Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural was 0.1% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.1%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
36th
of 94 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2002
All-time low
0.1%
in 2016
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

0.10.20.30.41998200720171998: 0.171 % of rural labor force in working age1999: 0.119 % of rural labor force in working age2000: 0.119 % of rural labor force in working age2001: 0.268 % of rural labor force in working age2002: 0.355 % of rural labor force in working age2003: 0.333 % of rural labor force in working age2004: 0.287 % of rural labor force in working age2005: 0.276 % of rural labor force in working age2006: 0.27 % of rural labor force in working age2007: 0.231 % of rural labor force in working age2008: 0.268 % of rural labor force in working age2009: 0.203 % of rural labor force in working age2010: 0.113 % of rural labor force in working age2011: 0.123 % of rural labor force in working age2016: 0.081 % of rural labor force in working age2017: 0.081 % of rural labor force in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural labor force in working age.

Analysis

Palestine, State of recorded 0.1% for unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of down 65.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.4% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2016.

Palestine, State of ranks 36th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural labor force in working age) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of rural labor force in working age Change
1998 0.2%
1999 0.1% -30.3%
2000 0.1% -0.1%
2001 0.3% +125.3%
2002 0.4% +32.6%
2003 0.3% -6.3%
2004 0.3% -13.8%
2005 0.3% -3.9%
2006 0.3% -2.1%
2007 0.2% -14.7%
2008 0.3% +16.2%
2009 0.2% -24.3%
2010 0.1% -44.2%
2011 0.1% +8.7%
2016 0.1% -34.6%
2017 0.1% +0.0%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.1% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.1%, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2001 +125.3% 0.1% 0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 2
2000s 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 33 France 0.1% compare
  2. 34 Estonia 0.1% compare
  3. 35 Colombia 0.1% compare
  4. 37 Poland 0.1% compare
  5. 38 Morocco 0.1% compare
  6. 39 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of?
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of was 0.1% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2002.
What is the lowest unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2016.
How does Palestine, State of rank for unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural?
Palestine, State of ranks 36th out of 94 countries with data for 2017.
Is unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is down 65.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural labor force in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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