Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural was 0.6% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
70th
of 96 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2007
All-time low
0.5%
in 2009
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.811998200720171998: 0.926 % of rural population1999: 0.927 % of rural population2000: 0.932 % of rural population2001: 0.94 % of rural population2002: 0.937 % of rural population2003: 0.939 % of rural population2004: 0.938 % of rural population2005: 0.939 % of rural population2006: 0.941 % of rural population2007: 0.944 % of rural population2008: 0.757 % of rural population2009: 0.543 % of rural population2010: 0.566 % of rural population2011: 0.586 % of rural population2016: 0.592 % of rural population2017: 0.592 % of rural population

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural population.

Analysis

In 2017, working-age population, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of stood at 0.6%.

That represents a change of down 37.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, working-age population, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.9% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2009.

Palestine, State of ranks 70th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural population) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of rural population Change
1998 0.9%
1999 0.9% +0.1%
2000 0.9% +0.6%
2001 0.9% +0.8%
2002 0.9% -0.3%
2003 0.9% +0.1%
2004 0.9% -0.1%
2005 0.9% +0.1%
2006 0.9% +0.2%
2007 0.9% +0.3%
2008 0.8% -19.8%
2009 0.5% -28.3%
2010 0.6% +4.2%
2011 0.6% +3.6%
2016 0.6% +1.0%
2017 0.6% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 2
2000s 0.9% 0.5% 0.9% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 67 Honduras 0.6% compare
  2. 68 Bulgaria 0.6% compare
  3. 69 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6% compare
  4. 71 Sweden 0.6% compare
  5. 72 Finland 0.6% compare
  6. 73 Greece 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is working-age population, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of?
Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of was 0.6% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest working-age population, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2007.
What is the lowest working-age population, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2009.
How does Palestine, State of rank for working-age population, aged 15-64, rural?
Palestine, State of ranks 70th out of 96 countries with data for 2017.
Is working-age population, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Working-age population, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural population)
Unit
% of rural population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
96 places, 1,344 data points, 1970–2021
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