Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia

Indonesia: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban was 0.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
58th
of 94 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2015
All-time low
0.0%
in 1997
Years of data
27
1990–2019

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia, 1990–2019

00.20.40.61990200420191990: 0.523 % of urban employed population in working age1992: 0.52 % of urban employed population in working age1994: 0.543 % of urban employed population in working age1996: 0.545 % of urban employed population in working age1997: 0 % of urban employed population in working age1998: 0.499 % of urban employed population in working age1999: 0.489 % of urban employed population in working age2000: 0.495 % of urban employed population in working age2001: 0.553 % of urban employed population in working age2002: 0.522 % of urban employed population in working age2003: 0.51 % of urban employed population in working age2004: 0.53 % of urban employed population in working age2005: 0.562 % of urban employed population in working age2006: 0.569 % of urban employed population in working age2007: 0.51 % of urban employed population in working age2008: 0.496 % of urban employed population in working age2009: 0.51 % of urban employed population in working age2010: 0.525 % of urban employed population in working age2011: 0.556 % of urban employed population in working age2012: 0.594 % of urban employed population in working age2013: 0.589 % of urban employed population in working age2014: 0.59 % of urban employed population in working age2015: 0.604 % of urban employed population in working age2016: 0.575 % of urban employed population in working age2017: 0.589 % of urban employed population in working age2018: 0.578 % of urban employed population in working age2019: 0.572 % of urban employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Indonesia recorded 0.6% for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia peaked at 0.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1997.

Indonesia ranks 58th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) in Indonesia, 1990 to 2019.
Year % of urban employed population in working age Change
1990 0.5%
1992 0.5% -0.4%
1994 0.5% +4.4%
1996 0.5% +0.3%
1997 0.0% -100.0%
1998 0.5%
1999 0.5% -1.9%
2000 0.5% +1.1%
2001 0.6% +11.8%
2002 0.5% -5.6%
2003 0.5% -2.3%
2004 0.5% +3.9%
2005 0.6% +6.0%
2006 0.6% +1.3%
2007 0.5% -10.4%
2008 0.5% -2.8%
2009 0.5% +2.9%
2010 0.5% +3.0%
2011 0.6% +5.8%
2012 0.6% +7.0%
2013 0.6% -0.9%
2014 0.6% +0.0%
2015 0.6% +2.5%
2016 0.6% -4.8%
2017 0.6% +2.4%
2018 0.6% -2.0%
2019 0.6% -1.1%

Indonesia compared with similar countries

  • Indonesia's 0.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 96% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
  • Indonesia's 0.6% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6%, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia 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
1997 -100.0% 0.5% 0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.0% 0.5% 7
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 10

Countries ranked near Indonesia

  1. 55 Dominican Republic 0.6% compare
  2. 56 Kazakhstan 0.6% compare
  3. 57 Nicaragua 0.6% compare
  4. 59 Rwanda 0.6% compare
  5. 60 Pakistan 0.6% compare
  6. 61 Thailand 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Indonesia?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2015.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Indonesia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1997.
How does Indonesia rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban?
Indonesia ranks 58th out of 94 countries with data for 2019.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Indonesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Indonesia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban 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, 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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