Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
85
Highest
0.6%
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 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) is currently reported for 85 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 0.1%.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 495.2%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 250.3% rising
2 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 up 1.5% rising
3 Namibia 0.3% 2015 up 49.1% rising
4 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 14.3% falling
5 South Africa 0.3% 2020 up 0.6% rising
6 Gambia 0.3% 2020 up 495.2% volatile
7 Guatemala 0.3% 2006 down 5.1% rising
8 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 10.7% flat
9 Costa Rica 0.2% 2016 up 3.0% flat
10 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 29.5% rising
11 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 down 0.4% rising
12 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 14.7% rising
13 Belize 0.2% 1999 down 5.9% flat
14 Ecuador 0.2% 2017 down 21.3% falling
15 India 0.2% 2019 down 27.5% falling
16 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2016 up 4.2% falling
17 Chile 0.2% 2017 down 6.6% falling
18 Honduras 0.2% 2017 up 62.2% rising
19 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 6.3% falling
20 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 12.1% falling
21 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 19.7% falling
22 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 up 151.2% rising
23 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 222.3% volatile
24 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 down 21.5% falling
25 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 3.3% rising
26 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 5.5% rising
27 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 2.5% flat
28 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 up 25.7% rising
29 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 57.4% falling
30 Panama 0.2% 2018 down 33.5% rising
31 Uruguay 0.2% 2019 down 22.3% falling
32 Brazil 0.2% 2020 down 41.5% falling
33 North Macedonia 0.2% 2017 up 94.3% rising
34 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 down 33.5% flat
34 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 down 33.5% flat
36 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 down 3.6% falling
37 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 107.4% rising
38 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 72.5% rising
39 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2017 up 20.9% flat
40 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 81.3% volatile
41 Morocco 0.1% 2009 up 17.9% rising
42 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 0.4% rising
43 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 9.5% rising
44 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 6.5% rising
45 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 20.8% falling
46 Portugal 0.1% 2016 down 0.7% falling
47 Latvia 0.1% 2016 down 0.2% falling
48 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 12.8% falling
49 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 5.0% rising
50 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 5.7% rising
51 Poland 0.1% 2019 up 44.5% falling
52 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 5.9% rising
53 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 31.8% rising
54 Italy 0.1% 2016 up 16.9% rising
55 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 9.9% flat
56 Nepal 0.1% 2014 down 15.0% rising
57 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 49.0% volatile
58 Austria 0.1% 2003 down 3.1% flat
59 Belgium 0.1% 2003 up 9.6% rising
60 Croatia 0.1% 2016 up 90.5% rising
61 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 3.8% rising
62 France 0.1% 2016 down 11.1% flat
63 Romania 0.1% 2016 down 41.9% falling
64 Serbia 0.1% 2014 up 0.8% falling
65 Greece 0.1% 2016 up 10.3% rising
66 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 14.7% rising
67 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 up 25.0% rising
68 Iceland 0.1% 2013 up 32.1% rising
69 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 30.2% flat
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2017 down 33.3% falling
71 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 down 6.3% falling
72 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 18.0% falling
73 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 10.9% falling
74 United States of America 0.1% 2018 up 37.8% rising
75 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 64.7% falling
76 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 26.0% rising
77 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 33.3% falling
78 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 11.2% falling
79 Georgia 0.1% 2013 down 4.4% flat
80 Netherlands 0.0% 2016 up 1.3% falling
81 Finland 0.0% 2016 down 36.5% falling
82 Sweden 0.0% 2016 up 25.4% rising
83 Argentina 0.0% 2018 down 25.6% falling
84 Norway 0.0% 2016 down 47.5% falling
85 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the elementary occupation group, 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
86 places, 1,140 data points, 1970–2021
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