Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
85
Highest
0.3%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,140

What the numbers show

Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) is currently reported for 85 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 76 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 273.4%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 0.3% 2016 up 108.6% rising
2 Norway 0.3% 2016 up 96.8% rising
3 Netherlands 0.3% 2016 up 41.7% rising
4 Iceland 0.3% 2013 up 75.5% rising
5 Sweden 0.3% 2016 up 23.5% rising
6 Nigeria 0.3% 2018 up 223.6% volatile
7 United Kingdom 0.3% 2016 up 75.6% rising
8 Finland 0.3% 2016 up 37.7% rising
9 Lithuania 0.3% 2016 up 45.2% rising
10 United States 0.2% 2018 up 28.6% rising
11 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 23.8% rising
12 South Korea 0.2% 2017 up 22.2% rising
13 Estonia 0.2% 2016 up 45.3% rising
14 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 up 22.1% rising
15 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 7.0% rising
16 France 0.2% 2016 up 71.9% rising
17 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 29.2% rising
18 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 21.0% rising
19 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 35.1% rising
20 Belgium 0.2% 2003 up 3.6% rising
21 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 92.6% rising
22 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 down 10.4% rising
23 Hungary 0.2% 2016 up 36.9% rising
24 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 65.4% rising
25 Germany 0.2% 2011 up 17.3% rising
26 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 33.9% rising
27 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 68.9% rising
28 Romania 0.2% 2016 up 74.9% rising
29 North Macedonia 0.2% 2017 up 64.2% rising
30 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 24.5% rising
31 Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 49.2% rising
32 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 up 18.8% rising
32 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 up 18.8% rising
34 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 49.3% rising
35 Palestine 0.2% 2017 up 7.0% rising
36 Serbia 0.2% 2014 up 79.4% rising
37 Georgia 0.1% 2013 up 4.2% flat
38 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 up 0.3% flat
39 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 42.3% rising
40 Uruguay 0.1% 2019 up 27.5% rising
41 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 10.5% flat
42 Brazil 0.1% 2020 up 44.4% rising
43 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 down 10.5% rising
44 Costa Rica 0.1% 2016 up 1.1% rising
45 Turkey 0.1% 2019 up 68.5% rising
46 Panama 0.1% 2018 up 9.6% falling
47 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 93.4% rising
48 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 50.1% rising
49 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 1.1% falling
50 Austria 0.1% 2003 up 12.5% rising
51 Venezuela 0.1% 2006 up 11.3% rising
52 Bolivia 0.1% 2017 up 5.2% rising
53 Argentina 0.1% 2018 up 6.0% flat
54 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 14.2% flat
55 Peru 0.1% 2016 up 13.1% rising
56 Mauritius 0.1% 2012 up 169.6% rising
57 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 138.6% rising
58 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2016 up 24.1% rising
59 Gambia 0.1% 2020 up 49.2% rising
60 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 up 23.2% rising
61 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 24.9% falling
62 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 20.4% rising
63 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 273.4% rising
64 El Salvador 0.1% 2017 up 46.6% rising
65 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 100.4% rising
66 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 44.6% rising
67 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 46.6% rising
68 Ecuador 0.1% 2017 down 18.4% falling
69 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 34.2% rising
70 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 62.3% rising
71 Guatemala 0.1% 2006 up 2.5% flat
72 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 13.7% rising
73 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 11.6% rising
74 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 147.7% rising
75 Morocco 0.1% 2009 up 8.2% rising
76 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 up 176.1% rising
77 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 38.5% rising
78 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 258.6% volatile
79 Honduras 0.0% 2017 down 57.4% flat
80 India 0.0% 2019 up 7.2% rising
81 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 114.9% rising
82 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 142.2% volatile
83 Belize 0.0% 1999 up 34.3% rising
84 Tanzania 0.0% 2020 down 25.8% rising
85 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,140 data points, 1970–2021
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