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

Paraguay: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban was 0.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
61st
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2014
All-time low
0.6%
in 2012
Years of data
18
1997–2017

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Paraguay, 1997–2017

00.20.40.60.81997200720171997: 0.614 % of urban workers in the service sector1999: 0.651 % of urban workers in the service sector2001: 0.629 % of urban workers in the service sector2002: 0.626 % of urban workers in the service sector2003: 0.642 % of urban workers in the service sector2004: 0.619 % of urban workers in the service sector2005: 0.665 % of urban workers in the service sector2006: 0.65 % of urban workers in the service sector2007: 0.661 % of urban workers in the service sector2008: 0.67 % of urban workers in the service sector2009: 0.677 % of urban workers in the service sector2010: 0.701 % of urban workers in the service sector2012: 0.583 % of urban workers in the service sector2013: 0.699 % of urban workers in the service sector2014: 0.707 % of urban workers in the service sector2015: 0.681 % of urban workers in the service sector2016: 0.687 % of urban workers in the service sector2017: 0.682 % of urban workers in the service sector

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

Analysis

In 2017, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Paraguay stood at 0.7%.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Paraguay peaked at 0.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2012.

Paraguay ranks 61st of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the service sector) in Paraguay, 1997 to 2017.
Year % of urban workers in the service sector Change
1997 0.6%
1999 0.7% +6.1%
2001 0.6% -3.4%
2002 0.6% -0.4%
2003 0.6% +2.5%
2004 0.6% -3.5%
2005 0.7% +7.4%
2006 0.7% -2.2%
2007 0.7% +1.6%
2008 0.7% +1.4%
2009 0.7% +1.1%
2010 0.7% +3.5%
2012 0.6% -16.9%
2013 0.7% +20.0%
2014 0.7% +1.1%
2015 0.7% -3.7%
2016 0.7% +0.8%
2017 0.7% -0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 2
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 7

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 58 Panama 0.7% compare
  2. 59 Guatemala 0.7% compare
  3. 60 Kazakhstan 0.7% compare
  4. 62 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% compare
  5. 63 Dominican Republic 0.6% compare
  6. 64 Rwanda 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Paraguay?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in Paraguay was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2014.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2012.
How does Paraguay rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban?
Paraguay ranks 61st out of 86 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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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