Employment in industry in Belarus

31.1% of employed people in Belarus worked in industry in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Belarus, 2025 31.1% % of total employment
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 31.0%
World, 2025 23.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 16th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Belarus over time

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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment in industry (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period BelarusWorld
2025 31.1% 23.7%
2024 31.0% 23.6%
2023 31.0% 23.5%
2022 30.9% 23.6%
2021 30.5% 23.6%
2020 30.6% 23.3%
2019 30.4% 23.5%
2018 30.6% 23.5%
2017 30.8% 23.4%
2016 31.5% 23.3%
2015 32.2% 23.3%
2014 32.4% 23.5%
2013 32.9% 23.5%
2012 33.2% 23.6%
2011 33.6% 23.2%
2010 33.9% 22.9%
2009 34.0% 22.5%
2008 34.6% 22.6%
2007 34.3% 22.5%
2006 34.3% 21.9%
2005 34.1% 21.4%
2004 34.0% 21.0%
2003 33.9% 20.6%
2002 33.9% 20.6%
2001 34.1% 20.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 31.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 32.2%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Belarus has the 16th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 23.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.IND.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Belarus
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates