Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
90
Highest
0.9%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0%
North Macedonia
Median
0.4%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,284

What the numbers show

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0% in North Macedonia.

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

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 180.7%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 100.0%).

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 up 7.4% flat
2 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 6.2% rising
3 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 7.3% rising
4 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 90.1% falling
5 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 up 5.4% rising
6 Jordan 0.8% 2016 up 0.8% flat
7 Austria 0.8% 2003 up 5.1% rising
8 Russian Federation 0.8% 2016 up 49.3% volatile
9 Hungary 0.8% 2016 up 0.5% rising
10 Estonia 0.8% 2016 down 3.9% rising
11 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 down 4.6% falling
12 Portugal 0.8% 2016 up 10.2% rising
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2016 up 0.8% flat
14 Finland 0.8% 2016 up 81.2% flat
15 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 1.0% flat
16 Netherlands 0.8% 2004 up 3.8% flat
17 Latvia 0.8% 2016 down 0.5% rising
18 Belgium 0.8% 2003 up 5.4% rising
19 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 up 4.1% volatile
20 Croatia 0.8% 2016 down 7.3% flat
21 Ireland 0.8% 2016 up 5.9% rising
22 France 0.7% 2016 down 3.9% falling
23 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 down 5.5% falling
24 Italy 0.7% 2016 up 5.2% rising
25 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 up 18.6% falling
26 Spain 0.7% 2016 down 0.8% rising
27 Poland 0.7% 2019 down 0.6% rising
28 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 up 8.2% volatile
28 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 up 8.2% volatile
30 South Africa 0.7% 2020 up 2.8% rising
31 Republic of Korea 0.7% 2017 up 25.3% rising
32 Republic of Moldova 0.6% 2021 down 20.0% rising
33 Norway 0.6% 2016 up 45.0% rising
34 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 up 13.6% rising
35 Costa Rica 0.5% 2021 up 8.7% rising
36 Egypt 0.5% 2019 up 21.3% rising
37 Tunisia 0.5% 2015 up 46.9% rising
38 Namibia 0.5% 2015 rising
39 Sweden 0.5% 2016 down 3.8% falling
40 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 volatile
41 Philippines 0.5% 2019 up 64.3% rising
42 Greece 0.5% 2016 down 8.8% falling
43 Jamaica 0.4% 2002 up 27.8% rising
44 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4% 2002 down 21.7% falling
45 Djibouti 0.4% 2017 volatile
46 Chile 0.4% 2017 up 35.8% rising
47 Mexico 0.4% 2020 up 16.3% rising
48 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2013 down 1.8% falling
49 Belize 0.4% 1999 down 3.1% falling
50 Armenia 0.4% 2020 up 43.2% rising
51 Thailand 0.3% 2021 up 17.8% rising
52 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 141.6% rising
53 Türkiye 0.3% 2013 up 41.9% rising
54 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2017 volatile
55 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 27.4% rising
56 Panama 0.3% 2021 down 7.1% rising
57 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 26.4% rising
58 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 65.8% rising
59 Uruguay 0.3% 2021 up 16.3% rising
60 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 up 62.1% rising
61 India 0.3% 2019 up 24.2% rising
62 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 89.7% rising
63 Gambia 0.2% 2020 up 180.7% volatile
64 Morocco 0.2% 2013 volatile
65 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 4.7% falling
66 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 10.4% rising
67 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 25.2% flat
68 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 down 12.4% rising
69 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 39.5% rising
70 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 81.9% rising
71 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 7.1% rising
72 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 38.8% rising
73 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 29.3% rising
74 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 97.7% volatile
75 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 48.2% rising
76 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 28.9% rising
77 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 152.8% rising
78 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling
78 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
78 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 volatile
78 Serbia 0.0% 2018 volatile
78 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
78 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
78 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
78 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 volatile
78 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
78 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
78 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
78 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
78 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 volatile

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, 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
91 places, 1,284 data points, 1970–2021
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