Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 0.8% in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
0.8%
Change on year
up 20.1%
World rank
36th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2017
All-time low
0.6%
in 2006
Years of data
14
1998–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.81998200720171998: 0.766 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector1999: 0.789 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2000: 0.79 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2001: 0.685 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2002: 0.661 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2003: 0.679 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2004: 0.697 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2005: 0.663 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2006: 0.647 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2007: 0.661 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2008: 0.802 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2010: 0.711 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2016: 0.695 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector2017: 0.834 % of workers with low education in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers with low education in the industrial sector.

Analysis

Palestine, State of recorded 0.8% for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below in 2017. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.1% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2006.

Palestine, State of ranks 36th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the industrial sector) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of workers with low education in the industrial sector Change
1998 0.8%
1999 0.8% +2.9%
2000 0.8% +0.2%
2001 0.7% -13.3%
2002 0.7% -3.5%
2003 0.7% +2.8%
2004 0.7% +2.7%
2005 0.7% -4.9%
2006 0.6% -2.4%
2007 0.7% +2.1%
2008 0.8% +21.3%
2010 0.7% -11.3%
2016 0.7% -2.3%
2017 0.8% +20.1%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7%, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.8%, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 2
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 3

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  5. 38 Sri Lanka 0.8% compare
  6. 39 Puerto Rico 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of was 0.8% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2017.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2006.
How does Palestine, State of rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Palestine, State of ranks 36th out of 84 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of workers with low education in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,147 data points, 1970–2021
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