Unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
94
Highest
0.4%
Nepal
Lowest
0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Median
0.0%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,312

What the numbers show

Unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Nepal; the lowest is 0.0% in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.0%.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 589.6%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 100.0%).

Unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 0.4% 2014 up 6.8% falling
2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3% 2018 volatile
3 Malawi 0.2% 2019 up 72.9% volatile
4 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 down 12.8% flat
5 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 up 29.9% rising
6 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 1.0% rising
7 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 18.6% rising
8 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 volatile
9 Thailand 0.1% 2021 down 11.5% falling
10 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 down 10.4% rising
11 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 down 56.1% volatile
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 53.0% rising
13 Peru 0.1% 2021 up 3.5% falling
14 India 0.1% 2019 up 5.1% falling
15 Senegal 0.1% 2018 down 34.9% volatile
16 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 down 24.6% falling
17 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 up 47.7% falling
18 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 down 2.7% falling
19 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 down 13.9% falling
20 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 3.7% rising
21 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 down 25.1% falling
22 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 28.3% falling
23 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 11.8% rising
24 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0% 2017 down 8.8% rising
24 Kosovo 0.0% 2017 down 8.8% rising
26 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 65.9% volatile
27 Philippines 0.0% 2019 down 36.8% falling
28 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 up 26.6% falling
29 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 down 62.9% volatile
30 Russia 0.0% 2016 volatile
31 Morocco 0.0% 2013 down 54.7% falling
32 Turkey 0.0% 2013 down 28.9% falling
33 South Korea 0.0% 2017 down 27.1% falling
34 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 37.1% falling
35 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 37.5% volatile
36 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 down 91.2% volatile
37 Egypt 0.0% 2019 down 51.1% volatile
38 Colombia 0.0% 2021 down 38.1% falling
39 Palestine 0.0% 2017 down 83.5% falling
40 Belgium 0.0% 2003 down 33.9% falling
41 Djibouti 0.0% 2017 down 90.8% volatile
42 Austria 0.0% 2003 down 21.3% falling
43 Armenia 0.0% 2020 down 29.2% falling
44 Namibia 0.0% 2015 down 24.9% volatile
45 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2013 down 0.4% rising
46 Italy 0.0% 2016 down 14.1% falling
47 Tunisia 0.0% 2015 down 52.5% falling
48 Panama 0.0% 2021 up 109.1% falling
49 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 volatile
50 Belize 0.0% 1999 down 40.4% falling
51 Greece 0.0% 2016 down 31.3% falling
52 Brazil 0.0% 2021 down 21.0% falling
53 Serbia 0.0% 2018 up 37.1% rising
54 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 down 64.4% volatile
55 Venezuela 0.0% 2002 up 197.5% volatile
56 Uruguay 0.0% 2021 down 20.2% falling
57 Jamaica 0.0% 2002 up 11.3% falling
58 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 up 184.0% volatile
59 Costa Rica 0.0% 2021 down 32.3% falling
60 Jordan 0.0% 2016 down 36.0% volatile
61 Poland 0.0% 2019 down 58.9% rising
62 South Africa 0.0% 2020 down 24.9% volatile
63 Argentina 0.0% 2021 down 9.9% falling
64 Ireland 0.0% 2016 up 112.1% volatile
65 Netherlands 0.0% 2004 down 60.5% falling
66 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 96.1% volatile
67 Croatia 0.0% 2016 up 353.9% volatile
68 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 48.9% volatile
69 Chile 0.0% 2017 down 54.7% falling
70 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 57.9% falling
71 Hungary 0.0% 2016 down 18.6% falling
72 Norway 0.0% 2016 down 8.2% rising
73 Portugal 0.0% 2016 down 76.1% falling
74 Denmark 0.0% 2016 down 41.4% volatile
75 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 37.5% volatile
76 Slovakia 0.0% 2016 up 589.6% volatile
77 Czechia 0.0% 2016 down 74.2% volatile
78 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 84.9% volatile
79 Spain 0.0% 2016 down 74.5% volatile
80 Estonia 0.0% 2016 volatile
81 Finland 0.0% 2016 up 16.2% volatile
82 Malta 0.0% 2016 down 56.5% falling
83 France 0.0% 2016 down 83.1% volatile
84 Iceland 0.0% 2015 volatile
85 Latvia 0.0% 2016 up 259.2% volatile
86 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 85.2% volatile
87 Cyprus 0.0% 2016 down 69.6% falling
88 United States 0.0% 2018 down 63.7% volatile
89 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
89 Belarus 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
89 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% volatile
89 Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Sweden 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
89 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2016 volatile

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Indicator
Unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,312 data points, 1970–2021
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