Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Finland

Finland: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural was 0.8% in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
0.8%
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
30th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2006
All-time low
0.8%
in 2016
Years of data
16
1995–2016

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Finland, 1995–2016

00.20.40.60.81995200520161995: 0.887 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.885 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.881 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.894 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.896 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.9 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.883 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.871 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.897 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.883 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.887 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.866 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.845 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.842 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.844 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.84 % of rural workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

In 2016, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Finland stood at 0.8%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Finland peaked at 0.9% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2016.

Finland ranks 30th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector) in Finland, 1995 to 2016.
Year % of rural workers in the industrial sector Change
1995 0.9%
1997 0.9% -0.2%
1998 0.9% -0.5%
2004 0.9% +1.5%
2005 0.9% +0.2%
2006 0.9% +0.4%
2007 0.9% -1.9%
2008 0.9% -1.3%
2009 0.9% +3.0%
2010 0.9% -1.6%
2011 0.9% +0.5%
2012 0.9% -2.4%
2013 0.8% -2.4%
2014 0.8% -0.4%
2015 0.8% +0.3%
2016 0.8% -0.5%

Finland compared with similar countries

  • Finland's 0.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 95% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
  • Finland's 0.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 96% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 3
2000s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 6
2010s 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 7

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 27 Jordan 0.9% compare
  2. 28 Korea 0.9% compare
  3. 29 Malawi 0.8% compare
  4. 31 Palestine, State of 0.8% compare
  5. 32 Slovakia 0.8% compare
  6. 33 Egypt 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Finland?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Finland was 0.8% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2006.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2016.
How does Finland rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural?
Finland ranks 30th out of 84 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Finland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of rural workers in the industrial 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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