Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Moldova

Moldova: Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male was 0.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.9%
Change on year
up 14.9%
World rank
34th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2021
All-time low
0.3%
in 2018
Years of data
17
1998–2021

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Moldova, 1998–2021

00.20.40.60.81998200920211998: 0.424 % of male employed youth aged 15-242002: 0.674 % of male employed youth aged 15-242006: 0.488 % of male employed youth aged 15-242007: 0.549 % of male employed youth aged 15-242008: 0.519 % of male employed youth aged 15-242009: 0.477 % of male employed youth aged 15-242010: 0.452 % of male employed youth aged 15-242011: 0.477 % of male employed youth aged 15-242012: 0.445 % of male employed youth aged 15-242013: 0.465 % of male employed youth aged 15-242014: 0.447 % of male employed youth aged 15-242015: 0.377 % of male employed youth aged 15-242016: 0.429 % of male employed youth aged 15-242017: 0.408 % of male employed youth aged 15-242018: 0.33 % of male employed youth aged 15-242019: 0.777 % of male employed youth aged 15-242021: 0.892 % of male employed youth aged 15-24

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

Analysis

Moldova recorded 0.9% for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in 2021. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 87.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Moldova peaked at 0.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2018.

That places Moldova 34th out of 90 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Moldova, year by year

Annual values for Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male (% of male employed youth aged 15-24) in Moldova, 1998 to 2021.
Year % of male employed youth aged 15-24 Change
1998 0.4%
2002 0.7% +58.8%
2006 0.5% -27.6%
2007 0.5% +12.6%
2008 0.5% -5.5%
2009 0.5% -8.0%
2010 0.5% -5.3%
2011 0.5% +5.5%
2012 0.4% -6.7%
2013 0.5% +4.6%
2014 0.4% -4.0%
2015 0.4% -15.7%
2016 0.4% +13.9%
2017 0.4% -4.9%
2018 0.3% -19.1%
2019 0.8% +135.5%
2021 0.9% +14.9%

Moldova compared with similar countries

  • Moldova's 0.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7%, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
  • Moldova's 0.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 95% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Moldova 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
2019 +135.5% 0.3% 0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.7% 5
2010s 0.5% 0.3% 0.8% 10
2020s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1

Countries ranked near Moldova

  1. 31 Poland 0.9% compare
  2. 32 Palestine 0.9% compare
  3. 33 Croatia 0.9% compare
  4. 35 Ukraine 0.9% compare
  5. 36 Bulgaria 0.9% compare
  6. 37 South Africa 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Moldova?
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Moldova was 0.9% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male recorded in Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
What is the lowest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male recorded in Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2018.
How does Moldova rank for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male?
Moldova ranks 34th out of 90 countries with data for 2021.
Is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male rising or falling in Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is up 87.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Moldova data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male (% of male employed youth aged 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male (% of male employed youth aged 15-24)
Unit
% of male employed youth aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
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