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Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
1.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.1%
Malawi
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,582

What the numbers show

Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 244.1%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 51.9%).

Wage workers, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus 1.0% 2010 up 12.0% rising
2 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 9.8% rising
3 United States 0.9% 2018 up 4.1% flat
4 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 up 1.0% rising
5 Norway 0.9% 2016 up 2.7% flat
6 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 4.6% rising
7 Ukraine 0.9% 2014 down 1.3% flat
8 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 1.8% flat
9 Croatia 0.9% 2016 up 0.6% flat
10 Sweden 0.9% 2016 up 0.4% flat
11 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 3.2% rising
12 France 0.9% 2016 down 0.8% flat
13 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 2.5% flat
14 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 3.7% flat
15 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 2.7% flat
16 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 2.1% rising
17 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 3.1% flat
18 Belgium 0.9% 2016 up 1.1% rising
19 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 2.2% rising
20 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 2.1% flat
21 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% rising
22 Austria 0.9% 2016 down 0.5% flat
23 Iceland 0.9% 2015 up 1.8% flat
24 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 8.8% rising
25 United Kingdom 0.9% 2016 down 1.8% flat
26 Australia 0.9% 2015 up 2.8% flat
27 Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 1.8% rising
28 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% flat
29 Namibia 0.9% 2015 up 69.1% rising
30 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 50.9% falling
31 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2018 down 14.8% falling
32 Netherlands 0.8% 2016 down 3.6% flat
33 Jordan 0.8% 2016 up 1.5% flat
34 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 down 6.1% falling
35 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 7.8% flat
36 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 0.9% falling
37 Czechia 0.8% 2016 down 1.2% flat
38 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 0.9% rising
39 Mauritius 0.8% 2017 up 4.6% flat
40 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 14.3% flat
41 Poland 0.8% 2019 up 3.0% flat
42 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8% 2011 down 1.7% falling
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 up 4.5% flat
44 Albania 0.8% 2019 up 86.4% rising
45 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 25.6% rising
46 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 0.8% rising
47 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 2.7% rising
48 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 down 0.0% rising
49 Korea 0.8% 2017 up 8.7% rising
50 Romania 0.8% 2018 up 1.7% rising
51 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 11.0% rising
52 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 up 152.1% rising
53 Serbia 0.7% 2018 down 0.2% rising
54 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 5.3% rising
55 Egypt 0.7% 2019 up 17.0% rising
56 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 2.6% flat
57 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 down 3.8% falling
58 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 4.2% rising
59 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 13.9% rising
60 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 up 8.7% flat
61 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 4.6% rising
62 Mongolia 0.7% 2021 up 1.8% rising
63 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 3.4% rising
64 Belize 0.7% 1999 down 6.9% falling
65 Guatemala 0.7% 2019 up 21.2% rising
66 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 20.1% rising
67 El Salvador 0.6% 2019 up 6.8% flat
68 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 2.8% flat
69 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 12.7% flat
70 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 1.0% flat
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.6% 2006 down 4.6% falling
72 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 — volatile
73 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 3.8% rising
74 Georgia 0.6% 2020 up 23.1% falling
75 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 6.7% flat
76 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 down 0.9% falling
77 Morocco 0.5% 2013 up 32.6% rising
78 Kenya 0.5% 2019 up 77.1% rising
79 Honduras 0.5% 2019 up 5.2% falling
80 Indonesia 0.5% 2019 up 27.5% rising
81 Colombia 0.5% 2021 up 5.2% falling
82 Djibouti 0.5% 2017 down 14.8% falling
83 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 down 13.7% flat
84 Thailand 0.5% 2021 up 10.3% rising
85 Cambodia 0.5% 2012 up 119.6% rising
86 India 0.5% 2019 down 5.3% rising
87 Peru 0.5% 2021 down 0.5% rising
88 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 up 23.6% rising
89 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 13.6% rising
90 Gambia 0.4% 2020 up 92.8% rising
91 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.4% 2021 down 11.1% rising
92 Senegal 0.3% 2018 up 38.7% falling
93 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 29.7% rising
94 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 41.7% rising
95 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 33.7% rising
96 Nigeria 0.2% 2012 up 36.0% volatile
97 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 2.8% rising
98 Niger 0.2% 2018 up 244.1% volatile
99 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2% 2018 up 10.3% falling
100 Guinea 0.2% 2018 up 212.0% volatile
101 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 up 27.0% rising
102 Mozambique 0.2% 2014 up 28.3% rising
103 Togo 0.2% 2018 up 44.7% falling
104 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 down 6.1% falling
105 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 50.6% volatile
106 Malawi 0.1% 2019 down 51.9% falling

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,582 data points, 1970–2021
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