Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban in Palestine

Palestine: Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban was 1.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1.0%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
48th
of 86 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2017
All-time low
0.8%
in 2002
Years of data
14
1998–2017

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban in Palestine, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.811998200720171998: 0.882 % of urban employed youth aged 15-241999: 0.883 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242000: 0.868 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242001: 0.887 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242002: 0.762 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242003: 0.856 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242004: 0.875 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242005: 0.852 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242006: 0.816 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242007: 0.855 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242008: 0.854 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242010: 0.841 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242016: 0.946 % of urban employed youth aged 15-242017: 0.951 % of urban employed youth aged 15-24

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

Analysis

Palestine recorded 1.0% for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban in 2017. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban in Palestine peaked at 1.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2002.

Palestine ranks 48th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban in Palestine, year by year

Annual values for Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban (% of urban employed youth aged 15-24) in Palestine, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of urban employed youth aged 15-24 Change
1998 0.9%
1999 0.9% +0.1%
2000 0.9% -1.7%
2001 0.9% +2.3%
2002 0.8% -14.2%
2003 0.9% +12.4%
2004 0.9% +2.3%
2005 0.9% -2.7%
2006 0.8% -4.3%
2007 0.9% +4.8%
2008 0.9% -0.2%
2010 0.8% -1.4%
2016 0.9% +12.5%
2017 1.0% +0.5%

Palestine compared with similar countries

  • Palestine's 1.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
  • Palestine's 1.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.0%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 2
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 9
2010s 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 3

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 45 Turkey 1.0% compare
  2. 46 Belize 1.0%
  3. 47 Netherlands 1.0% compare
  4. 49 Tunisia 0.9% compare
  5. 50 Dominican Republic 0.9% compare
  6. 51 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban in Palestine?
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban in Palestine was 1.0% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban recorded in Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2017.
What is the lowest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2002.
How does Palestine rank for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban?
Palestine ranks 48th out of 86 countries with data for 2017.
Is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, urban (% of urban 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, urban (% of urban employed youth aged 15-24)
Unit
% of urban employed youth aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,159 data points, 1970–2021
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