Employment in the service sector, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
86
Highest
0.8%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.5%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,157

What the numbers show

Employment in the service sector, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 0.8% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 152.4%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 70.6%).

Employment in the service sector, aged 15-64, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.8% 2016 up 15.1% rising
2 Norway 0.8% 2016 up 19.6% rising
3 Jordan 0.8% 2016 down 2.8% flat
4 Ukraine 0.8% 2013 up 1.1% falling
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7% 2016 down 1.6% rising
6 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 up 10.7% rising
7 Belgium 0.7% 2003 up 6.6% flat
8 Denmark 0.7% 2016 up 10.1% rising
9 France 0.7% 2016 up 25.0% rising
10 United States of America 0.7% 2018 down 2.9% rising
11 Nigeria 0.7% 2018 up 103.4% volatile
12 Sweden 0.7% 2016 down 2.6% flat
13 Netherlands 0.7% 2004 up 6.3% rising
14 Ireland 0.7% 2016 up 12.9% rising
15 Finland 0.7% 2016 up 5.2% rising
16 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2002 up 15.8% rising
17 Germany 0.7% 2011 up 10.7% rising
18 South Africa 0.6% 2020 up 2.7% rising
19 Spain 0.6% 2016 up 24.0% rising
20 Portugal 0.6% 2016 up 11.8% rising
21 Italy 0.6% 2016 up 14.0% rising
22 Latvia 0.6% 2016 up 8.5% rising
23 Iceland 0.6% 2013 up 0.4% flat
24 Estonia 0.6% 2016 up 14.2% rising
25 Austria 0.6% 2003 up 11.7% rising
26 Hungary 0.6% 2016 up 10.3% rising
27 Lithuania 0.6% 2016 up 15.1% rising
28 Republic of Korea 0.6% 2017 up 6.5% rising
29 Greece 0.5% 2016 up 0.4% flat
30 Costa Rica 0.5% 2021 up 13.1% flat
31 Croatia 0.5% 2016 down 8.5% falling
32 Slovakia 0.5% 2016 up 0.2% flat
33 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 up 7.2% rising
34 Namibia 0.5% 2015 up 35.0% rising
35 Kazakhstan 0.5% 2017 down 2.1% falling
36 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5% 2017 down 14.1% falling
36 Kosovo 0.5% 2017 down 14.1% falling
38 Czechia 0.5% 2016 up 6.0% flat
39 Philippines 0.5% 2019 up 38.1% rising
40 Jamaica 0.5% 2002 up 35.4% rising
41 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 133.7% volatile
42 Palestine, State of 0.5% 2017 down 14.4% flat
43 Republic of Moldova 0.5% 2021 down 29.4% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 up 12.2% rising
45 Sri Lanka 0.4% 2019 up 0.3% rising
46 Bulgaria 0.4% 2016 down 10.0% falling
47 Poland 0.4% 2019 down 4.7% rising
48 El Salvador 0.4% 2017 up 3.5% rising
49 Egypt 0.4% 2019 up 18.0% rising
50 Chile 0.4% 2017 up 53.6% rising
51 Panama 0.4% 2021 up 8.4% rising
52 Belize 0.4% 1999 down 0.7% flat
53 Mexico 0.4% 2020 up 18.4% rising
54 Paraguay 0.4% 2017 up 35.2% rising
55 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 up 18.2% rising
56 Uruguay 0.3% 2021 up 30.9% rising
57 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 28.3% rising
58 Thailand 0.3% 2021 up 25.1% rising
59 Mongolia 0.3% 2016 up 113.1% rising
60 China 0.3% 2013 up 57.8% rising
61 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 up 28.9% rising
62 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 37.5% rising
63 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 56.6% rising
64 Armenia 0.3% 2020 up 39.7% rising
65 Romania 0.3% 2016 up 152.4% rising
66 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 14.6% rising
67 Guatemala 0.3% 2011 up 6.2% rising
68 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 12.1% rising
69 Türkiye 0.3% 2013 up 15.3% rising
70 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 65.4% rising
71 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 1.7% rising
72 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 38.8% rising
73 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 7.6% falling
74 Georgia 0.2% 2013 up 24.6% rising
75 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 4.3% rising
76 India 0.2% 2019 up 33.4% rising
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2021 up 20.2% rising
78 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 up 115.7% rising
79 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 33.6% rising
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 up 2.9% rising
81 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 up 37.3% rising
82 Peru 0.2% 2021 down 14.3% flat
83 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 34.4% rising
84 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 71.3% volatile
85 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 70.4% rising
86 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 70.6% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the service sector, 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
86 places, 1,157 data points, 1970–2021
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