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

Thailand: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural was 0.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.8%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
44th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2010
All-time low
0.6%
in 1985
Years of data
35
1985–2021

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Thailand, 1985–2021

00.20.40.60.81985200320211985: 0.615 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1986: 0.661 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1987: 0.702 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1988: 0.662 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1989: 0.694 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1990: 0.752 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1991: 0.765 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1992: 0.778 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1993: 0.809 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1994: 0.79 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.794 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.816 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.811 % of rural workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.781 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.776 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.792 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.806 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.809 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.834 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.833 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.83 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.828 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.832 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.815 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.838 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.819 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.798 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.797 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.789 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.792 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.789 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.782 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.794 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.793 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.787 % of rural workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

Thailand recorded 0.8% for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Thailand peaked at 0.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1985.

Thailand ranks 44th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

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

Year % of rural workers in the industrial sector Change
1985 0.6% —
1986 0.7% +7.6%
1987 0.7% +6.1%
1988 0.7% -5.6%
1989 0.7% +4.8%
1990 0.8% +8.4%
1991 0.8% +1.6%
1992 0.8% +1.7%
1993 0.8% +4.0%
1994 0.8% -2.3%
1995 0.8% +0.6%
1997 0.8% +2.7%
1998 0.8% -0.7%
1999 0.8% -3.6%
2000 0.8% -0.7%
2001 0.8% +2.1%
2002 0.8% +1.9%
2003 0.8% +0.4%
2004 0.8% +3.1%
2005 0.8% -0.1%
2006 0.8% -0.5%
2007 0.8% -0.2%
2008 0.8% +0.5%
2009 0.8% -2.1%
2010 0.8% +2.8%
2011 0.8% -2.3%
2012 0.8% -2.6%
2014 0.8% -0.1%
2015 0.8% -1.0%
2016 0.8% +0.3%
2017 0.8% -0.4%
2018 0.8% -0.8%
2019 0.8% +1.6%
2020 0.8% -0.2%
2021 0.8% -0.8%

Thailand compared with similar countries

  • Thailand's 0.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Thailand's 0.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8%, 96% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 5
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 9
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 10
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 9
2020s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 2

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 41 Sri Lanka 0.8% compare
  2. 42 Spain 0.8% compare
  3. 43 Rwanda 0.8% compare
  4. 45 Italy 0.8% compare
  5. 46 Pakistan 0.8% compare
  6. 47 Ireland 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Thailand?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Thailand was 0.8% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2010.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1985.
How does Thailand rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural?
Thailand ranks 44th out of 84 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Thailand 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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