Employment in industry (% of total 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
39.4%
Oman
Lowest
1.7%
South Sudan
Median
18.9%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 39.4% in Oman; the lowest is 1.7% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.9%, and the mean is 19.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 77.2%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 69.4%).
Employment in industry (% of total employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 39.4% | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Qatar | 38.0% | 2025 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 34.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 4 | Czechia | 34.9% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 5 | Vietnam | 34.8% | 2025 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 6 | Iran | 34.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 7 | Slovakia | 34.5% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 8 | Tunisia | 33.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Lesotho | 33.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 32.6% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 11 | Algeria | 32.3% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 32.0% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 13 | China | 31.8% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 14 | Nepal | 31.3% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 15 | Guyana | 31.1% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 31.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 30.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.6% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 30.6% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 20 | Hungary | 30.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 21 | Poland | 30.0% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 22 | Palestine | 29.9% | 2022 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 23 | Egypt | 29.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 24 | Cambodia | 28.9% | 2025 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 28.6% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 27.9% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 27.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 28 | Serbia | 27.1% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.8% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 30 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 31 | Iraq | 26.5% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 26.4% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 33 | Croatia | 26.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 26.3% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 35 | Suriname | 26.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 26.0% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 37 | Germany | 26.0% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 38 | Malaysia | 26.0% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 39 | Lithuania | 25.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 40 | Russia | 25.8% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 41 | India | 25.8% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 42 | Pakistan | 25.3% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 25.2% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 44 | Syria | 25.2% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 45 | Austria | 24.6% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 46 | Kuwait | 24.6% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 24.6% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 24.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Mexico | 24.5% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.2% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 51 | Morocco | 23.8% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 52 | South Korea | 23.4% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 53 | Tonga | 23.3% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 54 | Japan | 23.2% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 55 | El Salvador | 23.1% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 23.1% | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 23.1% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 23.1% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 22.7% | 2025 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 60 | Indonesia | 22.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | Senegal | 22.5% | 2025 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 63 | North Korea | 22.4% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 22.2% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 65 | Albania | 22.0% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 66 | Latvia | 21.8% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 67 | Honduras | 21.6% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 21.5% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 69 | Armenia | 21.3% | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 70 | Argentina | 21.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.1% | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 72 | Finland | 20.8% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 73 | South Africa | 20.8% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 20.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 75 | Mauritius | 20.6% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 76 | Brunei | 20.4% | 2025 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 77 | Brazil | 20.2% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 78 | Lebanon | 20.1% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 79 | Colombia | 20.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 80 | Philippines | 20.0% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 81 | New Zealand | 19.9% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 19.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 83 | Spain | 19.9% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 84 | Bolivia | 19.8% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 19.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 86 | Congo | 19.5% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 87 | France | 19.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 88 | Australia | 19.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 89 | Guam | 19.3% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 90 | Belgium | 19.2% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 19.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 19.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 93 | United States | 18.9% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 18.9% | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 95 | Gabon | 18.9% | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 96 | Denmark | 18.8% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 97 | Gambia | 18.8% | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 98 | Uruguay | 18.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 99 | Canada | 18.7% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 100 | Libya | 18.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 18.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 102 | Rwanda | 18.4% | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 103 | Benin | 18.3% | 2025 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 104 | Ghana | 18.3% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 105 | Iceland | 18.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | Montenegro | 18.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 107 | Ireland | 18.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 108 | Togo | 18.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 109 | Myanmar | 18.2% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 110 | Bangladesh | 18.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 111 | Norway | 17.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 112 | Somalia | 17.8% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 113 | Malta | 17.7% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 17.7% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 115 | Jamaica | 17.1% | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 116 | Nigeria | 17.0% | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 17.0% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 118 | Maldives | 16.9% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 119 | Cuba | 16.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 16.9% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 121 | Sweden | 16.8% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 122 | Peru | 16.8% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 123 | Venezuela | 16.8% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 16.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 125 | Ecuador | 16.6% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 126 | Georgia | 16.6% | 2025 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 127 | United States Virgin Islands | 16.6% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 128 | Namibia | 16.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 129 | Greece | 16.3% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 130 | Cyprus | 16.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 16.2% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 16.2% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 133 | Jordan | 16.1% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 134 | Samoa | 15.9% | 2025 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 135 | United Kingdom | 15.9% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 136 | Bhutan | 15.9% | 2025 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 137 | Botswana | 15.8% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 15.5% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 139 | Belize | 15.3% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 140 | Israel | 15.1% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 141 | Mauritania | 15.0% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 142 | Comoros | 14.8% | 2025 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 143 | Bahamas | 14.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 14.7% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 145 | Cameroon | 14.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 146 | French Polynesia | 14.3% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.3% | 2025 | up 67.4% | falling |
| 148 | Guinea | 14.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 149 | Hong Kong | 14.0% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 150 | Singapore | 14.0% | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 151 | Sudan | 14.0% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 152 | Netherlands | 13.8% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 13.4% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 154 | Eritrea | 12.7% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 155 | Fiji | 12.7% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 156 | Moldova | 12.6% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 157 | Kenya | 12.5% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 11.5% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 11.5% | 2025 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 160 | Yemen | 11.1% | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 161 | Macao | 11.0% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 162 | Zambia | 10.3% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 10.0% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.9% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 165 | Madagascar | 9.9% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.7% | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 167 | Niger | 9.3% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 168 | Haiti | 8.8% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 169 | Mali | 8.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 170 | Chad | 8.5% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 171 | Liberia | 8.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 172 | Tanzania | 8.1% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.0% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 7.9% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 7.6% | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 7.6% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 177 | Laos | 7.4% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 178 | Malawi | 7.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 179 | Uganda | 7.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 180 | Angola | 7.2% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 181 | Djibouti | 6.7% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 6.4% | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 183 | Mozambique | 6.4% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 184 | East Timor | 3.8% | 2025 | down 69.4% | rising |
| 185 | Burundi | 3.1% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 186 | South Sudan | 1.7% | 2023 | down 19.2% | 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 30.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 29.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 29.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 29.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 28.5%
- Upper middle income 27.7%
- IBRD only 27.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 26.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 26.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 26.6%
- Arab World 26.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.0%
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).