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

Honduras: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural was 0.5% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.5%
Change on year
down 16.0%
World rank
72nd
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2016
All-time low
0.5%
in 1997
Years of data
26
1991–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Honduras, 1991–2017

00.20.40.61991200420171991: 0.571 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1992: 0.568 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1993: 0.52 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1994: 0.561 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.539 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1996: 0.475 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.468 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.472 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.494 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.502 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.521 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.547 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.593 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.544 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.583 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.592 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.6 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.554 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.54 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.546 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.505 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.524 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.508 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.546 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.63 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.529 % of rural workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

In 2017, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Honduras stood at 0.5%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.0% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Honduras peaked at 0.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1997.

That places Honduras 72nd out of 84 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector) in Honduras, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of rural workers in the industrial sector Change
1991 0.6%
1992 0.6% -0.5%
1993 0.5% -8.4%
1994 0.6% +7.9%
1995 0.5% -4.0%
1996 0.5% -11.9%
1997 0.5% -1.4%
1998 0.5% +1.0%
1999 0.5% +4.6%
2001 0.5% +1.6%
2002 0.5% +3.8%
2003 0.5% +4.9%
2004 0.6% +8.4%
2005 0.5% -8.2%
2006 0.6% +7.2%
2007 0.6% +1.5%
2008 0.6% +1.4%
2009 0.6% -7.6%
2010 0.5% -2.5%
2011 0.5% +1.1%
2012 0.5% -7.6%
2013 0.5% +3.7%
2014 0.5% -3.0%
2015 0.5% +7.5%
2016 0.6% +15.4%
2017 0.5% -16.0%

Honduras compared with similar countries

  • Honduras's 0.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7%, 72% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
  • Honduras's 0.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 83% of the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 9
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 9
2010s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 8

Countries ranked near Honduras

  1. 69 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% compare
  2. 70 Brazil 0.6% compare
  3. 71 Uganda 0.5% compare
  4. 73 Dominican Republic 0.5% compare
  5. 74 Uruguay 0.5% compare
  6. 75 Colombia 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Honduras?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Honduras was 0.5% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Honduras?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Honduras?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1997.
How does Honduras rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural?
Honduras ranks 72nd out of 84 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Honduras?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Honduras 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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