Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Ecuador

Ecuador: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban was 0.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.5%
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
79th
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2010
All-time low
0.5%
in 2021
Years of data
23
1994–2021

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Ecuador, 1994–2021

00.20.40.61994200720211994: 0.576 % of urban workers in the service sector1998: 0.566 % of urban workers in the service sector1999: 0.563 % of urban workers in the service sector2000: 0.597 % of urban workers in the service sector2003: 0.609 % of urban workers in the service sector2004: 0.58 % of urban workers in the service sector2005: 0.605 % of urban workers in the service sector2006: 0.591 % of urban workers in the service sector2007: 0.582 % of urban workers in the service sector2008: 0.592 % of urban workers in the service sector2009: 0.6 % of urban workers in the service sector2010: 0.612 % of urban workers in the service sector2011: 0.577 % of urban workers in the service sector2012: 0.589 % of urban workers in the service sector2013: 0.61 % of urban workers in the service sector2014: 0.593 % of urban workers in the service sector2015: 0.598 % of urban workers in the service sector2016: 0.564 % of urban workers in the service sector2017: 0.563 % of urban workers in the service sector2018: 0.543 % of urban workers in the service sector2019: 0.536 % of urban workers in the service sector2020: 0.492 % of urban workers in the service sector2021: 0.48 % of urban workers in the service sector

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

Analysis

In 2021, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Ecuador stood at 0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Ecuador peaked at 0.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2021.

Ecuador ranks 79th of 86 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the service sector) in Ecuador, 1994 to 2021.
Year % of urban workers in the service sector Change
1994 0.6%
1998 0.6% -1.8%
1999 0.6% -0.4%
2000 0.6% +5.9%
2003 0.6% +2.1%
2004 0.6% -4.7%
2005 0.6% +4.2%
2006 0.6% -2.2%
2007 0.6% -1.6%
2008 0.6% +1.7%
2009 0.6% +1.3%
2010 0.6% +2.0%
2011 0.6% -5.7%
2012 0.6% +2.0%
2013 0.6% +3.5%
2014 0.6% -2.7%
2015 0.6% +0.8%
2016 0.6% -5.6%
2017 0.6% -0.2%
2018 0.5% -3.5%
2019 0.5% -1.4%
2020 0.5% -8.1%
2021 0.5% -2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 3
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 8
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 2

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 76 Colombia 0.5% compare
  2. 77 Peru 0.5% compare
  3. 78 Bangladesh 0.5% compare
  4. 80 Gambia 0.5% compare
  5. 81 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% compare
  6. 82 Madagascar 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Ecuador?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Ecuador was 0.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2010.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2021.
How does Ecuador rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban?
Ecuador ranks 79th out of 86 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of urban workers in the service 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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