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

Countries reporting
86
Highest
0.3%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,157

What the numbers show

Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

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

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 64.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 3,371.5%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 92.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 0.3% 2016 down 0.8% rising
2 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 down 0.1% flat
3 Croatia 0.3% 2016 up 12.2% rising
4 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 up 0.6% flat
5 Hungary 0.2% 2016 down 20.1% falling
6 Iceland 0.2% 2013 up 32.2% rising
7 Germany 0.2% 2011 down 0.1% flat
8 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 7.9% rising
9 Estonia 0.2% 2016 down 19.3% flat
10 Poland 0.2% 2019 down 9.9% rising
11 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2017 up 30.1% rising
12 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 20.4% rising
13 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 up 8.7% rising
14 Austria 0.2% 2003 down 7.4% falling
15 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 74.9% rising
16 China 0.2% 2013 up 46.9% volatile
17 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 5.2% rising
18 Romania 0.2% 2016 up 32.8% rising
19 Denmark 0.2% 2016 down 15.1% falling
20 Spain 0.2% 2016 down 16.7% flat
21 Finland 0.2% 2016 down 26.7% falling
22 Sweden 0.2% 2016 down 24.6% falling
23 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 34.7% rising
24 Latvia 0.2% 2016 down 15.2% falling
25 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 16.6% rising
26 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 22.2% rising
27 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 21.6% rising
28 Netherlands 0.1% 2004 down 9.0% falling
29 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 0.1% falling
30 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 51.1% rising
31 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 up 4.1% flat
32 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 5.2% volatile
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2002 down 26.9% falling
34 El Salvador 0.1% 2017 down 7.1% falling
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 17.0% falling
36 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 26.7% rising
37 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 34.7% rising
38 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 21.5% rising
39 France 0.1% 2016 down 41.9% falling
40 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 up 6.7% flat
41 Guatemala 0.1% 2011 down 5.6% falling
42 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 63.8% volatile
43 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 20.3% flat
43 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 20.3% flat
45 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 20.0% falling
46 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 25.0% falling
47 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 20.0% falling
48 Norway 0.1% 2016 down 34.6% falling
49 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 0.5% rising
50 India 0.1% 2019 up 4.1% rising
51 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 9.8% flat
52 Honduras 0.1% 2017 down 26.3% falling
53 Türkiye 0.1% 2013 up 8.9% rising
54 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 7.5% rising
55 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 21.2% rising
56 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 38.9% falling
57 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 20.7% falling
58 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 up 10.3% falling
59 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 7.6% flat
60 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 16.9% falling
61 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 12.4% flat
62 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 12.7% falling
63 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 3.4% rising
64 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 48.1% falling
65 Armenia 0.1% 2020 up 169.8% rising
66 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 31.2% flat
67 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 30.6% falling
68 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 55.7% falling
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 up 29.4% rising
70 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 11.3% rising
71 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 up 75.5% volatile
72 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 up 281.8% volatile
73 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 down 36.3% flat
74 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 up 12.0% rising
75 Uganda 0.0% 2016 down 10.1% falling
76 Namibia 0.0% 2015 up 0.0% falling
77 Peru 0.0% 2021 down 28.9% falling
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 down 19.4% volatile
79 Mongolia 0.0% 2016 up 3,371.5% volatile
80 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 614.6% volatile
81 Georgia 0.0% 2013 up 5.2% flat
82 Ukraine 0.0% 2013 down 79.0% falling
83 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 42.9% rising
84 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 down 3.4% volatile
85 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 59.6% falling
86 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 92.5% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the manufacturing 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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