Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural was 0.5% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.5%
Change on year
up 23.4%
World rank
26th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2017
All-time low
0.1%
in 2010
Years of data
14
1998–2017

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

0.10.20.30.40.51998200720171998: 0.297 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector1999: 0.255 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2000: 0.265 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2001: 0.141 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2002: 0.16 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2003: 0.166 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2004: 0.143 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2005: 0.152 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2006: 0.192 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2007: 0.153 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2008: 0.161 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2010: 0.118 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2016: 0.392 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2017: 0.484 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural workers in the agricultural sector.

Analysis

Palestine, State of recorded 0.5% for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in 2017. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.4% on the previous year and up 216.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2010.

That places Palestine, State of 26th out of 84 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the agricultural sector) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of rural workers in the agricultural sector Change
1998 0.3%
1999 0.3% -14.3%
2000 0.3% +4.1%
2001 0.1% -46.7%
2002 0.2% +13.0%
2003 0.2% +3.9%
2004 0.1% -13.9%
2005 0.2% +6.3%
2006 0.2% +26.3%
2007 0.2% -20.2%
2008 0.2% +4.9%
2010 0.1% -26.5%
2016 0.4% +232.3%
2017 0.5% +23.4%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.5%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Wage employment in agriculture, 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
2016 +232.3% 0.1% 0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 2
2000s 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 9
2010s 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 3

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 23 Belize 0.5%
  2. 24 Italy 0.5% compare
  3. 25 Lithuania 0.5% compare
  4. 27 Mexico 0.5% compare
  5. 28 Sri Lanka 0.5% compare
  6. 29 Croatia 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of was 0.5% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2017.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2010.
How does Palestine, State of rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural?
Palestine, State of ranks 26th out of 84 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 216.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural 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, rural (% of rural workers in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of rural workers in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,136 data points, 1970–2021
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