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

Philippines: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural was 0.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9%
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
19th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2019
All-time low
0.7%
in 1998
Years of data
22
1997–2019

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines, 1997–2019

00.20.40.60.811997200820191997: 0.739 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.724 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.736 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.732 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.74 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.753 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.734 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.742 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.743 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.758 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.755 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.748 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.768 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.757 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.782 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.81 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.824 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.838 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.87 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.901 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.896 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.903 % 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 Philippines is 0.9%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines peaked at 0.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1998.

Philippines ranks 19th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector) in Philippines, 1997 to 2019.
Year % of rural workers in the industrial sector Change
1997 0.7%
1998 0.7% -2.1%
1999 0.7% +1.7%
2000 0.7% -0.6%
2001 0.7% +1.2%
2002 0.8% +1.7%
2003 0.7% -2.5%
2004 0.7% +1.2%
2005 0.7% +0.0%
2007 0.8% +2.1%
2008 0.8% -0.4%
2009 0.7% -0.9%
2010 0.8% +2.7%
2011 0.8% -1.5%
2012 0.8% +3.3%
2013 0.8% +3.6%
2014 0.8% +1.7%
2015 0.8% +1.7%
2016 0.9% +3.8%
2017 0.9% +3.6%
2018 0.9% -0.5%
2019 0.9% +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 3
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 9
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines was 0.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1998.
How does Philippines rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural?
Philippines ranks 19th out of 84 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Philippines?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Philippines 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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