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

Paraguay: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
68th
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2014
All-time low
0.6%
in 1997
Years of data
18
1997–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Paraguay, 1997–2017

00.20.40.60.81997200720171997: 0.58 % of total workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.626 % of total workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.612 % of total workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.639 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.602 % of total workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.607 % of total workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.644 % of total workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.645 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.661 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.668 % of total workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.648 % of total workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.68 % of total workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.708 % of total workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.706 % of total workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.712 % of total workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.71 % of total workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.691 % of total workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.7 % of total workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

In 2017, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Paraguay stood at 0.7%.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Paraguay peaked at 0.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1997.

That places Paraguay 68th out of 92 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in Paraguay, 1997 to 2017.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
1997 0.6%
1999 0.6% +8.1%
2001 0.6% -2.3%
2002 0.6% +4.5%
2003 0.6% -5.9%
2004 0.6% +0.9%
2005 0.6% +6.1%
2006 0.6% +0.1%
2007 0.7% +2.5%
2008 0.7% +1.0%
2009 0.6% -2.9%
2010 0.7% +4.9%
2012 0.7% +4.1%
2013 0.7% -0.3%
2014 0.7% +0.9%
2015 0.7% -0.2%
2016 0.7% -2.6%
2017 0.7% +1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 7

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 65 El Salvador 0.7% compare
  2. 66 India 0.7% compare
  3. 67 Nicaragua 0.7% compare
  4. 69 Uruguay 0.7% compare
  5. 70 Republic of Moldova 0.7% compare
  6. 71 Peru 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Paraguay?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Paraguay was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2014.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1997.
How does Paraguay rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
Paraguay ranks 68th out of 92 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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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