Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia

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

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
72nd
of 94 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2015
All-time low
0.5%
in 1999
Years of data
27
1990–2019

Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia, 1990–2019

00.20.40.61990200420191990: 0.554 % of urban employed population in working age1992: 0.546 % of urban employed population in working age1994: 0.564 % of urban employed population in working age1996: 0.566 % of urban employed population in working age1997: 0.563 % of urban employed population in working age1998: 0.531 % of urban employed population in working age1999: 0.521 % of urban employed population in working age2000: 0.526 % of urban employed population in working age2001: 0.592 % of urban employed population in working age2002: 0.568 % of urban employed population in working age2003: 0.557 % of urban employed population in working age2004: 0.568 % of urban employed population in working age2005: 0.607 % of urban employed population in working age2006: 0.614 % of urban employed population in working age2007: 0.543 % of urban employed population in working age2008: 0.53 % of urban employed population in working age2009: 0.545 % of urban employed population in working age2010: 0.556 % of urban employed population in working age2011: 0.587 % of urban employed population in working age2012: 0.629 % of urban employed population in working age2013: 0.626 % of urban employed population in working age2014: 0.624 % of urban employed population in working age2015: 0.641 % of urban employed population in working age2016: 0.616 % of urban employed population in working age2017: 0.623 % of urban employed population in working age2018: 0.608 % of urban employed population in working age2019: 0.603 % of urban employed population in working age

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

Analysis

In 2019, wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia stood at 0.6%.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia peaked at 0.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1999.

That places Indonesia 72nd out of 94 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) in Indonesia, 1990 to 2019.
Year % of urban employed population in working age Change
1990 0.6%
1992 0.5% -1.4%
1994 0.6% +3.3%
1996 0.6% +0.4%
1997 0.6% -0.6%
1998 0.5% -5.7%
1999 0.5% -1.8%
2000 0.5% +0.9%
2001 0.6% +12.5%
2002 0.6% -4.0%
2003 0.6% -2.0%
2004 0.6% +2.1%
2005 0.6% +6.8%
2006 0.6% +1.2%
2007 0.5% -11.6%
2008 0.5% -2.4%
2009 0.5% +2.9%
2010 0.6% +2.1%
2011 0.6% +5.6%
2012 0.6% +7.0%
2013 0.6% -0.5%
2014 0.6% -0.2%
2015 0.6% +2.6%
2016 0.6% -3.9%
2017 0.6% +1.2%
2018 0.6% -2.4%
2019 0.6% -0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 7
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 10

Countries ranked near Indonesia

  1. 69 India 0.6% compare
  2. 70 Nicaragua 0.6% compare
  3. 71 Dominican Republic 0.6% compare
  4. 73 Honduras 0.6% compare
  5. 74 Thailand 0.6% compare
  6. 75 Pakistan 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Indonesia was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Indonesia?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2015.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Indonesia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1999.
How does Indonesia rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, urban?
Indonesia ranks 72nd out of 94 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Indonesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Indonesia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,312 data points, 1970–2021
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