador 0.3% 2017 down 5.0% falling
9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2006 up 11.4% rising
10 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 27.0% rising
11 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2016 up 71.8% falling
12 Belize 0.3% 1999 up 14.9% rising
13 India 0.3% 2019 down 26.1% falling
14 Mauritius 0.3% 2012 up 3.1% flat
15 Costa Rica 0.3% 2016 down 10.5% falling
16 Chile 0.2% 2017 down 7.1% rising
17 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 up 421.2% rising
18 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 33.5% rising
19 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 12.8% rising
20 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 37.0% falling
21 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 11.4% flat
22 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 15.0% falling
23 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 12.3% rising
24 Uruguay 0.2% 2019 down 20.7% falling
25 Colombia 0.2% 2021 down 6.6% falling
26 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 0.6% rising
27 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 down 0.5% flat
28 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 up 3.2% rising
29 Gambia 0.2% 2020 up 385.9% volatile
30 North Macedonia 0.2% 2017 up 172.5% volatile
31 Brazil 0.2% 2020 down 43.2% falling
32 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 184.7% volatile
33 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 4.9% flat
34 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 44.0% volatile
35 Panama 0.2% 2018 down 43.1% falling
36 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 62.8% falling
37 Spain 0.2% 2016 down 12.2% falling
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 down 82.6% volatile
39 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 down 5.5% volatile
40 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 up 94.6% rising
41 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 157.8% volatile
42 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 28.3% rising
43 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 11.0% rising
44 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 7.9% falling
45 Latvia 0.1% 2016 down 2.3% flat
46 Austria 0.1% 2003 down 7.2% falling
47 France 0.1% 2016 down 15.3% falling
48 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 4.8% falling
49 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 0.6% flat
50 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 98.8% volatile
51 Italy 0.1% 2016 up 4.4% rising
52 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 32.6% rising
53 Croatia 0.1% 2016 up 39.8% rising
54 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 down 13.8% rising
54 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 down 13.8% rising
56 Belgium 0.1% 2003 up 0.4% rising
57 Morocco 0.1% 2009 down 3.8% flat
58 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 22.4% rising
59 Serbia 0.1% 2014 up 9.2% falling
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2017 down 39.7% falling
61 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 12.6% flat
62 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 12.9% flat
63 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 up 30.6% rising
64 Iceland 0.1% 2013 up 20.7% rising
65 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 0.5% falling
66 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 up 158.9% rising
67 Romania 0.1% 2016 down 41.8% falling
68 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 20.4% falling
69 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 5.4% falling
70 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 16.7% falling
71 Denmark 0.1% 2016 up 1.6% falling
72 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 61.2% rising
73 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 1.5% volatile
74 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 26.3% falling
75 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 down 2.5% falling
76 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 47.5% falling
77 Ghana 0.0% 2016 down 51.0% volatile
78 Sweden 0.0% 2016 up 8.0% flat
79 Poland 0.0% 2019 down 56.2% falling
80 Georgia 0.0% 2013 up 0.5% flat
81 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2005 down 5.6% falling
82 United States of America 0.0% 2018 down 20.1% falling
83 Norway 0.0% 2016 down 55.5% falling
84 Argentina 0.0% 2018 down 51.5% falling
85 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,140 data points, 1970–2021
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