Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
105
Highest
0.9%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,503

What the numbers show

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) is currently reported for 105 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 39 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 1,239.5%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 up 0.8% volatile
2 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 10.3% rising
3 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 6.0% rising
4 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 24.8% volatile
5 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 3.6% rising
6 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 75.5% rising
7 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 3.8% flat
8 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 1.9% rising
9 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 0.8% rising
10 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 10.6% rising
11 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 2.7% rising
12 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 3.5% flat
13 Austria 0.8% 2003 up 1.8% flat
14 Finland 0.8% 2016 up 77.8% flat
15 Latvia 0.8% 2016 up 0.1% rising
16 Ireland 0.8% 2016 up 4.0% volatile
17 Hungary 0.8% 2016 up 1.3% rising
18 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 up 1.7% rising
19 Belgium 0.8% 2003 up 3.5% volatile
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2016 down 3.1% flat
21 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 4.5% volatile
22 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 down 4.6% flat
23 Croatia 0.8% 2016 down 4.3% flat
24 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 0.9% flat
25 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 0.1% rising
26 France 0.8% 2016 down 9.6% falling
27 Poland 0.8% 2019 up 3.0% flat
28 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 1.1% falling
29 Jordan 0.8% 2016 down 1.3% falling
30 Albania 0.8% 2019 volatile
31 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 3.9% rising
32 Republic of Korea 0.7% 2017 up 9.6% rising
33 Namibia 0.7% 2015 rising
34 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 up 43.7% falling
35 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 up 24.1% falling
36 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 5.2% falling
37 Chile 0.7% 2017 up 4.8% rising
38 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 volatile
38 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 volatile
40 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 13.8% rising
41 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 up 1.1% rising
42 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 5.1% rising
43 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 15.8% rising
44 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 1.2% flat
45 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 11.2% rising
46 Brazil 0.6% 2021 down 0.8% rising
47 Mexico 0.6% 2020 up 5.0% rising
48 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 1.9% flat
49 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 volatile
50 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 10.2% rising
51 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 up 11.3% rising
52 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 27.8% rising
53 Norway 0.6% 2016 up 29.2% rising
54 Jamaica 0.5% 2002 down 0.8% flat
55 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 2.0% flat
56 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 up 0.4% flat
57 Belize 0.5% 1999 down 7.9% falling
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% 2006 down 3.3% falling
59 Djibouti 0.5% 2017 volatile
60 Morocco 0.5% 2013 volatile
61 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 down 0.1% falling
62 Thailand 0.4% 2021 up 17.3% rising
63 Nicaragua 0.4% 2014 up 5.2% flat
64 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 5.6% flat
65 Indonesia 0.4% 2019 up 40.9% rising
66 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 18.3% rising
67 Peru 0.4% 2021 down 4.1% rising
68 Ecuador 0.4% 2021 down 12.3% rising
69 Gambia 0.4% 2020 up 77.2% rising
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3% 2021 down 8.4% rising
71 India 0.3% 2019 up 19.5% rising
72 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 136.0% rising
73 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 up 41.6% rising
74 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 93.3% rising
75 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 39.4% rising
76 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 28.0% rising
77 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 36.6% rising
78 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 32.4% rising
79 Nigeria 0.2% 2012 up 1,239.5% volatile
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 up 96.1% rising
81 Mozambique 0.2% 2014 up 15.7% rising
82 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 77.1% rising
83 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 down 0.8% flat
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2019 volatile
84 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
84 Guinea 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 volatile
84 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
84 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
84 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 volatile
84 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 volatile
84 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
84 Mauritius 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% falling
84 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
84 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 volatile
84 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
84 Serbia 0.0% 2018 volatile
84 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
84 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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