ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Belize

Belize: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 39.3 % in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
39.3 %
Change on year
up 8.0%
World rank
26th
of 72 countries
All-time high
39.3 %
in 2019
All-time low
34.6 %
in 2014
Years of data
7
2013–2019

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Belize, 2013–2019

0102030402013201620192013: 37.7 %2014: 34.6 %2015: 38.2 %2016: 37.3 %2017: 37.1 %2018: 36.4 %2019: 39.3 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Belize recorded 39.3 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2019. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.

Belize ranks 26th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Belize, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in Belize, 2013 to 2019.
Year % Change
2013 37.7 %
2014 34.6 % -8.2%
2015 38.2 % +10.4%
2016 37.3 % -2.4%
2017 37.1 % -0.5%
2018 36.4 % -1.9%
2019 39.3 % +8.0%

Countries ranked near Belize

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  2. 24 Sri Lanka 42.5 % compare
  3. 25 Mexico 41.9 % compare
  4. 27 Republic of Korea 38.5 % compare
  5. 27 Rwanda 38.5 %
  6. 29 Costa Rica 34.7 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Belize?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Belize was 39.3 % in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Belize?
The highest recorded value was 39.3 % in 2019.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Belize?
The lowest recorded value was 34.6 % in 2014.
How does Belize rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Belize ranks 26th out of 72 countries with data for 2019.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Belize?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belize data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.