Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 was 0.8% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.8%
Change on year
up 15.0%
World rank
46th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2017
All-time low
0.6%
in 2003
Years of data
14
1998–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.81998200720171998: 0.722 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1999: 0.753 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2000: 0.748 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2001: 0.643 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2002: 0.629 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2003: 0.625 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2004: 0.64 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2005: 0.63 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2006: 0.626 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2007: 0.635 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2008: 0.767 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2010: 0.69 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2016: 0.69 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2017: 0.794 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector.

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Palestine, State of is 0.8%, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of up 15.0% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2003.

That places Palestine, State of 46th out of 90 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 25-64 in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 (% of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector Change
1998 0.7%
1999 0.8% +4.3%
2000 0.7% -0.6%
2001 0.6% -14.1%
2002 0.6% -2.1%
2003 0.6% -0.6%
2004 0.6% +2.4%
2005 0.6% -1.5%
2006 0.6% -0.7%
2007 0.6% +1.4%
2008 0.8% +20.7%
2010 0.7% -10.0%
2016 0.7% +0.1%
2017 0.8% +15.0%

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%, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 2
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 3

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% compare
  2. 44 Jamaica 0.8% compare
  3. 45 Kazakhstan 0.8% compare
  4. 47 Georgia 0.8% compare
  5. 48 Sri Lanka 0.8% compare
  6. 49 Thailand 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Palestine, State of?
Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Palestine, State of was 0.8% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2017.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2003.
How does Palestine, State of rank for wage employment in industry, aged 25-64?
Palestine, State of ranks 46th out of 90 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 25-64 (% of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 (% of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
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