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

Countries reporting
87
Highest
0.6%
Rwanda
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,201

What the numbers show

Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 0.6% 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 42 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 580.9%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 212.1% rising
2 Nicaragua 0.4% 2014 down 4.7% rising
3 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 19.5% falling
4 Namibia 0.3% 2015 up 63.4% rising
5 Guatemala 0.3% 2006 up 1.2% rising
6 Belize 0.3% 1999 up 6.0% rising
7 South Africa 0.3% 2020 up 0.9% rising
8 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 17.9% falling
9 El Salvador 0.3% 2017 down 11.7% rising
10 Gambia 0.3% 2020 up 580.9% volatile
11 Honduras 0.3% 2017 up 123.8% rising
12 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 down 19.8% rising
13 Costa Rica 0.3% 2016 down 1.6% falling
14 Ecuador 0.3% 2017 down 19.1% falling
15 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 33.0% rising
16 India 0.2% 2019 down 29.1% falling
17 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2016 up 3.3% falling
18 Chile 0.2% 2017 down 4.9% falling
19 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 16.1% rising
20 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 0.4% rising
21 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 6.2% falling
22 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 9.8% falling
23 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 230.9% volatile
24 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 up 117.0% rising
25 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 2.2% rising
26 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2017 up 34.2% flat
27 Uruguay 0.2% 2019 down 21.0% falling
28 Panama 0.2% 2018 down 32.7% rising
29 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 19.4% falling
30 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 down 30.5% volatile
31 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 93.8% rising
32 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 58.6% falling
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 up 24.0% rising
34 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 0.4% falling
35 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 80.3% rising
36 Brazil 0.2% 2020 down 41.2% falling
37 North Macedonia 0.2% 2017 up 91.9% rising
38 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 down 34.3% flat
38 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 down 34.3% flat
40 Morocco 0.2% 2009 up 22.6% rising
41 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 81.8% volatile
42 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 up 3.6% rising
43 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 8.4% rising
44 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 7.0% rising
45 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 22.0% falling
46 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 13.4% rising
47 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 1.1% falling
48 Portugal 0.1% 2016 up 1.8% falling
49 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 10.2% falling
50 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 4.0% falling
51 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 65.5% volatile
52 Nepal 0.1% 2014 down 3.0% rising
53 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 34.6% rising
54 Poland 0.1% 2019 up 47.2% falling
55 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 5.3% rising
56 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 10.5% flat
57 Italy 0.1% 2016 up 17.7% rising
58 Croatia 0.1% 2016 up 97.2% rising
59 Belgium 0.1% 2016 down 9.5% flat
60 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 3.1% rising
61 France 0.1% 2016 down 12.2% flat
62 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 10.8% rising
63 Romania 0.1% 2016 down 42.4% falling
64 Iceland 0.1% 2013 up 28.4% rising
65 Serbia 0.1% 2014 down 3.8% falling
66 Greece 0.1% 2016 up 12.5% rising
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2017 down 28.1% falling
68 Austria 0.1% 2016 down 27.1% flat
69 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 32.3% flat
70 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 up 29.8% rising
71 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 17.6% falling
72 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 9.0% falling
73 Australia 0.1% 2015 down 6.4% falling
74 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 down 6.4% falling
75 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 65.7% falling
76 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 22.8% rising
77 United States of America 0.1% 2018 up 30.1% falling
78 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 14.6% flat
79 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 10.5% falling
80 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 32.1% falling
81 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 4.8% falling
82 Georgia 0.1% 2013 down 9.4% flat
83 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 36.2% falling
84 Sweden 0.0% 2016 up 21.2% rising
85 Argentina 0.0% 2018 down 17.5% falling
86 Norway 0.0% 2016 down 49.9% falling
87 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
88 places, 1,201 data points, 1970–2021
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