Wage employment in industry, aged 15-24 (% of workers aged 15-24 in the industrial sector) by country

Countries reporting
90
Highest
1.0%
Netherlands
Lowest
0.1%
Nigeria
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,259

What the numbers show

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-24 (% of workers aged 15-24 in the industrial sector) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Netherlands; the lowest is 0.1% in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 116.4%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 58.5%).

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 up 3.0% flat
1 Iceland 1.0% 2013 up 1.6% flat
1 Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 4.2% flat
1 Denmark 1.0% 2016 up 0.0% flat
1 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 0.8% flat
1 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 1.0% 2016 up 1.2% flat
1 Sweden 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Namibia 1.0% 2015 up 19.1% rising
10 Estonia 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
11 Croatia 1.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
12 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 up 2.6% flat
13 Mongolia 1.0% 2016 up 104.0% rising
14 Austria 1.0% 2003 up 0.2% flat
15 Slovenia 1.0% 2016 up 1.2% flat
16 France 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
17 Finland 1.0% 2016 down 1.3% flat
18 Ukraine 1.0% 2013 down 1.4% flat
19 Poland 1.0% 2019 down 0.2% flat
20 Spain 1.0% 2016 down 0.3% flat
21 United States of America 1.0% 2018 up 2.5% flat
22 Latvia 1.0% 2016 down 1.0% flat
23 Portugal 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
24 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2019 up 5.1% flat
25 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 3.2% flat
26 Philippines 1.0% 2019 up 9.3% rising
27 Lithuania 1.0% 2016 down 2.8% flat
28 Bulgaria 1.0% 2016 down 1.9% flat
29 Jordan 1.0% 2016 up 2.6% flat
30 Belgium 1.0% 2003 down 0.4% flat
31 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 down 3.5% flat
32 Czechia 1.0% 2016 down 3.1% flat
33 Tunisia 0.9% 2015 up 3.8% rising
34 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 2.0% flat
35 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 14.7% rising
36 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 1.8% flat
37 Greece 0.9% 2016 up 13.6% flat
38 Malta 0.9% 2016 down 3.3% flat
39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 1.0% flat
40 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 4.6% rising
41 Italy 0.9% 2016 down 2.9% flat
42 Mauritius 0.9% 2012 up 2.4% flat
43 Paraguay 0.9% 2017 up 7.5% rising
44 South Africa 0.9% 2020 down 2.2% falling
45 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 down 4.6% flat
46 Mexico 0.9% 2020 up 4.1% flat
47 Egypt 0.9% 2019 up 0.4% rising
48 Cambodia 0.9% 2012 up 18.1% rising
49 Bangladesh 0.9% 2016 up 12.5% rising
50 Chile 0.9% 2017 down 3.7% flat
51 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 2.3% flat
52 Georgia 0.9% 2013 down 7.3% flat
53 Romania 0.9% 2016 up 9.6% flat
54 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 down 6.4% falling
55 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 12.8% rising
56 Thailand 0.9% 2021 down 5.1% rising
57 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 volatile
58 Uruguay 0.8% 2021 down 5.1% flat
59 Nicaragua 0.8% 2014 up 6.3% flat
60 El Salvador 0.8% 2017 up 0.9% rising
61 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 15.0% flat
62 Peru 0.8% 2021 up 5.2% rising
63 Ecuador 0.8% 2021 down 4.6% flat
64 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 11.3% falling
65 Brazil 0.8% 2021 down 8.4% falling
66 Armenia 0.8% 2020 down 17.8% falling
67 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8% 2006 down 6.5% falling
68 India 0.8% 2019 up 4.9% rising
69 Pakistan 0.8% 2020 up 6.9% flat
70 Guatemala 0.8% 2011 up 6.8% rising
71 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.8% 2017 up 20.4% rising
71 Kosovo 0.8% 2017 up 20.4% rising
73 Honduras 0.7% 2017 down 8.8% falling
74 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 down 8.4% falling
75 Gambia 0.7% 2020 up 116.4% rising
76 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 down 6.0% falling
77 Nepal 0.7% 2014 down 1.9% falling
78 Malawi 0.7% 2016 up 58.2% falling
79 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2017 down 12.7% falling
80 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 22.3% flat
81 Uganda 0.7% 2016 up 48.7% rising
82 Colombia 0.7% 2021 up 1.2% falling
83 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 down 12.8% flat
84 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 down 26.5% falling
85 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2020 down 19.8% rising
86 Zambia 0.5% 2015 down 8.3% rising
87 Ethiopia 0.4% 2021 down 2.7% rising
88 Mozambique 0.3% 2014 down 58.5% falling
89 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 9.7% rising
90 Nigeria 0.1% 2012 up 14.0% volatile

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-24 (% of workers aged 15-24 in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of workers aged 15-24 in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
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