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

Countries reporting
83
Highest
0.1%
Ukraine
Lowest
0.0%
Estonia
Median
0.0%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,370

What the numbers show

Employment in the mining sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 0.1% in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.0% in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.0%.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 310.6%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).

Employment in the mining sector, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 0.1% 2013 up 241.6% volatile
2 Mongolia 0.0% 2016 up 132.1% rising
3 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 down 0.1% flat
4 Namibia 0.0% 2015 up 62.5% falling
5 South Africa 0.0% 2020 up 12.9% falling
6 China 0.0% 2013 up 91.1% rising
7 Chile 0.0% 2017 up 6.3% rising
8 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0% 2017 up 18.6% rising
8 Kosovo 0.0% 2017 up 18.6% rising
10 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 3.1% flat
11 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0% 2021 down 20.4% volatile
12 Ghana 0.0% 2016 up 96.1% rising
13 Australia 0.0% 2015 up 18.1% rising
14 Albania 0.0% 2019 up 75.0% rising
15 Poland 0.0% 2019 volatile
16 Armenia 0.0% 2020 up 17.1% rising
17 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 up 1.2% rising
18 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 down 37.0% volatile
19 Peru 0.0% 2021 down 19.9% rising
20 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 up 4.5% rising
21 Colombia 0.0% 2021 down 29.2% rising
22 Georgia 0.0% 2013 up 61.9% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 volatile
24 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 up 134.6% volatile
25 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 up 92.9% volatile
26 Jordan 0.0% 2016 up 128.5% falling
27 Nicaragua 0.0% 2014 up 65.1% volatile
28 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0% 2006 down 18.8% falling
29 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2019 volatile
30 Gambia 0.0% 2020 up 215.7% rising
31 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 up 4.2% rising
32 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 2.5% falling
33 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 95.4% volatile
34 United States 0.0% 2018 down 1.3% falling
35 Jamaica 0.0% 2002 down 35.1% falling
36 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 274.0% volatile
37 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 104.1% volatile
38 Brazil 0.0% 2021 up 19.6% falling
39 Tunisia 0.0% 2015 down 24.7% falling
40 Türkiye 0.0% 2019 down 3.1% flat
41 Philippines 0.0% 2019 down 7.9% rising
42 Argentina 0.0% 2021 down 3.9% volatile
43 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 up 48.5% rising
44 Belize 0.0% 1999 up 13.7% falling
45 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 25.0% falling
46 Pakistan 0.0% 2020 up 115.1% volatile
47 Honduras 0.0% 2017 up 22.9% rising
48 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2013 up 33.1% rising
49 Panama 0.0% 2021 up 51.3% rising
50 Mauritius 0.0% 2012 up 310.6% volatile
51 India 0.0% 2019 down 62.8% falling
52 Guatemala 0.0% 2011 up 45.8% rising
53 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 down 18.2% rising
54 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 up 69.4% volatile
55 Thailand 0.0% 2021 up 41.4% falling
56 Uruguay 0.0% 2021 down 23.4% rising
57 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2017 down 29.7% falling
58 Egypt 0.0% 2019 up 3.7% falling
59 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2005 down 23.1% falling
60 Costa Rica 0.0% 2021 up 25.3% falling
61 Malawi 0.0% 2016 up 131.6% volatile
62 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 13.6% falling
63 El Salvador 0.0% 2017 down 69.4% falling
64 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 85.8% volatile
65 Italy 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Austria 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Belgium 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Latvia 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Spain 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
65 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Denmark 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Czechia 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
65 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Slovakia 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Finland 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Romania 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
65 Netherlands 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Paraguay 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
65 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 volatile
65 Estonia 0.0% 2016 volatile

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Employment in the mining sector, aged 15-64, total by country. Statizoid. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-in-the-mining-sector-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-employed-population-in/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-in-the-mining-sector-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-employed-population-in/">Employment in the mining sector, aged 15-64, total by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Employment in the mining sector, 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
94 places, 1,370 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed