Share of workers who can work from home (potential)

This statistic estimates the share of a country’s employed workers whose jobs can, in principle, be performed from home. It is modeled by mapping detailed occupation and industry information to a “work-from-home feasibility” classification (based on job-task requirements) and then applying this mapping to each country’s employment structure.

The measure is interesting because it captures a modern form of economic resilience and inequality: economies with more teleworkable jobs can maintain more activity during shocks (pandemics, conflicts, disasters) and may offer greater flexibility—while countries with employment concentrated in agriculture, manufacturing, and in-person services typically have far lower work-from-home potential.