Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24) by country

Countries reporting
105
Highest
1.0%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,503

What the numbers show

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.5%.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 1,321.3%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 down 0.8% volatile
2 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 1.5% flat
3 Cyprus 1.0% 2016 up 1.7% flat
4 Estonia 1.0% 2016 up 0.4% flat
5 United States of America 1.0% 2018 up 8.9% rising
6 Austria 1.0% 2003 down 0.5% flat
7 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 down 1.1% rising
8 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 up 0.0% flat
9 Ireland 1.0% 2016 down 1.4% volatile
10 Malta 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% flat
11 Finland 0.9% 2016 up 76.8% flat
12 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 3.7% volatile
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 2.0% flat
14 Latvia 0.9% 2016 up 1.9% rising
15 Portugal 0.9% 2016 down 0.6% rising
16 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 1.1% rising
17 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 up 1.6% flat
18 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 520.5% volatile
19 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 down 0.9% flat
20 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 3.2% flat
21 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 down 1.8% rising
22 Spain 0.9% 2016 down 4.0% rising
23 France 0.9% 2016 down 4.9% falling
24 Jordan 0.9% 2016 down 3.1% falling
25 Czechia 0.9% 2016 down 3.3% flat
26 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 down 7.6% rising
27 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 22.9% rising
28 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 2.7% rising
29 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 9.6% volatile
30 Denmark 0.8% 2016 up 62.8% falling
31 Greece 0.8% 2016 up 5.1% rising
32 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 5.4% rising
33 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 22.0% falling
34 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 up 0.0% rising
35 Namibia 0.8% 2015 rising
36 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 25.4% rising
37 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 13.0% falling
38 Chile 0.8% 2017 down 2.9% rising
39 Albania 0.7% 2019 volatile
40 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 11.0% rising
41 Jamaica 0.7% 2002 up 9.4% rising
42 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 up 59.7% falling
43 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 volatile
43 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 volatile
45 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 6.3% rising
46 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 5.6% flat
47 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 7.7% falling
48 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 31.0% rising
49 Armenia 0.7% 2020 up 15.6% rising
50 Croatia 0.6% 2016 down 30.8% falling
51 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 18.1% rising
52 Belize 0.6% 1999 down 3.6% flat
53 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 up 47.9% rising
54 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 down 5.3% falling
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 down 2.3% falling
56 Norway 0.5% 2016 up 9.4% rising
57 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 volatile
58 Bangladesh 0.5% 2016 up 89.8% rising
59 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 5.2% flat
60 Thailand 0.5% 2021 up 16.4% rising
61 Djibouti 0.5% 2017 volatile
62 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 160.9% volatile
63 Cambodia 0.5% 2012 up 121.6% rising
64 Panama 0.5% 2021 down 28.7% rising
65 Colombia 0.5% 2021 down 2.9% falling
66 India 0.5% 2019 up 34.1% rising
67 Nicaragua 0.4% 2014 up 1.9% falling
68 Morocco 0.4% 2013 volatile
69 Peru 0.4% 2021 down 7.9% rising
70 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 17.4% rising
71 Rwanda 0.4% 2021 up 70.9% rising
72 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 down 10.2% rising
73 Ecuador 0.3% 2021 down 36.4% falling
74 Netherlands 0.3% 2016 down 7.7% volatile
75 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 56.5% rising
76 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 73.0% rising
77 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 43.9% rising
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 155.9% volatile
79 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 65.7% rising
80 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 55.4% rising
81 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 24.6% rising
82 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 11.0% rising
83 Nigeria 0.1% 2012 up 1,321.3% volatile
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2019 volatile
84 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
84 Guinea 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 volatile
84 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
84 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
84 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 volatile
84 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 volatile
84 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
84 Mauritius 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% falling
84 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
84 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 volatile
84 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
84 Serbia 0.0% 2018 volatile
84 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
84 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24)
Unit
% of employed population aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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