Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry in Uruguay

Uruguay: Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry was 0.0291 in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.0291
Change on year
down 26.5%
World rank
24th
of 24 countries
All-time high
0.0605
in 2011
All-time low
0.0291
in 2017
Years of data
10
2006–2017

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry in Uruguay, 2006–2017

00.020.040.062006201120172006: 0.0422007: 0.0532008: 0.0422009: 0.0442010: 0.042011: 0.0612012: 0.0582014: 0.0442015: 0.042017: 0.029

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.0291 for rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of down 26.5% on the previous year and down 45.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry in Uruguay peaked at 0.0605 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0291, in 2017.

That places Uruguay 24th out of 24 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education in Uruguay, 2006 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2006 0.0417
2007 0.0535 +28.2%
2008 0.0423 -20.9%
2009 0.044 +4.1%
2010 0.04 -9.0%
2011 0.0605 +51.2%
2012 0.0585 -3.4%
2014 0.0439 -25.0%
2015 0.0396 -9.8%
2017 0.0291 -26.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0454 0.0417 0.0535 4
2010s 0.0453 0.0291 0.0605 6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 21 Colombia 0.1008 compare
  2. 22 Chile 0.0979 compare
  3. 23 Morocco 0.0695

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Frequently asked questions

What is rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry in Uruguay?
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry in Uruguay was 0.0291 in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.0605 in 2011.
What is the lowest rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0291 in 2017.
How does Uruguay rank for rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry?
Uruguay ranks 24th out of 24 countries with data for 2017.
Is rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 257 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed