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

Uruguay: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural was 0.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.5%
Change on year
down 17.6%
World rank
74th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2009
All-time low
0.5%
in 2021
Years of data
16
2006–2021

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Uruguay, 2006–2021

00.20.40.60.82006201320212006: 0.619 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.607 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.652 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.713 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.64 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.636 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.688 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.689 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.687 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.657 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.62 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.626 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.647 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.613 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.616 % of rural workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.508 % of rural workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

In 2021, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Uruguay stood at 0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

The figure is down 17.6% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Uruguay peaked at 0.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2021.

That places Uruguay 74th out of 84 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the industrial sector) in Uruguay, 2006 to 2021.
Year % of rural workers in the industrial sector Change
2006 0.6%
2007 0.6% -2.0%
2008 0.7% +7.5%
2009 0.7% +9.4%
2010 0.6% -10.2%
2011 0.6% -0.7%
2012 0.7% +8.3%
2013 0.7% +0.1%
2014 0.7% -0.3%
2015 0.7% -4.3%
2016 0.6% -5.6%
2017 0.6% +0.9%
2018 0.6% +3.4%
2019 0.6% -5.2%
2020 0.6% +0.5%
2021 0.5% -17.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 4
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 10
2020s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 2

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Uruguay?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural in Uruguay was 0.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2009.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2021.
How does Uruguay rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural?
Uruguay ranks 74th out of 84 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay 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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