Employment in the other services sector, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
88
Highest
0.5%
Gambia
Lowest
0.0%
Paraguay
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,180

What the numbers show

Employment in the other services sector, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Gambia; the lowest is 0.0% in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 54,169.2%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 100.0%).

Employment in the other services sector, aged 15-64, urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 1,076.8% volatile
2 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 30.5% rising
2 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 30.5% rising
4 United States of America 0.4% 2018 up 48.1% volatile
5 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 150.5% volatile
6 Denmark 0.3% 2016 up 4.0% rising
7 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 up 114.8% rising
8 France 0.3% 2016 up 21.4% rising
9 Armenia 0.3% 2020 up 16.6% rising
10 Finland 0.3% 2016 up 10.1% rising
11 Sweden 0.3% 2016 down 6.1% flat
12 Iceland 0.3% 2013 down 0.9% flat
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3% 2016 up 12.1% rising
14 Norway 0.3% 2016 down 1.7% flat
15 Mozambique 0.3% 2014 up 530.7% volatile
16 Malawi 0.3% 2016 up 33.0% volatile
17 Netherlands 0.3% 2004 up 10.6% rising
18 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 39.2% falling
19 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 16.0% rising
20 Spain 0.3% 2016 up 21.5% rising
21 Belgium 0.3% 2003 up 10.3% rising
22 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 121.3% volatile
23 Germany 0.3% 2011 up 12.6% rising
24 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 14.5% rising
25 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 7.6% rising
26 South Africa 0.2% 2020 up 5.5% falling
27 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 88.2% volatile
28 Chile 0.2% 2017 down 5.6% flat
29 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 30.1% rising
30 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 117.1% volatile
31 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2002 up 18.4% rising
32 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 4.1% rising
33 Malta 0.2% 2016 up 11.7% falling
34 Austria 0.2% 2003 up 12.6% rising
35 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 78.1% volatile
36 Mongolia 0.2% 2016 volatile
37 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 2.4% rising
38 Ukraine 0.2% 2013 up 54,169.2% volatile
39 Hungary 0.2% 2016 down 1.2% flat
40 Poland 0.2% 2019 up 13.4% falling
41 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 3.1% flat
42 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 3.2% flat
43 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 down 10.2% rising
44 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 276.5% volatile
45 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 21.1% flat
46 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2017 up 0.5% rising
47 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 349.2% volatile
48 Estonia 0.2% 2016 down 2.2% flat
49 Czechia 0.2% 2016 down 4.8% flat
50 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 down 33.3% flat
51 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 down 12.4% falling
52 Egypt 0.2% 2019 down 12.8% rising
53 Honduras 0.2% 2017 up 312.4% volatile
54 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 8.9% rising
55 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 7.3% rising
56 India 0.2% 2019 up 29.5% rising
57 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 up 42.1% volatile
58 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2017 up 9.6% rising
59 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 down 7.2% falling
60 Uganda 0.2% 2016 down 12.5% falling
61 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2017 up 2.4% rising
62 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 4.4% flat
63 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 down 8.9% flat
64 Türkiye 0.1% 2013 down 32.9% falling
65 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 down 14.7% falling
66 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 0.8% falling
67 Romania 0.1% 2016 volatile
68 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 21.0% falling
69 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 58.1% falling
70 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 up 260.0% volatile
71 Thailand 0.1% 2021 down 16.1% falling
72 Zambia 0.1% 2015 down 43.7% rising
73 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 32.1% falling
74 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 76.3% falling
75 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 71.6% rising
76 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 14.0% falling
77 Guatemala 0.1% 2011 up 27.5% rising
78 Argentina 0.1% 2021 down 77.4% falling
79 Nepal 0.1% 2014 down 48.4% falling
80 Brazil 0.1% 2021 down 74.7% flat
81 Belize 0.0% 1999 down 26.3% falling
82 Panama 0.0% 2021 down 26.5% falling
83 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 down 83.9% falling
84 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0% 2021 down 85.0% falling
85 Peru 0.0% 2021 down 86.2% falling
86 Georgia 0.0% 2013 up 17.7% rising
87 China 0.0% 2013 down 99.9% volatile
88 Paraguay 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the other services sector, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
88 places, 1,180 data points, 1970–2021
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