Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural in Panama

Panama: Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural was 0.5% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.5%
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
5th
of 76 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2018
All-time low
0.2%
in 1991
Years of data
23
1989–2018

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural in Panama, 1989–2018

00.10.20.30.40.51989200320181989: 0.227 % of rural employed population in working age1991: 0.206 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.255 % of rural employed population in working age1997: 0.236 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.261 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.267 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.234 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.317 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.344 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.356 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.378 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.422 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.421 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.41 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.406 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.406 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.408 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.384 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.428 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.419 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.475 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.467 % of rural employed population in working age2018: 0.479 % of rural employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Panama recorded 0.5% for underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural in 2018. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural in Panama peaked at 0.5% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1991.

Panama ranks 5th of 76 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural in Panama, year by year

Annual values for Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Panama, 1989 to 2018.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1989 0.2%
1991 0.2% -9.3%
1995 0.3% +24.2%
1997 0.2% -7.7%
1998 0.3% +10.7%
1999 0.3% +2.2%
2000 0.2% -12.2%
2001 0.3% +35.4%
2002 0.3% +8.5%
2003 0.4% +3.5%
2004 0.4% +6.2%
2005 0.4% +11.6%
2006 0.4% -0.2%
2007 0.4% -2.7%
2008 0.4% -0.9%
2009 0.4% -0.0%
2010 0.4% +0.5%
2011 0.4% -6.0%
2012 0.4% +11.6%
2015 0.4% -2.0%
2016 0.5% +13.2%
2017 0.5% -1.6%
2018 0.5% +2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 1
1990s 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 5
2000s 0.4% 0.2% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural in Panama?
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural in Panama was 0.5% in 2018, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2018.
What is the lowest underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1991.
How does Panama rank for underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural?
Panama ranks 5th out of 76 countries with data for 2018.
Is underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
76 places, 1,013 data points, 1980–2021
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