Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Ecuador

Ecuador: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
up 7.9%
World rank
73rd
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2015
All-time low
0.6%
in 1998
Years of data
23
1994–2021

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Ecuador, 1994–2021

00.20.40.60.81994200720211994: 0.643 % of total workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.595 % of total workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.616 % of total workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.657 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.68 % of total workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.669 % of total workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.666 % of total workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.697 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.679 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.696 % of total workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.701 % of total workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.701 % of total workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.675 % of total workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.687 % of total workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.719 % of total workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.725 % of total workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.728 % of total workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.678 % of total workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.659 % of total workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.672 % of total workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.662 % of total workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.633 % of total workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.683 % of total workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Ecuador is 0.7%, measured in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Ecuador peaked at 0.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1998.

That places Ecuador 73rd out of 92 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in Ecuador, 1994 to 2021.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
1994 0.6%
1998 0.6% -7.4%
1999 0.6% +3.5%
2000 0.7% +6.6%
2003 0.7% +3.5%
2004 0.7% -1.7%
2005 0.7% -0.5%
2006 0.7% +4.7%
2007 0.7% -2.5%
2008 0.7% +2.5%
2009 0.7% +0.7%
2010 0.7% +0.1%
2011 0.7% -3.7%
2012 0.7% +1.7%
2013 0.7% +4.7%
2014 0.7% +0.8%
2015 0.7% +0.3%
2016 0.7% -6.8%
2017 0.7% -2.9%
2018 0.7% +2.0%
2019 0.7% -1.5%
2020 0.6% -4.4%
2021 0.7% +7.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 3
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 8
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 10
2020s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 2

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 70 Republic of Moldova 0.7% compare
  2. 71 Peru 0.7% compare
  3. 72 Belize 0.7% compare
  4. 74 Argentina 0.7% compare
  5. 75 Guatemala 0.7% compare
  6. 76 Nepal 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Ecuador?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Ecuador was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2015.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1998.
How does Ecuador rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
Ecuador ranks 73rd out of 92 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total 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, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of total workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,346 data points, 1970–2021
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