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

Pakistan: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.8% in 2020. ▬ Flat

Latest (2020)
0.8%
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
60th
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2007
All-time low
0.7%
in 2014
Years of data
15
1992–2020

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Pakistan, 1992–2020

00.20.40.60.81992200620201992: 0.756 % of total workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.73 % of total workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.766 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.753 % of total workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.76 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.776 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.748 % of total workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.736 % of total workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.723 % of total workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.751 % of total workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.75 % of total workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.72 % of total workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.752 % of total workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.738 % of total workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.758 % of total workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

In 2020, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Pakistan stood at 0.8%.

The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Pakistan peaked at 0.8% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2014.

Pakistan ranks 60th of 92 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in Pakistan, 1992 to 2020.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
1992 0.8%
1999 0.7% -3.4%
2001 0.8% +5.0%
2003 0.8% -1.6%
2005 0.8% +0.9%
2007 0.8% +2.0%
2008 0.7% -3.5%
2009 0.7% -1.7%
2010 0.7% -1.8%
2012 0.8% +4.0%
2013 0.7% -0.2%
2014 0.7% -4.0%
2017 0.8% +4.4%
2018 0.7% -1.9%
2020 0.8% +2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 2
2000s 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 6
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 6
2020s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 1

Countries ranked near Pakistan

  1. 57 Costa Rica 0.8% compare
  2. 58 Kosovo 0.8% compare
  3. 58 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.8% compare
  4. 61 Mexico 0.8% compare
  5. 62 Cambodia 0.7% compare
  6. 63 Greece 0.7% compare

See the full ranking of 92 places →

More reference data data for Pakistan

All data for Pakistan →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Pakistan?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Pakistan was 0.8% in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2007.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2014.
How does Pakistan rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
Pakistan ranks 60th out of 92 countries with data for 2020.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Pakistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Pakistan 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Pakistan. Statizoid. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-industry-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-workers-in-the-industrial/pakistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-industry-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-workers-in-the-industrial/pakistan/">Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Pakistan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed