Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Philippines

Philippines: Wage workers, aged 15-64, total was 0.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
67th
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2019
All-time low
0.5%
in 2002
Years of data
23
1997–2019

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

00.20.40.61997200820191997: 0.51 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.51 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.515 % of total employed population in working age2000: 0.515 % of total employed population in working age2001: 0.532 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.506 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.519 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.538 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.522 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.526 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.538 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.54 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.549 % of total employed population in working age2010: 0.561 % of total employed population in working age2011: 0.569 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.587 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.6 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.594 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.609 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.634 % of total employed population in working age2017: 0.642 % of total employed population in working age2018: 0.655 % of total employed population in working age2019: 0.659 % of total employed population in working age

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

Analysis

In 2019, wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Philippines stood at 0.7%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Philippines peaked at 0.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2002.

That places Philippines 67th out of 107 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) in Philippines, 1997 to 2019.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1997 0.5%
1998 0.5% +0.0%
1999 0.5% +1.0%
2000 0.5% -0.1%
2001 0.5% +3.2%
2002 0.5% -4.8%
2003 0.5% +2.4%
2004 0.5% +3.7%
2005 0.5% -3.0%
2006 0.5% +0.8%
2007 0.5% +2.1%
2008 0.5% +0.4%
2009 0.5% +1.7%
2010 0.6% +2.2%
2011 0.6% +1.3%
2012 0.6% +3.3%
2013 0.6% +2.1%
2014 0.6% -0.9%
2015 0.6% +2.4%
2016 0.6% +4.2%
2017 0.6% +1.3%
2018 0.7% +2.0%
2019 0.7% +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 3
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 10

Countries ranked near Philippines

  1. 64 Brazil 0.7% compare
  2. 65 Belize 0.7%
  3. 66 Guatemala 0.7% compare
  4. 68 El Salvador 0.6% compare
  5. 69 Armenia 0.6% compare
  6. 70 Panama 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Philippines?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Philippines was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2002.
How does Philippines rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, total?
Philippines ranks 67th out of 107 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Philippines?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. 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, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
107 places, 1,597 data points, 1970–2021
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