Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education was 0.6% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.6%
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
65th
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2016
All-time low
0.5%
in 2010
Years of data
5
2005–2016

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh, 2005–2016

00.20.40.62005201020162005: 0.502 % of employed population with high education in working age2010: 0.456 % of employed population with high education in working age2013: 0.479 % of employed population with high education in working age2015: 0.546 % of employed population with high education in working age2016: 0.566 % of employed population with high education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population with high education in working age.

Analysis

In 2016, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh peaked at 0.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2010.

That places Bangladesh 65th out of 104 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) in Bangladesh, 2005 to 2016.
Year % of employed population with high education in working age Change
2005 0.5%
2010 0.5% -9.1%
2013 0.5% +5.0%
2015 0.5% +14.0%
2016 0.6% +3.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1
2010s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 4

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 62 Gambia 0.6% compare
  2. 63 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% compare
  3. 64 Nicaragua 0.6% compare
  4. 66 Ethiopia 0.5% compare
  5. 67 Norway 0.5% compare
  6. 68 Colombia 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 104 places →

More reference data data for Bangladesh

All data for Bangladesh →

Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh was 0.6% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2010.
How does Bangladesh rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education?
Bangladesh ranks 65th out of 104 countries with data for 2016.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh. Statizoid. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/non-agricultural-wage-employment-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-employed/bangladesh/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/non-agricultural-wage-employment-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-employed/bangladesh/">Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education in Bangladesh</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,400 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed