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

Indonesia: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural was 0.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
61st
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2015
All-time low
0.5%
in 1990
Years of data
26
1990–2019

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Indonesia, 1990–2019

00.20.40.60.81990200420191990: 0.498 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1992: 0.526 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1994: 0.556 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1996: 0.54 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.565 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.524 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.568 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.597 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.597 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.589 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.622 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.67 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.613 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.646 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.642 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.581 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.607 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.627 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.649 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.634 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.687 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.714 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.69 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.683 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.676 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.679 % of rural workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Indonesia is 0.7%, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Indonesia peaked at 0.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1990.

That places Indonesia 61st out of 84 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector) in Indonesia, 1990 to 2019.
Year % of rural workers in the industrial sector Change
1990 0.5%
1992 0.5% +5.6%
1994 0.6% +5.7%
1996 0.5% -2.9%
1998 0.6% +4.6%
1999 0.5% -7.2%
2000 0.6% +8.4%
2001 0.6% +5.0%
2002 0.6% +0.1%
2003 0.6% -1.4%
2004 0.6% +5.6%
2005 0.7% +7.7%
2006 0.6% -8.5%
2007 0.6% +5.4%
2008 0.6% -0.7%
2009 0.6% -9.5%
2010 0.6% +4.4%
2011 0.6% +3.4%
2012 0.6% +3.5%
2013 0.6% -2.2%
2014 0.7% +8.3%
2015 0.7% +4.0%
2016 0.7% -3.4%
2017 0.7% -1.0%
2018 0.7% -1.0%
2019 0.7% +0.4%

Indonesia compared with similar countries

  • Indonesia's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 90% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Indonesia's 0.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8%, 83% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 6
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 10

Countries ranked near Indonesia

  1. 58 Belize 0.7% compare
  2. 59 Paraguay 0.7% compare
  3. 60 Nicaragua 0.7% compare
  4. 62 Mexico 0.7% compare
  5. 63 Nepal 0.7% compare
  6. 64 Kazakhstan 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Indonesia?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Indonesia was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Indonesia?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2015.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Indonesia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1990.
How does Indonesia rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural?
Indonesia ranks 61st out of 84 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Indonesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Indonesia 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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