Unpaid workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
105
Highest
0.6%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Sweden
Median
0.0%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,488

What the numbers show

Unpaid workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.1%.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 1,939.9%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Unpaid workers, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 0.6% 2019 up 1,939.9% volatile
2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5% 2018 volatile
3 Nepal 0.4% 2014 down 5.3% falling
4 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 up 18.9% rising
5 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 down 15.4% falling
6 Uganda 0.2% 2016 down 0.7% volatile
7 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 down 36.5% volatile
8 Nigeria 0.2% 2012 up 58.6% falling
9 Thailand 0.2% 2021 down 22.3% falling
10 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 down 40.3% falling
11 India 0.2% 2019 up 8.2% flat
12 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 down 16.5% rising
13 Georgia 0.2% 2020 down 24.9% volatile
14 Togo 0.1% 2018 up 5.2% volatile
15 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 down 53.5% falling
16 Guinea 0.1% 2018 up 14.7% falling
17 Morocco 0.1% 2013 down 47.8% falling
18 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 170.5% volatile
19 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 20.1% rising
20 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 6.9% falling
21 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 down 31.2% falling
22 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 down 19.5% falling
23 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 up 43.7% falling
24 Senegal 0.1% 2018 up 47.8% volatile
25 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 23.3% falling
26 Poland 0.1% 2019 up 215.1% volatile
27 Niger 0.1% 2018 up 62.2% volatile
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 volatile
29 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 5.2% rising
30 Armenia 0.1% 2020 down 51.8% falling
31 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 up 53.2% rising
32 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 down 71.2% falling
33 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 30.5% rising
34 Serbia 0.0% 2018 down 29.6% rising
35 Egypt 0.0% 2019 down 51.0% volatile
36 Philippines 0.0% 2019 down 52.5% falling
37 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 down 46.1% falling
38 Korea 0.0% 2017 down 31.8% falling
39 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 7.8% rising
40 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 down 52.0% falling
41 Kosovo 0.0% 2017 up 233.0% volatile
42 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 volatile
43 Russia 0.0% 2016 volatile
44 Panama 0.0% 2021 up 18.6% rising
45 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 55.0% falling
46 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 31.2% falling
47 Greece 0.0% 2016 down 48.8% volatile
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2019 down 50.0% flat
49 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 74.8% falling
50 Namibia 0.0% 2015 down 65.8% volatile
51 Colombia 0.0% 2021 down 29.0% falling
52 Tunisia 0.0% 2015 down 65.7% falling
53 Austria 0.0% 2003 down 41.0% falling
54 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 down 96.9% volatile
55 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 down 28.1% volatile
56 Belgium 0.0% 2003 down 33.6% falling
57 Brazil 0.0% 2021 down 32.6% falling
58 Djibouti 0.0% 2017 down 83.1% volatile
59 Belize 0.0% 1999 down 9.5% falling
60 Jamaica 0.0% 2002 down 21.7% falling
61 Montenegro 0.0% 2010 down 22.3% volatile
62 Italy 0.0% 2016 down 21.4% falling
63 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2017 down 87.9% falling
64 Uruguay 0.0% 2021 down 19.8% falling
65 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2013 up 14.8% flat
66 Croatia 0.0% 2016 up 23.0% rising
67 Ireland 0.0% 2016 up 16.5% volatile
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0% 2006 up 12.9% falling
69 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 42.5% volatile
70 South Africa 0.0% 2020 down 18.0% falling
71 Costa Rica 0.0% 2021 down 50.7% falling
72 Jordan 0.0% 2016 down 1.8% volatile
73 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 86.4% volatile
74 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 98.7% volatile
75 Latvia 0.0% 2016 down 50.1% volatile
76 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2011 up 18.4% falling
77 Chile 0.0% 2017 down 48.2% falling
78 Hungary 0.0% 2016 up 5.7% falling
79 Denmark 0.0% 2016 down 43.1% volatile
80 Argentina 0.0% 2021 down 21.1% falling
81 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 4.5% volatile
82 Portugal 0.0% 2016 down 70.3% volatile
83 Netherlands 0.0% 2016 down 53.0% volatile
84 Cyprus 0.0% 2016 down 63.9% falling
85 Estonia 0.0% 2016 down 18.6% volatile
86 Czechia 0.0% 2016 down 63.7% falling
87 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2005 up 63.2% falling
88 France 0.0% 2016 down 74.4% falling
89 Finland 0.0% 2016 down 3.0% volatile
90 Norway 0.0% 2016 down 29.5% falling
91 Iceland 0.0% 2015 volatile
92 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 85.3% volatile
93 Spain 0.0% 2016 down 69.3% volatile
94 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 81.6% volatile
95 Slovak Republic 0.0% 2016 up 719.5% volatile
96 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 62.1% volatile
97 Malta 0.0% 2016 down 67.3% falling
98 Mauritius 0.0% 2017 down 96.8% volatile
99 United States 0.0% 2018 down 61.9% volatile
100 Albania 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
100 Belarus 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
100 United Kingdom 0.0% 2016 volatile
100 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
100 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
100 Sweden 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Unpaid workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
105 places, 1,488 data points, 1970–2021
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