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

Latest (2017)
0.6%
Change on year
up 30.6%
World rank
19th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2017
All-time low
0.2%
in 2004
Years of data
14
1998–2017

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in Palestine, 1998–2017

0.20.30.40.50.61998200720171998: 0.398 % of male workers in the agricultural sector1999: 0.419 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2000: 0.416 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2001: 0.214 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2002: 0.209 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2003: 0.214 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2004: 0.209 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2005: 0.229 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2006: 0.302 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2007: 0.241 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2008: 0.268 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2010: 0.273 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2016: 0.476 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2017: 0.622 % of male workers in the agricultural sector

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

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the agricultural sector) in Palestine, 1998 to 2017.
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.

YearChange FromTo
2016 +74.6% 0.3% 0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 16 Bulgaria 0.6% compare
  2. 17 Uruguay 0.6% compare
  3. 18 Hungary 0.6% compare
  4. 20 Norway 0.6% compare
  5. 21 Portugal 0.6% compare
  6. 22 Latvia 0.6% compare

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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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Indicator
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of male workers in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,258 data points, 1970–2021
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