Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, ages 15-24, female (% of female youth in employment) by country

Countries reporting
90
Highest
1.0%
Sweden
Lowest
0.1%
Malawi
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,259

What the numbers show

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, ages 15-24, female (% of female youth in employment) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Sweden; the lowest is 0.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 6,178.8%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 43.4%).

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, ages 15-24, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sweden 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
1 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 up 0.1% flat
1 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 1.0% 2012 up 2.0% flat
1 Malta 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 1.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
1 Slovenia 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% rising
1 Ukraine 1.0% 2013 up 2.0% flat
1 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 1.0% 2003 up 1.2% flat
11 Korea 1.0% 2017 up 0.4% flat
12 Portugal 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
13 Jordan 1.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
14 Argentina 1.0% 2021 down 0.3% flat
15 Cyprus 1.0% 2016 down 0.5% flat
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 0.6% flat
17 Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 0.1% flat
18 Iceland 1.0% 2013 up 1.3% flat
19 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 0.2% flat
20 United States of America 1.0% 2018 down 0.5% flat
21 Estonia 1.0% 2016 up 0.0% flat
22 Croatia 1.0% 2016 up 3.2% flat
23 Kosovo 1.0% 2017 up 0.4% rising
23 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.0% 2017 up 0.4% rising
25 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 0.9% flat
26 France 1.0% 2016 down 1.0% flat
27 Spain 1.0% 2016 up 2.8% flat
28 Latvia 1.0% 2016 down 0.6% rising
29 Czechia 1.0% 2016 down 1.0% flat
30 Austria 1.0% 2003 down 0.7% flat
31 Palestine, State of 1.0% 2017 up 51.8% rising
32 Uruguay 1.0% 2021 up 2.4% flat
33 Lithuania 1.0% 2016 up 0.9% rising
34 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2013 down 0.9% flat
35 Finland 1.0% 2016 down 2.1% flat
36 Denmark 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
37 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.0% 2006 up 0.4% flat
38 Italy 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
39 Poland 1.0% 2019 up 2.7% flat
40 Bulgaria 1.0% 2016 down 0.7% flat
41 Costa Rica 1.0% 2021 up 1.7% flat
42 Greece 1.0% 2016 up 2.6% flat
43 Hungary 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
44 Mexico 0.9% 2020 up 0.1% flat
45 Brazil 0.9% 2021 up 2.8% rising
46 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 13.2% rising
47 Namibia 0.9% 2015 up 72.3% rising
48 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 down 5.2% falling
49 El Salvador 0.9% 2017 down 1.8% rising
50 South Africa 0.9% 2020 down 1.7% rising
51 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 4.1% flat
52 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 0.1% flat
53 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 80.0% falling
54 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 9.6% rising
55 Paraguay 0.9% 2017 up 22.7% flat
56 Tunisia 0.9% 2015 up 16.6% rising
57 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2017 down 5.2% falling
58 Colombia 0.9% 2021 down 1.7% flat
59 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 down 0.2% flat
60 Armenia 0.9% 2020 up 44.5% rising
61 Honduras 0.8% 2017 down 3.6% falling
62 Indonesia 0.8% 2019 up 31.5% rising
63 Guatemala 0.8% 2011 up 4.5% rising
64 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 18.3% rising
65 Egypt 0.8% 2019 up 44.9% rising
66 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 15.1% falling
67 Thailand 0.7% 2021 up 23.8% rising
68 Gambia 0.7% 2020 up 207.2% volatile
69 Bangladesh 0.7% 2016 up 107.4% rising
70 Mongolia 0.7% 2016 up 176.5% rising
71 Cambodia 0.6% 2012 up 112.4% rising
72 Georgia 0.6% 2013 up 75.0% rising
73 Romania 0.6% 2016 up 0.4% rising
74 Peru 0.6% 2021 down 10.6% flat
75 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 volatile
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2021 up 0.7% rising
77 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 down 34.5% falling
78 India 0.5% 2019 up 71.2% rising
79 Rwanda 0.4% 2021 up 124.4% volatile
80 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 88.2% rising
81 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 15.5% falling
82 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 up 82.4% rising
83 Nigeria 0.2% 2012 up 6,178.8% volatile
84 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 104.4% rising
85 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 down 43.4% volatile
86 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 95.2% rising
87 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 10.5% rising
88 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 102.9% rising
89 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 119.0% volatile
90 Malawi 0.1% 2016 up 107.3% volatile

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, ages 15-24, female (% of female youth in employment)
Unit
% of female youth in employment
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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