Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban was 0.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban employed population in working age.
Analysis
In 2017, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Palestine, State of stood at 0.7%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2009.
Palestine, State of ranks 37th of 94 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, urban in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % of urban employed population in working age | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.6% | — |
| 1999 | 0.6% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +16.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | — |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +7.2% |
Palestine, State of compared with similar countries
- Palestine, State of's 0.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Palestine, State of's 0.7% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.8%, 99% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Palestine, State of 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -100.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | -100.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 4 |
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More reference data data for Palestine, State of
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1625 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.177 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.177 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0352 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0127 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6383 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7088 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.022 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Palestine, State of?
- Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in Palestine, State of was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2009.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban?
- Palestine, State of ranks 37th out of 94 countries with data for 2017.
- Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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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