Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama

Panama: Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural was 0.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.4%
Change on year
down 18.7%
World rank
66th
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2000
All-time low
0.4%
in 1989
Years of data
26
1989–2021

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama, 1989–2021

00.20.40.61989200520211989: 0.384 % of rural employed youth aged 15-241991: 0.438 % of rural employed youth aged 15-241995: 0.473 % of rural employed youth aged 15-241997: 0.511 % of rural employed youth aged 15-241998: 0.53 % of rural employed youth aged 15-241999: 0.547 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242000: 0.576 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242001: 0.393 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242002: 0.396 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242003: 0.395 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242004: 0.461 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242005: 0.455 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242006: 0.43 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242007: 0.447 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242008: 0.46 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242009: 0.474 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242010: 0.478 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242011: 0.483 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242012: 0.472 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242013: 0.453 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242014: 0.481 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242015: 0.504 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242016: 0.472 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242017: 0.508 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242018: 0.525 % of rural employed youth aged 15-242021: 0.427 % of rural employed youth aged 15-24

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural employed youth aged 15-24.

Analysis

In 2021, youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama stood at 0.4%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.7% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama peaked at 0.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1989.

Panama ranks 66th of 86 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama, year by year

Annual values for Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural employed youth aged 15-24) in Panama, 1989 to 2021.
Year % of rural employed youth aged 15-24 Change
1989 0.4%
1991 0.4% +14.0%
1995 0.5% +8.1%
1997 0.5% +8.0%
1998 0.5% +3.7%
1999 0.5% +3.1%
2000 0.6% +5.3%
2001 0.4% -31.8%
2002 0.4% +1.0%
2003 0.4% -0.4%
2004 0.5% +16.7%
2005 0.5% -1.4%
2006 0.4% -5.4%
2007 0.4% +3.9%
2008 0.5% +3.0%
2009 0.5% +3.0%
2010 0.5% +0.9%
2011 0.5% +1.0%
2012 0.5% -2.2%
2013 0.5% -4.0%
2014 0.5% +6.2%
2015 0.5% +4.6%
2016 0.5% -6.3%
2017 0.5% +7.7%
2018 0.5% +3.4%
2021 0.4% -18.7%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 0.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 46% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 0.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4%, 96% of the median. (19 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2001 -31.8% 0.6% 0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
1990s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 5
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 9
2020s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 63 Türkiye 0.5% compare
  2. 64 Brazil 0.4% compare
  3. 65 Rwanda 0.4% compare
  4. 67 Guatemala 0.4% compare
  5. 68 Colombia 0.4% compare
  6. 69 Uruguay 0.4% compare

See the full ranking of 86 places →

More reference data data for Panama

All data for Panama →

Frequently asked questions

What is youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama?
Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama was 0.4% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2000.
What is the lowest youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1989.
How does Panama rank for youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural?
Panama ranks 66th out of 86 countries with data for 2021.
Is youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural employed youth aged 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama. Statizoid. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/youth-in-non-agricultural-employment-aged-15-24-rural-percent-of-rural-employed-youth/panama/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/youth-in-non-agricultural-employment-aged-15-24-rural-percent-of-rural-employed-youth/panama/">Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural in Panama</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural employed youth aged 15-24)
Unit
% of rural employed youth aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,157 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed