Working-age population, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban population) by country

Countries reporting
99
Highest
0.9%
Indonesia
Lowest
0.5%
Mali
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,372

What the numbers show

Working-age population, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban population) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Indonesia; the lowest is 0.5% in Mali.

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 2.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 16.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 39.5%).

Working-age population, aged 15-64, urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 8.4% rising
2 Republic of Korea 0.9% 2017 down 4.7% falling
3 China 0.8% 2013 down 4.5% flat
4 Thailand 0.7% 2021 up 0.6% rising
5 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 3.6% flat
6 Cambodia 0.7% 2012 up 11.4% rising
7 India 0.7% 2019 up 3.8% rising
8 Luxembourg 0.7% 2016 up 3.5% flat
9 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 down 4.4% falling
10 South Africa 0.7% 2020 up 2.0% flat
11 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 down 0.6% flat
12 Russian Federation 0.7% 2019 down 8.9% falling
13 Brazil 0.7% 2021 up 0.2% rising
14 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 up 4.8% rising
14 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 up 4.8% rising
16 Türkiye 0.7% 2013 up 3.8% flat
17 Austria 0.7% 2003 up 1.2% flat
18 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 1.9% rising
19 Romania 0.7% 2018 down 8.6% flat
20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7% 2018 up 3.1% rising
21 Montenegro 0.7% 2013 down 2.9% flat
22 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2002 up 3.4% flat
23 Morocco 0.7% 2013 up 0.8% flat
24 Belarus 0.7% 2020 down 4.7% flat
25 Czechia 0.7% 2016 down 4.1% falling
26 Netherlands 0.7% 2004 down 1.9% flat
27 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 2.0% rising
28 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 2.7% rising
29 El Salvador 0.7% 2019 up 6.9% rising
30 Nepal 0.7% 2014 up 5.3% rising
31 North Macedonia 0.7% 2020 down 6.0% flat
32 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 up 0.3% flat
33 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 down 5.9% falling
34 Malta 0.7% 2016 down 4.4% flat
35 Chile 0.7% 2017 down 0.8% flat
36 Colombia 0.7% 2021 up 1.2% rising
37 Croatia 0.7% 2016 down 0.9% flat
38 Spain 0.7% 2016 down 4.9% flat
39 Greece 0.7% 2016 down 3.3% flat
40 Paraguay 0.7% 2021 up 0.9% rising
41 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 down 1.6% falling
42 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 down 7.0% flat
43 Hungary 0.7% 2016 down 3.8% flat
44 Zambia 0.7% 2015 up 1.2% falling
45 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 1.6% rising
46 Egypt 0.7% 2019 down 1.9% rising
47 Ireland 0.7% 2016 down 7.4% falling
48 Serbia 0.7% 2018 down 3.0% flat
49 Bangladesh 0.7% 2016 up 5.6% rising
50 Iceland 0.7% 2015 down 2.6% flat
51 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2017 down 7.6% flat
52 United States of America 0.7% 2018 down 2.2% flat
53 Estonia 0.7% 2016 down 7.2% flat
54 Namibia 0.7% 2015 up 0.1% rising
55 Belgium 0.7% 2003 down 1.1% flat
56 Armenia 0.7% 2020 down 7.0% falling
57 Germany 0.7% 2011 down 2.4% flat
58 Portugal 0.7% 2016 down 4.3% flat
59 Denmark 0.7% 2016 down 3.2% flat
60 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7% 2016 down 1.5% flat
61 Tajikistan 0.7% 2013 up 12.1% rising
62 Peru 0.7% 2021 down 1.1% flat
63 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 up 0.9% rising
64 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2021 up 2.7% rising
65 Guatemala 0.7% 2019 up 8.7% rising
66 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 0.9% flat
67 Latvia 0.6% 2016 down 6.6% falling
68 Honduras 0.6% 2019 up 3.6% rising
69 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 4.3% rising
70 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 2.6% flat
71 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 up 4.1% rising
72 Finland 0.6% 2016 down 7.8% falling
73 Sweden 0.6% 2016 down 0.6% flat
74 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 down 1.9% rising
75 Italy 0.6% 2016 down 2.6% falling
76 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 8.6% rising
77 France 0.6% 2016 down 4.0% flat
78 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 8.7% falling
79 Djibouti 0.6% 2017 up 1.0% rising
80 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 16.2% rising
81 Norway 0.6% 2016 down 5.5% falling
82 Ethiopia 0.6% 2021 down 0.2% rising
83 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 down 6.2% falling
84 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 down 12.3% falling
85 Poland 0.6% 2019 down 14.5% falling
86 Ghana 0.6% 2016 down 1.4% rising
87 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 0.8% flat
88 Jordan 0.6% 2016 up 1.5% flat
89 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 down 0.3% rising
90 Malawi 0.6% 2019 up 5.5% flat
91 Madagascar 0.6% 2012 up 0.5% flat
92 Belize 0.6% 1999 up 4.6% flat
93 Palestine, State of 0.6% 2017 down 39.5% falling
94 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2020 down 5.3% rising
95 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 3.9% flat
96 Nigeria 0.6% 2018 down 6.4% flat
97 Senegal 0.6% 2018 down 7.5% flat
98 Uganda 0.6% 2016 up 1.6% flat
99 Mali 0.5% 2018 down 13.5% falling

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Indicator
Working-age population, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban population)
Unit
% of urban population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
99 places, 1,372 data points, 1970–2021
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