Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in India

India: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education was 0.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
74th
of 89 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 1983
All-time low
0.6%
in 2004
Years of data
12
1983–2019

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in India, 1983–2019

00.20.40.60.81983200120191983: 0.749 % of workers with high education in the service sector1987: 0.716 % of workers with high education in the service sector1993: 0.658 % of workers with high education in the service sector1999: 0.637 % of workers with high education in the service sector2004: 0.577 % of workers with high education in the service sector2005: 0.598 % of workers with high education in the service sector2007: 0.59 % of workers with high education in the service sector2009: 0.594 % of workers with high education in the service sector2011: 0.596 % of workers with high education in the service sector2017: 0.659 % of workers with high education in the service sector2018: 0.646 % of workers with high education in the service sector2019: 0.634 % of workers with high education in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers with high education in the service sector.

Analysis

In 2019, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in India stood at 0.6%.

That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in India peaked at 0.7% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2004.

That places India 74th out of 89 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in India, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector) in India, 1983 to 2019.
Year % of workers with high education in the service sector Change
1983 0.7%
1987 0.7% -4.4%
1993 0.7% -8.1%
1999 0.6% -3.2%
2004 0.6% -9.4%
2005 0.6% +3.6%
2007 0.6% -1.3%
2009 0.6% +0.7%
2011 0.6% +0.3%
2017 0.7% +10.5%
2018 0.6% -2.0%
2019 0.6% -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 2
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 4
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in India?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in India was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1983.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2004.
How does India rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education?
India ranks 74th out of 89 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector)
Unit
% of workers with high education in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
89 places, 1,195 data points, 1970–2021
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