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

Countries reporting
93
Highest
0.9%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0%
El Salvador
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,312

What the numbers show

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) is currently reported for 93 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 0.6%.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 171.7%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 0.5% flat
2 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 10.5% rising
3 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 4.9% rising
4 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 32.8% volatile
5 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 3.1% rising
6 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 2.2% flat
7 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 1.4% flat
8 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 0.4% flat
9 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 3.3% flat
10 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 67.1% falling
11 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 2.7% flat
12 Austria 0.9% 2003 down 1.3% flat
13 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 4.9% flat
14 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 8.8% rising
15 Finland 0.9% 2016 up 64.1% flat
16 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 1.8% rising
17 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 2.4% flat
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 2.4% flat
19 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 3.3% flat
20 Croatia 0.8% 2016 down 5.6% flat
21 Republic of Moldova 0.8% 2021 up 171.7% falling
22 Namibia 0.8% 2015 rising
23 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 down 4.6% falling
24 Netherlands 0.8% 2004 down 2.0% flat
25 France 0.8% 2016 down 8.0% falling
26 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 1.3% rising
27 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 2.0% falling
28 Czechia 0.8% 2016 down 0.5% flat
29 Jordan 0.8% 2016 down 2.8% falling
30 Türkiye 0.8% 2013 up 7.7% rising
31 Korea 0.8% 2017 up 6.5% rising
32 Greece 0.8% 2016 down 0.3% flat
33 Armenia 0.8% 2020 down 6.9% falling
34 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 3.6% rising
35 Egypt 0.8% 2019 up 5.1% rising
36 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 3.7% flat
37 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 up 23.4% falling
38 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 1.4% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 volatile
40 Chile 0.7% 2017 up 1.5% rising
41 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 up 0.9% volatile
41 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 up 0.9% volatile
43 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 6.6% falling
44 Jamaica 0.7% 2002 down 5.3% flat
45 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 11.4% rising
46 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 down 0.3% rising
47 Belize 0.7% 1999 down 2.8% flat
48 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 3.2% flat
49 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 6.1% flat
50 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 5.2% flat
51 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 14.1% falling
52 Morocco 0.6% 2013 volatile
53 India 0.6% 2019 up 7.3% rising
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2002 down 18.5% falling
55 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 down 2.2% falling
56 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2017 volatile
57 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 1.6% flat
58 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 up 12.1% rising
59 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 20.8% rising
60 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 up 4.8% flat
61 Thailand 0.6% 2021 up 1.0% rising
62 Bangladesh 0.5% 2016 up 18.9% rising
63 Norway 0.5% 2016 up 21.1% rising
64 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 2.8% flat
65 Djibouti 0.5% 2017 volatile
66 Colombia 0.5% 2021 up 1.2% falling
67 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 up 14.7% rising
68 Zambia 0.5% 2015 up 17.5% falling
69 Peru 0.5% 2021 down 8.5% flat
70 Cambodia 0.5% 2012 up 48.7% rising
71 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 down 16.5% falling
72 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2021 down 11.6% flat
73 Gambia 0.4% 2020 up 34.7% rising
74 Uganda 0.4% 2016 up 3.8% rising
75 Mozambique 0.4% 2014 up 13.7% flat
76 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 3.0% rising
77 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 down 6.8% falling
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 up 63.1% rising
79 Nepal 0.3% 2014 down 20.7% falling
80 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
80 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
80 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
80 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
80 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
80 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 volatile
80 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 volatile
80 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling
80 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
80 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 volatile
80 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
80 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
80 Serbia 0.0% 2018 volatile
80 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,312 data points, 1970–2021
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