Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and...
Countries reporting
186
Highest
47.5%
Slovakia
Lowest
2.0%
South Sudan
Median
25.8%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 47.5% in Slovakia; the lowest is 2.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.8%, and the mean is 25.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 94.6%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 63.1%).
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 47.5% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 2 | Czechia | 46.3% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Qatar | 45.5% | 2025 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 43.8% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 5 | Oman | 43.3% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Slovenia | 42.9% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 7 | Belarus | 42.3% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 8 | Bahrain | 41.8% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 41.4% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Hungary | 41.2% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.1% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 40.4% | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 13 | Nepal | 39.3% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 38.6% | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 38.2% | 2025 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 16 | China | 37.7% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 37.4% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 18 | Croatia | 37.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 36.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 20 | Suriname | 36.8% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 36.7% | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 22 | Russia | 36.7% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 36.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 24 | Iran | 36.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 35.9% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 35.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 35.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 35.2% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 35.0% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 35.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 34.3% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 32 | Egypt | 34.1% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 33 | Tunisia | 33.9% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 33.8% | 2022 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 35 | Portugal | 33.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 36 | Algeria | 33.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 37 | South Korea | 32.5% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.5% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 32.3% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 40 | Turkey | 32.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Latvia | 32.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 42 | Finland | 32.1% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 43 | Gambia | 31.9% | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 44 | Cambodia | 31.8% | 2025 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Japan | 31.4% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 46 | New Caledonia | 31.4% | 2025 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.4% | 2025 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 48 | Armenia | 31.2% | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 49 | Lesotho | 31.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 50 | Malaysia | 30.8% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 30.4% | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 52 | Eswatini | 30.0% | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 53 | Kuwait | 29.9% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 29.8% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 55 | Argentina | 29.7% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 56 | India | 29.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 29.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 58 | Mexico | 29.6% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 59 | Australia | 29.5% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 60 | Belgium | 29.2% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 29.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | New Zealand | 29.1% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 63 | Pakistan | 28.8% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 28.6% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 65 | France | 28.5% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 28.4% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 67 | Syria | 28.4% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 28.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 28.3% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 70 | Guam | 28.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 28.0% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 72 | Canada | 27.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 73 | United States | 27.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 27.6% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 75 | Brazil | 27.5% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 76 | Norway | 27.4% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 77 | Denmark | 27.4% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 78 | Iceland | 27.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 27.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 27.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Albania | 26.9% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 26.8% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 83 | Mauritius | 26.8% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 84 | Indonesia | 26.8% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 85 | Jamaica | 26.7% | 2025 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 26.6% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 87 | Brunei | 26.5% | 2025 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 88 | United States Virgin Islands | 26.4% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 26.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 90 | Bolivia | 26.4% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | 26.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 92 | Ireland | 26.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 25.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 94 | Senegal | 25.8% | 2025 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 25.7% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 96 | Bahamas | 25.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 25.3% | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 98 | Barbados | 25.2% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 99 | Thailand | 25.1% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 100 | Cyprus | 25.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 101 | Libya | 25.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 102 | Lebanon | 25.0% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 105 | Malta | 24.8% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 106 | Georgia | 24.7% | 2025 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 107 | Colombia | 24.6% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 108 | Guatemala | 24.6% | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 109 | Gabon | 24.5% | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 24.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 24.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 112 | North Korea | 24.2% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 113 | United Kingdom | 23.9% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.8% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 23.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 23.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 117 | Peru | 22.9% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 118 | Israel | 22.9% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 22.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 120 | Greece | 22.5% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 22.4% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 21.8% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 123 | Ecuador | 21.7% | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 124 | Panama | 21.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 125 | Congo | 21.5% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 126 | Botswana | 21.4% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 127 | Netherlands | 21.1% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 128 | Cuba | 20.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 20.8% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 130 | Ghana | 20.8% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 131 | Tonga | 20.2% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 132 | Venezuela | 20.2% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 20.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 19.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kenya | 19.5% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 19.4% | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 137 | Bhutan | 19.3% | 2025 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Somalia | 18.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 139 | Samoa | 18.9% | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 140 | Moldova | 18.8% | 2025 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 18.7% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 142 | Macao | 18.7% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 18.6% | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 144 | Myanmar | 18.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 145 | Jordan | 18.2% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 146 | Comoros | 18.0% | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 147 | Eritrea | 17.7% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 148 | Nigeria | 17.5% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 149 | Benin | 17.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritania | 17.4% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 151 | Singapore | 17.2% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea | 16.8% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 16.7% | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 154 | Cameroon | 16.6% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 155 | Sudan | 16.5% | 2022 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 156 | Zambia | 16.0% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 157 | Maldives | 15.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 158 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.6% | 2025 | up 39.4% | flat |
| 159 | Togo | 15.6% | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 160 | Fiji | 15.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 14.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 14.6% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.5% | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 12.9% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 165 | Angola | 12.5% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 166 | Liberia | 12.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.5% | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 12.4% | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 169 | Haiti | 12.1% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 170 | Mozambique | 12.0% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 171 | Tanzania | 11.8% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 11.7% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.6% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 174 | Yemen | 11.1% | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 175 | Uganda | 10.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 176 | Madagascar | 10.5% | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 177 | Chad | 10.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 178 | Malawi | 9.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 179 | Mali | 9.3% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 180 | Laos | 8.9% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 181 | Djibouti | 8.8% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 183 | Niger | 7.5% | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 184 | Burundi | 5.8% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 185 | East Timor | 5.8% | 2025 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 186 | South Sudan | 2.0% | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 41.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 35.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 34.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 34.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 34.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 34.0%
- European Union 33.8%
- Upper middle income 33.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 32.8%
- Euro area 32.4%
- IBRD only 32.0%
- Caribbean small states 31.5%
About this data
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).