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Rural residents, as a share of private paid employees by country

Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.8168
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0348
Mongolia
Median
0.2519
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
771

What the numbers show

Rural residents, as a share of private paid employees is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.8168 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0348 in Mongolia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2519, and the mean is 0.283.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 286.7%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 58.9%).

Rural residents, as a share of private paid employees: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.8168 2016 down 3.2% falling
2 Cambodia 0.8066 2012 up 0.6% flat
3 Viet Nam 0.613 2019 down 2.3% falling
4 Egypt 0.5508 2019 up 16.5% flat
5 Pakistan 0.5418 2020 up 7.2% flat
6 Lithuania 0.4829 2018 down 2.3% falling
7 Philippines 0.458 2018 up 15.0% rising
8 Guatemala 0.451 2019 up 13.9% flat
9 Slovakia 0.4041 2017 up 10.6% rising
10 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.402 2020 down 25.6% falling
11 Republic of Moldova 0.3836 2015 up 24.1% rising
12 Austria 0.3819 2018 down 6.2% rising
13 Luxembourg 0.3679 2018 up 93.6% rising
14 Czechia 0.3659 2018 down 11.5% falling
15 Croatia 0.3659 2018 down 9.9% falling
16 Poland 0.3638 2017 down 8.0% rising
17 Honduras 0.36 2019 down 21.1% falling
18 Iceland 0.3594 2013 up 13.1% rising
19 El Salvador 0.3441 2021 up 8.9% flat
20 France 0.3369 2018 up 105.2% rising
21 Romania 0.3351 2018 down 26.5% rising
22 Latvia 0.3268 2018 down 24.7% falling
23 Hungary 0.3202 2018 down 30.9% falling
24 Serbia 0.3123 2018 up 3.6% rising
25 Morocco 0.3095 2009 — rising
26 Tunisia 0.3053 2015 down 3.2% flat
27 Estonia 0.293 2018 down 35.7% falling
28 Georgia 0.2692 2013 up 8.1% rising
29 Paraguay 0.2615 2021 down 0.6% flat
30 Ecuador 0.2572 2020 down 11.9% falling
31 Finland 0.2528 2018 down 49.8% falling
32 Bulgaria 0.2519 2018 down 47.5% falling
33 Ireland 0.2488 2017 down 8.7% flat
34 Armenia 0.2472 2021 up 69.4% rising
35 Costa Rica 0.2457 2021 down 29.4% falling
36 Italy 0.2418 2018 up 63.0% rising
37 Spain 0.2301 2018 down 0.3% flat
38 Portugal 0.2282 2018 up 5.9% rising
39 South Africa 0.2222 2020 up 11.8% falling
40 Panama 0.2162 2021 up 3.3% falling
41 Palestine, State of 0.2153 2017 down 49.5% falling
42 Ukraine 0.2104 2013 up 22.0% rising
43 Greece 0.2009 2018 down 46.6% falling
44 Cameroon 0.1948 2022 down 4.3% falling
45 Zambia 0.1834 2015 down 18.3% falling
46 Colombia 0.1758 2020 down 2.2% falling
47 Türkiye 0.1723 2010 down 27.5% falling
48 Belgium 0.1664 2018 up 286.7% volatile
49 Russian Federation 0.1656 2016 up 23.1% rising
50 Switzerland 0.1623 2018 up 15.7% rising
51 Cyprus 0.1546 2018 down 42.2% falling
52 United States of America 0.1501 2018 down 15.4% falling
53 Dominican Republic 0.1487 2019 down 36.5% falling
54 Australia 0.1417 2015 up 42.4% rising
55 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1361 2016 up 209.7% rising
56 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1264 2021 down 22.0% falling
57 Mexico 0.1197 2019 up 2.8% falling
58 Peru 0.1177 2021 down 11.1% falling
59 Chile 0.1142 2015 up 3.3% falling
60 Brazil 0.0888 2021 up 0.2% falling
61 Jordan 0.0757 2016 down 9.4% falling
62 Uruguay 0.0442 2020 down 20.3% falling
63 Mongolia 0.0348 2021 down 58.9% falling

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Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of private paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 771 data points, 2000–2022
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