Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
87
Highest
0.3%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,201

What the numbers show

Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Denmark; 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 79 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 342.5%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 0.3% 2016 up 110.0% rising
2 Norway 0.3% 2016 up 96.1% rising
3 Netherlands 0.3% 2016 up 45.1% rising
4 Iceland 0.3% 2013 up 81.2% rising
5 Sweden 0.3% 2016 up 26.1% rising
6 Nigeria 0.3% 2018 up 245.7% volatile
7 Belgium 0.3% 2016 up 47.3% rising
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3% 2016 up 76.6% rising
9 Finland 0.3% 2016 up 40.0% rising
10 Lithuania 0.3% 2016 up 44.7% rising
11 United States 0.2% 2018 up 31.3% rising
12 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2017 up 20.8% rising
13 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 27.0% rising
14 Estonia 0.2% 2016 up 47.9% rising
15 Australia 0.2% 2015 up 5.6% rising
16 France 0.2% 2016 up 76.2% rising
17 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 up 22.2% rising
18 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 10.9% rising
19 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 31.3% rising
20 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 22.3% rising
21 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 40.2% rising
22 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 97.6% rising
23 Austria 0.2% 2016 up 149.2% rising
24 Hungary 0.2% 2016 up 37.6% rising
25 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 69.3% rising
26 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 38.4% rising
27 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 73.4% rising
28 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 down 9.7% rising
29 Germany 0.2% 2011 up 19.9% rising
30 Romania 0.2% 2016 up 81.3% rising
31 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 54.9% rising
32 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 28.4% rising
33 North Macedonia 0.2% 2017 up 67.9% rising
34 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 53.7% rising
35 Serbia 0.1% 2014 up 83.7% rising
36 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 18.2% rising
36 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 18.2% rising
38 Georgia 0.1% 2013 up 4.3% flat
39 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 88.7% rising
40 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 up 12.9% rising
41 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 up 1.8% rising
42 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 45.9% rising
43 Uruguay 0.1% 2019 up 31.1% rising
44 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 down 8.9% rising
45 Brazil 0.1% 2020 up 43.4% rising
46 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 9.8% rising
47 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 up 71.9% rising
48 Costa Rica 0.1% 2016 up 5.5% rising
49 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 104.6% rising
50 Panama 0.1% 2018 up 12.0% falling
51 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 74.4% rising
52 Mexico 0.1% 2020 up 0.3% flat
53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2006 up 17.3% rising
54 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2017 up 12.6% rising
55 Mauritius 0.1% 2012 up 185.7% rising
56 Argentina 0.1% 2018 up 2.9% rising
57 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 16.6% flat
58 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2016 up 30.8% rising
59 Gambia 0.1% 2020 up 63.7% rising
60 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 149.2% volatile
61 Peru 0.1% 2016 up 18.8% rising
62 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 up 26.3% rising
63 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 19.8% rising
64 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 23.9% volatile
65 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 342.5% rising
66 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 52.5% rising
67 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 62.3% rising
68 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 21.8% rising
69 Guatemala 0.1% 2006 up 12.2% flat
70 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 17.3% rising
71 El Salvador 0.1% 2017 up 52.8% rising
72 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 119.3% rising
73 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 57.9% rising
74 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 68.1% volatile
75 Ecuador 0.1% 2017 down 15.0% falling
76 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 44.3% rising
77 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 172.8% rising
78 Morocco 0.0% 2009 up 20.2% rising
79 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 up 208.5% rising
80 India 0.0% 2019 up 12.1% rising
81 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 315.9% volatile
82 Honduras 0.0% 2017 down 60.7% flat
83 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 125.5% rising
84 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 128.5% volatile
85 Belize 0.0% 1999 up 46.9% rising
86 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 down 27.1% rising
87 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the professionals occupation group, 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
88 places, 1,201 data points, 1970–2021
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