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

Countries reporting
87
Highest
0.4%
Argentina
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,201

What the numbers show

Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Argentina; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.

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

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 561.9%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 0.4% 2018 up 2.5% flat
2 Ghana 0.4% 2016 up 168.2% rising
3 Gambia 0.3% 2020 up 11.5% volatile
4 El Salvador 0.3% 2017 up 52.7% rising
5 Jordan 0.3% 2016 up 91.8% rising
6 Greece 0.3% 2016 up 67.1% rising
7 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 33.9% rising
8 Brazil 0.2% 2020 up 36.4% rising
9 Uruguay 0.2% 2019 up 53.1% rising
10 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 2.6% flat
11 Honduras 0.2% 2017 up 46.8% rising
12 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 73.4% rising
13 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 13.8% rising
14 Costa Rica 0.2% 2016 up 34.7% rising
15 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 25.9% rising
16 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 up 60.2% rising
17 Sweden 0.2% 2016 up 12.8% rising
18 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 5.5% rising
19 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 26.0% rising
20 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 28.6% rising
21 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2017 up 27.7% rising
22 Iceland 0.2% 2013 up 15.7% rising
23 Finland 0.2% 2016 up 28.8% rising
24 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 5.4% flat
25 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 up 24.8% rising
26 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 1.4% flat
27 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 43.0% rising
28 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2017 down 6.0% rising
29 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 30.2% rising
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 13.7% rising
31 Panama 0.2% 2018 up 561.9% volatile
32 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 up 8.0% rising
33 Philippines 0.2% 2019 up 72.6% rising
34 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 down 4.3% volatile
35 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 down 3.2% flat
35 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 down 3.2% flat
37 Serbia 0.2% 2014 up 0.4% flat
38 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 23.2% rising
39 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 81.0% rising
40 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 88.2% rising
41 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 77.5% rising
42 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 14.3% rising
43 Norway 0.2% 2016 down 11.1% falling
44 Peru 0.2% 2016 up 24.7% rising
45 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 7.8% falling
46 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 8.3% falling
47 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 73.5% rising
48 North Macedonia 0.2% 2017 up 21.7% rising
49 South Africa 0.2% 2020 up 15.4% rising
50 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 56.7% falling
51 Guatemala 0.2% 2006 down 1.2% falling
52 Denmark 0.2% 2016 up 11.5% rising
53 Ecuador 0.2% 2017 down 16.0% falling
54 Austria 0.2% 2016 down 23.6% rising
55 France 0.2% 2016 up 29.8% rising
56 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 232.9% volatile
57 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 up 31.9% rising
58 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 15.3% rising
59 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 16.8% rising
60 Romania 0.1% 2016 up 40.9% rising
61 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 up 24.6% rising
62 Australia 0.1% 2015 up 2.4% flat
63 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 36.2% rising
64 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 3.9% flat
65 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 71.5% rising
66 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 155.5% rising
67 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 17.1% falling
68 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 10.1% falling
69 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 3.0% rising
70 Morocco 0.1% 2009 down 38.6% falling
71 Belgium 0.1% 2016 up 16.7% rising
72 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 1.2% rising
73 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 61.3% rising
74 Georgia 0.1% 2013 up 9.4% rising
75 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 11.8% falling
76 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 19.8% rising
77 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 53.3% flat
78 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 4.7% rising
79 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 14.0% falling
80 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 46.2% falling
81 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 21.0% falling
82 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 down 56.1% volatile
83 India 0.1% 2019 up 26.4% rising
84 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2016 up 38.7% falling
85 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 46.1% rising
86 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 3.2% rising
87 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the service and market sales 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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