Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
80
Highest
0.3%
Jordan
Lowest
0.0%
Nepal
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,017

What the numbers show

Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Jordan; the lowest is 0.0% in Nepal.

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 9.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 1,119.9%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 58.8%).

Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 0.3% 2016 up 406.1% volatile
2 Greece 0.3% 2016 up 85.0% rising
3 Morocco 0.2% 2009 down 33.0% falling
4 Gambia 0.2% 2020 up 84.7% volatile
5 Sweden 0.2% 2016 up 19.6% rising
6 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 71.2% rising
7 Finland 0.2% 2016 up 40.1% rising
8 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 46.2% rising
9 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 191.2% rising
10 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 44.7% rising
11 Iceland 0.2% 2013 up 25.4% rising
12 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 7.4% rising
13 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 26.4% rising
14 Costa Rica 0.2% 2016 up 31.1% rising
15 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 47.9% rising
16 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 6.5% falling
17 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 88.6% falling
18 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 17.6% rising
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 14.5% rising
20 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 43.0% rising
21 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 10.9% rising
22 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 down 19.8% rising
22 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 down 19.8% rising
24 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 9.2% rising
25 Denmark 0.2% 2016 down 1.6% rising
26 France 0.2% 2016 up 45.0% rising
27 Philippines 0.2% 2019 up 112.6% rising
28 South Africa 0.2% 2020 up 12.4% rising
29 Austria 0.2% 2003 up 24.5% rising
30 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 59.7% rising
31 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 26.2% rising
32 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 down 2.4% falling
33 Norway 0.2% 2016 down 30.5% falling
34 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 20.2% rising
35 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 13.7% rising
36 Panama 0.1% 2018 up 1,119.9% volatile
37 North Macedonia 0.1% 2017 up 75.0% rising
38 Serbia 0.1% 2014 up 9.1% rising
39 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 20.3% rising
40 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 5.7% falling
41 Belgium 0.1% 2003 up 50.6% rising
42 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 52.0% rising
43 Honduras 0.1% 2017 up 24.5% rising
44 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 12.6% rising
45 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 187.6% rising
46 Netherlands 0.1% 2004 up 1.2% falling
47 Guatemala 0.1% 2006 up 10.6% flat
48 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 24.3% volatile
49 Uruguay 0.1% 2019 up 36.6% rising
50 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 5.9% rising
51 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 45.4% rising
52 Brazil 0.1% 2020 up 74.9% rising
53 Romania 0.1% 2016 up 97.1% rising
54 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 101.9% rising
55 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 38.7% falling
56 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 84.1% rising
57 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 258.9% volatile
58 Türkiye 0.1% 2013 up 99.8% rising
59 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 13.9% falling
60 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 108.4% rising
61 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 25.7% flat
62 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 60.2% rising
63 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 38.7% rising
64 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 48.6% falling
65 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 32.9% rising
66 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 11.9% falling
67 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2016 up 37.8% falling
68 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 down 43.1% rising
69 Peru 0.1% 2016 up 40.4% rising
70 Ecuador 0.1% 2017 up 2.2% falling
71 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 76.3% rising
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 206.9% rising
73 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2017 up 45.0% rising
74 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 5.2% flat
75 India 0.1% 2019 up 32.3% rising
76 Georgia 0.1% 2013 up 13.0% rising
77 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 135.6% rising
78 Poland 0.0% 2019 down 58.8% rising
79 Mongolia 0.0% 2011 up 8.2% rising
80 Nepal 0.0% 2014 down 10.7% rising

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Indicator
Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, 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
80 places, 1,017 data points, 1970–2021
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