Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female was 0.8% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.8%
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
34th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2017
All-time low
0.0%
in 2009
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.81998200720171998: 0.638 % of female employed population in working age1999: 0.566 % of female employed population in working age2000: 0.583 % of female employed population in working age2001: 0.655 % of female employed population in working age2002: 0.607 % of female employed population in working age2003: 0.598 % of female employed population in working age2004: 0.601 % of female employed population in working age2005: 0.632 % of female employed population in working age2006: 0.624 % of female employed population in working age2007: 0.552 % of female employed population in working age2008: 0.661 % of female employed population in working age2009: 0 % of female employed population in working age2010: 0.538 % of female employed population in working age2011: 0 % of female employed population in working age2016: 0.77 % of female employed population in working age2017: 0.797 % of female employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of female employed population in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of is 0.8%, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2009.

Palestine, State of ranks 34th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of female employed population in working age Change
1998 0.6%
1999 0.6% -11.3%
2000 0.6% +3.0%
2001 0.7% +12.3%
2002 0.6% -7.3%
2003 0.6% -1.5%
2004 0.6% +0.5%
2005 0.6% +5.2%
2006 0.6% -1.2%
2007 0.6% -11.6%
2008 0.7% +19.9%
2009 0.0% -100.0%
2010 0.5%
2011 0.0% -100.0%
2016 0.8%
2017 0.8% +3.5%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 2.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7%, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2009 -100.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2011 -100.0% 0.5% 0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2
2000s 0.6% 0.0% 0.7% 10
2010s 0.5% 0.0% 0.8% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 31 Italy 0.8% compare
  2. 32 Kosovo 0.8% compare
  3. 32 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.8% compare
  4. 35 Korea 0.8% compare
  5. 36 Costa Rica 0.8% compare
  6. 37 Namibia 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Palestine, State of was 0.8% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2017.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2009.
How does Palestine, State of rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female?
Palestine, State of ranks 34th out of 106 countries with data for 2017.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
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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