Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural labor force in working age) by country

Countries reporting
94
Highest
0.5%
Gambia
Lowest
0.0%
China
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,311

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural labor force in working age) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Gambia; the lowest is 0.0% in China.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 311.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 2,300.1%), and the largest decrease in China (down 93.1%).

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 2,300.1% volatile
2 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 down 16.4% falling
2 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 down 16.4% falling
4 South Africa 0.3% 2020 up 26.3% falling
5 Croatia 0.3% 2016 down 20.3% falling
6 Spain 0.3% 2016 up 99.2% rising
7 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 up 141.7% rising
8 Jordan 0.3% 2016 up 12.3% falling
9 Ukraine 0.3% 2014 down 16.5% falling
10 Georgia 0.2% 2020 up 210.0% volatile
11 Djibouti 0.2% 2017 down 63.0% falling
12 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 169.8% rising
13 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 117.6% rising
14 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 423.2% volatile
15 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 50.5% flat
16 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 298.7% volatile
17 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 75.7% rising
18 North Macedonia 0.2% 2020 down 42.2% falling
19 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 113.7% rising
20 Russian Federation 0.2% 2016 up 387.4% volatile
21 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2002 up 143.7% rising
22 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 37.7% falling
23 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 up 26.7% rising
24 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 down 4.5% rising
25 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 28.4% falling
26 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 6.2% rising
27 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 85.3% rising
28 Serbia 0.1% 2018 down 35.5% falling
29 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 300.8% volatile
30 Germany 0.1% 2011 up 8.0% rising
31 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 27.7% rising
32 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 34.3% rising
33 France 0.1% 2016 up 9.8% rising
34 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 24.3% falling
35 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 9.0% rising
36 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 65.1% falling
37 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% falling
38 Morocco 0.1% 2013 up 112.4% falling
39 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 1,383.9% volatile
40 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 43.3% rising
41 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 122.3% rising
42 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 50.9% falling
43 Sweden 0.1% 2016 up 24.3% rising
44 India 0.1% 2019 up 130.2% rising
45 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 4.8% falling
46 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 15.1% volatile
47 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 24.8% rising
48 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 143.0% rising
49 Türkiye 0.1% 2013 down 6.0% rising
50 Armenia 0.1% 2020 down 51.7% falling
51 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 2.1% rising
52 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 362.6% volatile
53 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 96.2% rising
54 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 159.5% falling
55 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 down 16.4% volatile
56 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 1,336.3% volatile
57 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 26.7% falling
58 Philippines 0.0% 2019 down 6.4% falling
59 Denmark 0.0% 2016 down 8.2% falling
60 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 up 12.8% rising
61 Uruguay 0.0% 2021 up 36.7% rising
62 Netherlands 0.0% 2004 down 31.3% falling
63 United States of America 0.0% 2018 down 60.1% rising
64 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 28.5% falling
65 Belarus 0.0% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
66 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 up 17.0% falling
67 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2013 down 7.8% volatile
68 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 down 15.2% rising
69 Austria 0.0% 2003 down 8.5% falling
70 Honduras 0.0% 2019 up 84.8% rising
71 Nicaragua 0.0% 2014 down 18.5% volatile
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 up 0.3% volatile
73 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 111.4% rising
74 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 down 32.2% rising
75 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2016 down 31.4% falling
76 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 10.3% volatile
77 Iceland 0.0% 2015 up 12.7% volatile
78 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0% 2021 up 280.6% volatile
79 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 26.2% falling
80 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 down 76.3% volatile
81 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 down 37.7% volatile
82 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 1,018.4% volatile
83 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 down 40.5% volatile
84 Nepal 0.0% 2014 down 5.2% volatile
85 Ghana 0.0% 2016 down 32.3% rising
86 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 12.6% rising
87 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 down 45.6% volatile
88 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 down 44.5% volatile
89 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 79.4% volatile
90 Thailand 0.0% 2021 up 221.0% rising
91 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 167.4% volatile
92 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 55.5% volatile
93 Peru 0.0% 2021 down 34.6% volatile
94 China 0.0% 2013 down 93.1% volatile

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Indicator
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural labor force in working age)
Unit
% of rural labor force in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,311 data points, 1970–2021
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