Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine
Palestine: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male was 0.6% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine, 1998–2017
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male workers in the agricultural sector.
Analysis
In 2017, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 30.6% on the previous year and up 158.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine peaked at 0.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2004.
That places Palestine 19th out of 90 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % of male workers in the agricultural sector | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.4% | — |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -48.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +31.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -20.2% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +74.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +30.6% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 2.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 0.6% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.5%, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +74.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More reference data data for Palestine
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1625 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.177 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.177 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0352 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0127 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6383 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7088 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.022 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine?
- Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine was 0.6% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2004.
- How does Palestine rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male?
- Palestine ranks 19th out of 90 countries with data for 2017.
- Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 158.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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