Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Palestine

Palestine: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male was 0.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
up 7.9%
World rank
31st
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2017
All-time low
0.0%
in 2009
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Palestine, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.81998200720171998: 0.639 % of male employed population in working age1999: 0.662 % of male employed population in working age2000: 0.663 % of male employed population in working age2001: 0.606 % of male employed population in working age2002: 0.553 % of male employed population in working age2003: 0.562 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.576 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.591 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.586 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.611 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.702 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0 % of male employed population in working age2010: 0.676 % of male employed population in working age2011: 0 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.681 % of male employed population in working age2017: 0.734 % of male employed population in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Palestine is 0.7%, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Palestine peaked at 0.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2009.

Palestine ranks 31st 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, male in Palestine, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in Palestine, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1998 0.6%
1999 0.7% +3.5%
2000 0.7% +0.2%
2001 0.6% -8.6%
2002 0.6% -8.7%
2003 0.6% +1.6%
2004 0.6% +2.5%
2005 0.6% +2.5%
2006 0.6% -0.8%
2007 0.6% +4.2%
2008 0.7% +15.0%
2009 0.0% -100.0%
2010 0.7%
2011 0.0% -100.0%
2016 0.7%
2017 0.7% +7.9%

Palestine compared with similar countries

  • Palestine's 0.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 2.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Palestine's 0.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7%, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Palestine 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% 0.7% 0.0%

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 28 Spain 0.8% compare
  2. 29 South Africa 0.8% compare
  3. 30 South Korea 0.7% compare
  4. 32 France 0.7% compare
  5. 33 Namibia 0.7% compare
  6. 34 Italy 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Palestine?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Palestine was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male recorded in Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2017.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2009.
How does Palestine rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male?
Palestine ranks 31st out of 106 countries with data for 2017.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male (% of male 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, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male 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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