Table 5.
Share of individuals able to work from home, by economic activity and by country
| Countries | Activity 1 | Activity 2 | Activity 3 | Activity 4 | Activity 5 | Activity 6 | Activity 7 | Activity 8 | Activity 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 0.007 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.18 |
| Argentina a | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 0.17 |
| Bahamas a | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.12 | |
| Barbados | |||||||||
| Belize | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.16 |
| Bolivia | 0.004 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.37 | 0.20 |
| Brazil | 0.005 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 0.21 |
| Chile | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.18 |
| Colombia | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.22 |
| Costa Rica | 0.02 | 0.003 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 0.19 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.005 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.19 |
| Ecuador | 0.006 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.16 |
| El Salvador | 0.008 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.30 | 0.13 |
| Guatemala | 0.006 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.16 |
| Jamaica | 0.002 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.17 |
| Mexico | 0.007 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.37 | 0.15 |
| Nicaragua | 0.002 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.39 | 0.15 |
| Paraguay | 0.005 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.17 |
| Peru | 0.002 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.37 | 0.19 |
| Uruguay | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 0.17 |
| Venezuela | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.16 |
Source: Harmonised Household Surveys of Latin America and the Caribbean, authors’ own calculations
Notes: Activity 1 refers to “Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing”, activity 2 refers to “Mining and quarrying”, activity 3 refers to “Manufacturing industries”, activity 4 refers to “Electricity, gas and water”, activity 5 refers to “Construction”, activity 6 refers to “Wholesale and retail trade”, activity 7 refers to “Transport and storage”, activity 8 refers to “Financial insurance and real estate” and activity 9 refers to “Social and community services”. The shares for the entire LAC region have been calculated as a weighted average of the population in each country, excluding Argentina and the Bahamas, which are not representative at the national level. When the information was not available, we leave the cells as empty
a Sample restricted to urban areas