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

Countries reporting
106
Highest
0.9%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,597

What the numbers show

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 0.9% 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 53 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 1,219.2%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 up 0.7% volatile
2 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 10.2% rising
3 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 5.2% rising
4 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 36.0% volatile
5 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 2.7% flat
6 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 3.2% rising
7 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 74.7% rising
8 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 2.2% rising
9 Belgium 0.9% 2016 up 0.9% volatile
10 Austria 0.9% 2016 up 0.2% flat
11 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 0.8% rising
12 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 9.3% rising
13 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 3.6% flat
14 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 2.1% rising
15 Finland 0.9% 2016 up 77.4% flat
16 Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 2.1% volatile
17 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% rising
18 Hungary 0.8% 2016 up 1.0% rising
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2016 down 3.0% flat
20 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 up 0.9% rising
21 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 5.3% volatile
22 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 down 4.6% flat
23 Australia 0.8% 2015 down 0.4% flat
24 Croatia 0.8% 2016 down 5.9% flat
25 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 0.3% flat
26 Jordan 0.8% 2016 down 2.5% falling
27 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 0.9% rising
28 France 0.8% 2016 down 9.4% falling
29 Poland 0.8% 2019 up 2.9% flat
30 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 1.6% flat
31 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 8.9% rising
32 Albania 0.8% 2019 — volatile
33 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 3.2% rising
34 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 up 24.0% falling
35 Namibia 0.7% 2015 — rising
36 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 up 45.5% falling
37 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 5.9% rising
38 Chile 0.7% 2017 up 3.3% rising
39 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 — volatile
39 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 — volatile
41 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 up 0.1% rising
42 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 14.9% rising
43 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 14.7% rising
44 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 4.5% rising
45 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 2.6% flat
46 Brazil 0.6% 2021 down 2.6% rising
47 Mexico 0.6% 2020 up 4.5% rising
48 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 12.5% rising
49 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 up 12.1% rising
50 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 2.8% volatile
51 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 27.6% rising
52 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 — volatile
53 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 down 0.1% flat
54 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 12.9% rising
55 Norway 0.5% 2016 up 27.9% rising
56 Belize 0.5% 1999 down 7.1% falling
57 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 down 1.2% falling
58 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 2.2% flat
59 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% 2006 down 3.6% falling
60 Djibouti 0.5% 2017 — volatile
61 Indonesia 0.4% 2019 up 41.0% rising
62 Morocco 0.4% 2013 — volatile
63 Thailand 0.4% 2021 up 16.4% rising
64 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 up 0.0% falling
65 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 3.5% flat
66 Nicaragua 0.4% 2014 up 4.1% falling
67 Gambia 0.4% 2020 up 91.0% rising
68 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 17.9% rising
69 Peru 0.4% 2021 down 5.3% rising
70 Cambodia 0.4% 2012 up 124.7% rising
71 Ecuador 0.4% 2021 down 17.4% flat
72 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 up 49.6% rising
73 India 0.4% 2019 up 20.4% rising
74 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 down 9.3% rising
75 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 83.2% rising
76 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 41.1% rising
77 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 36.5% rising
78 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 46.9% rising
79 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 35.8% rising
80 Nigeria 0.1% 2012 up 1,219.2% volatile
81 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 107.3% volatile
82 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 22.9% rising
83 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 64.3% rising
84 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 2.0% rising
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2019 — volatile
85 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
85 Guinea 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
85 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 — volatile
85 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
85 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
85 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 — volatile
85 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
85 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
85 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 — volatile
85 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
85 Mauritius 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% falling
85 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
85 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
85 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 — volatile
85 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
85 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
85 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
85 Serbia 0.0% 2018 — volatile
85 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
85 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
85 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,597 data points, 1970–2021
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