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

Countries reporting
86
Highest
0.4%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,157

What the numbers show

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Czechia; 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 47.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 197.8%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 90.3%).

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 0.4% 2016 down 2.4% flat
2 Slovakia 0.4% 2016 up 3.1% rising
3 Palestine, State of 0.4% 2017 up 59.0% flat
4 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 44.1% rising
4 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 44.1% rising
6 Croatia 0.4% 2016 up 22.3% rising
7 China 0.4% 2013 up 71.9% rising
8 Bulgaria 0.4% 2016 down 4.7% flat
9 Poland 0.3% 2019 up 6.5% rising
10 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 up 43.0% rising
11 Austria 0.3% 2003 down 5.5% flat
12 Hungary 0.3% 2016 down 19.0% falling
13 Estonia 0.3% 2016 down 17.8% flat
14 Italy 0.3% 2016 down 12.9% falling
15 Iceland 0.3% 2013 up 24.9% rising
16 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2017 up 25.1% rising
17 Germany 0.3% 2011 down 13.5% falling
18 Portugal 0.3% 2016 down 1.6% rising
19 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2021 up 29.1% volatile
20 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 19.7% rising
21 Lithuania 0.3% 2016 down 5.9% rising
22 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 37.5% rising
23 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 112.9% rising
24 Sweden 0.3% 2016 down 3.7% falling
25 Romania 0.3% 2016 up 14.0% rising
26 Mexico 0.3% 2020 up 6.1% rising
27 Finland 0.2% 2016 down 16.3% falling
28 United States of America 0.2% 2018 up 0.9% falling
29 Spain 0.2% 2016 down 32.6% falling
30 Latvia 0.2% 2016 down 13.1% falling
31 Denmark 0.2% 2016 down 18.6% falling
32 Netherlands 0.2% 2004 down 2.1% falling
33 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2017 up 6.7% rising
34 Ireland 0.2% 2016 down 12.3% falling
35 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2002 down 24.2% falling
36 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 27.1% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2020 up 36.5% volatile
38 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 24.6% falling
39 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 down 20.3% falling
40 India 0.2% 2019 up 8.6% rising
41 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 12.0% rising
42 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 30.8% rising
43 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 67.4% rising
44 Ukraine 0.2% 2013 down 11.2% rising
45 France 0.2% 2016 down 32.7% falling
46 South Africa 0.2% 2020 down 13.0% rising
47 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 6.1% falling
48 Belgium 0.2% 2003 down 14.1% flat
49 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 17.2% rising
50 Philippines 0.2% 2019 up 62.2% rising
51 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 down 2.5% falling
52 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 197.8% volatile
53 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 down 5.7% falling
54 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 92.4% rising
55 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 3.0% rising
56 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 12.2% falling
57 Norway 0.2% 2016 down 24.1% falling
58 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 72.4% rising
59 Türkiye 0.2% 2013 up 40.0% rising
60 Belize 0.2% 1999 down 17.2% falling
61 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 19.0% rising
62 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 33.4% falling
63 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 up 11.5% rising
64 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 33.6% falling
65 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 21.1% rising
66 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 8.3% rising
67 Gambia 0.1% 2020 up 59.0% rising
68 Honduras 0.1% 2017 down 19.7% falling
69 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 32.9% falling
70 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 45.2% rising
71 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 12.8% flat
72 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 15.6% falling
73 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 up 46.5% rising
74 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 1.9% rising
75 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 4.2% rising
76 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 40.3% rising
77 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 20.7% falling
78 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 11.1% flat
79 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 64.9% volatile
80 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 6.1% rising
81 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 59.2% volatile
82 Georgia 0.1% 2013 down 8.8% flat
83 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 39.7% rising
84 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 54.7% rising
85 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 93.1% rising
86 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 90.3% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,157 data points, 1970–2021
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