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

Paraguay: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural was 0.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
59th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2013
All-time low
0.5%
in 2004
Years of data
18
1997–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Paraguay, 1997–2017

00.20.40.60.81997200720171997: 0.55 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.576 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.569 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.569 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.606 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.543 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.635 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.587 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.624 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.645 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.63 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.621 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.707 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.737 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.685 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.689 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.696 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.689 % 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 Paraguay stood at 0.7%.

The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Paraguay peaked at 0.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2004.

That places Paraguay 59th out of 84 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector) in Paraguay, 1997 to 2017.
Year % of rural workers in the industrial sector Change
1997 0.6%
1999 0.6% +4.6%
2001 0.6% -1.1%
2002 0.6% -0.1%
2003 0.6% +6.6%
2004 0.5% -10.4%
2005 0.6% +16.9%
2006 0.6% -7.6%
2007 0.6% +6.3%
2008 0.6% +3.4%
2009 0.6% -2.3%
2010 0.6% -1.4%
2012 0.7% +13.9%
2013 0.7% +4.3%
2014 0.7% -7.2%
2015 0.7% +0.7%
2016 0.7% +1.0%
2017 0.7% -1.0%

Paraguay compared with similar countries

  • Paraguay's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 91% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Paraguay's 0.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 1.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 7

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 56 El Salvador 0.7% compare
  2. 57 Chile 0.7% compare
  3. 58 Belize 0.7%
  4. 60 Nicaragua 0.7% compare
  5. 61 Indonesia 0.7% compare
  6. 62 Mexico 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Paraguay?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Paraguay was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2013.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2004.
How does Paraguay rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural?
Paraguay ranks 59th out of 84 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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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