Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.8% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.8%
Change on year
up 14.9%
World rank
42nd
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2017
All-time low
0.7%
in 2002
Years of data
14
1998–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.81998200720171998: 0.761 % of total workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.783 % of total workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.786 % of total workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.68 % of total workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.655 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.659 % of total workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.674 % of total workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.672 % of total workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.661 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.676 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.789 % of total workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.723 % of total workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.726 % of total workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.833 % 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 Palestine, State of stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of up 14.9% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2002.

That places Palestine, State of 42nd 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 14 years of available data.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
1998 0.8%
1999 0.8% +2.9%
2000 0.8% +0.4%
2001 0.7% -13.5%
2002 0.7% -3.7%
2003 0.7% +0.6%
2004 0.7% +2.3%
2005 0.7% -0.3%
2006 0.7% -1.7%
2007 0.7% +2.2%
2008 0.8% +16.7%
2010 0.7% -8.3%
2016 0.7% +0.3%
2017 0.8% +14.9%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7%, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.8%, 100% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 2
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 9
2010s 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 3

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 39 Spain 0.8% compare
  2. 40 Egypt 0.8% compare
  3. 41 Iceland 0.8% compare
  4. 43 Jamaica 0.8% compare
  5. 44 South Africa 0.8% compare
  6. 45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Palestine, State of?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Palestine, State of was 0.8% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2017.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2002.
How does Palestine, State of rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
Palestine, State of ranks 42nd out of 92 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of 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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