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

Panama: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.6%
Change on year
down 14.0%
World rank
83rd
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 1998
All-time low
0.6%
in 2021
Years of data
26
1989–2021

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Panama, 1989–2021

00.20.40.60.81989200520211989: 0.708 % of total workers in the industrial sector1991: 0.709 % of total workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.721 % of total workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.696 % of total workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.743 % of total workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.7 % of total workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.679 % of total workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.664 % of total workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.681 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.653 % of total workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.667 % of total workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.662 % of total workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.684 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.7 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.722 % of total workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.692 % of total workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.703 % of total workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.715 % of total workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.723 % of total workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.726 % of total workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.71 % of total workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.685 % of total workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.678 % of total workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.675 % of total workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.644 % of total workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.554 % of total workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

In 2021, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Panama stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is down 14.0% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Panama peaked at 0.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2021.

Panama ranks 83rd of 92 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in Panama, 1989 to 2021.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
1989 0.7%
1991 0.7% +0.2%
1995 0.7% +1.6%
1997 0.7% -3.5%
1998 0.7% +6.9%
1999 0.7% -5.8%
2000 0.7% -3.0%
2001 0.7% -2.1%
2002 0.7% +2.5%
2003 0.7% -4.1%
2004 0.7% +2.2%
2005 0.7% -0.8%
2006 0.7% +3.5%
2007 0.7% +2.3%
2008 0.7% +3.1%
2009 0.7% -4.2%
2010 0.7% +1.7%
2011 0.7% +1.6%
2012 0.7% +1.2%
2013 0.7% +0.4%
2014 0.7% -2.3%
2015 0.7% -3.5%
2016 0.7% -1.1%
2017 0.7% -0.4%
2018 0.6% -4.6%
2021 0.6% -14.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 5
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 9
2020s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Panama?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Panama was 0.6% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1998.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2021.
How does Panama rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
Panama ranks 83rd out of 92 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Panama 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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