Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines

Philippines: Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural was 0.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
52nd
of 91 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.4%
in 1997
Years of data
22
1997–2019

Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines, 1997–2019

00.20.40.61997200820191997: 0.374 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.375 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.393 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.395 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.419 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.397 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.388 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.416 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.398 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.417 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.421 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.431 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.446 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.458 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.483 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.499 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.488 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.508 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.548 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.565 % of rural employed population in working age2018: 0.581 % of rural employed population in working age2019: 0.587 % of rural employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural employed population in working age.

Analysis

Philippines recorded 0.6% for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1997.

Philippines ranks 52nd of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Philippines, 1997 to 2019.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1997 0.4%
1998 0.4% +0.4%
1999 0.4% +4.8%
2000 0.4% +0.5%
2001 0.4% +6.0%
2002 0.4% -5.2%
2003 0.4% -2.2%
2004 0.4% +7.2%
2005 0.4% -4.5%
2007 0.4% +4.8%
2008 0.4% +1.0%
2009 0.4% +2.3%
2010 0.4% +3.6%
2011 0.5% +2.7%
2012 0.5% +5.5%
2013 0.5% +3.3%
2014 0.5% -2.2%
2015 0.5% +4.2%
2016 0.5% +7.7%
2017 0.6% +3.3%
2018 0.6% +2.8%
2019 0.6% +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 3
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 9
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 10

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  5. 54 Uruguay 0.6% compare
  6. 55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Philippines was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1997.
How does Philippines rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural?
Philippines ranks 52nd out of 91 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Philippines?
Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Philippines data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,284 data points, 1970–2021
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