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

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

Latest (2021)
0.6%
Change on year
down 15.6%
World rank
78th
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1998
All-time low
0.6%
in 2021
Years of data
26
1989–2021

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

00.20.40.60.81989200520211989: 0.752 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1991: 0.747 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.754 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.731 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.777 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.747 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.7 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.713 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.731 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.711 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.748 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.738 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.754 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.753 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.769 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.743 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.748 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.758 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.764 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.771 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.757 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.737 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.722 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.719 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.689 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.582 % of urban workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

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

The figure is down 15.6% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Panama peaked at 0.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2021.

That places Panama 78th out of 86 countries with data for 2021, putting it 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, urban in Panama, year by year

Year % of urban workers in the industrial sector Change
1989 0.8% —
1991 0.7% -0.7%
1995 0.8% +0.9%
1997 0.7% -3.0%
1998 0.8% +6.2%
1999 0.7% -3.8%
2000 0.7% -6.2%
2001 0.7% +1.8%
2002 0.7% +2.5%
2003 0.7% -2.7%
2004 0.7% +5.2%
2005 0.7% -1.3%
2006 0.8% +2.2%
2007 0.8% -0.1%
2008 0.8% +2.1%
2009 0.7% -3.4%
2010 0.7% +0.7%
2011 0.8% +1.2%
2012 0.8% +0.8%
2013 0.8% +1.0%
2014 0.8% -1.8%
2015 0.7% -2.7%
2016 0.7% -2.0%
2017 0.7% -0.4%
2018 0.7% -4.2%
2021 0.6% -15.6%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 64% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 0.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7%, 85% of the median. (20 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 1
1990s 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 5
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 9
2020s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 75 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% compare
  2. 76 Ethiopia 0.6% compare
  3. 77 Colombia 0.6% compare
  4. 79 Dominican Republic 0.6% compare
  5. 80 Zambia 0.6% compare
  6. 81 Madagascar 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Panama?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Panama was 0.6% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2021.
How does Panama rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban?
Panama ranks 78th out of 86 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. 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, urban (% of urban 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, urban (% of urban workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of urban workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,159 data points, 1970–2021
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