Employment in industry in Cambodia

28.9% of employed people in Cambodia worked in industry in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cambodia, 2025 28.9% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 28.4%
World, 2025 23.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 23rd of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Cambodia 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 CambodiaWorld
2025 28.9% 23.7%
2024 28.4% 23.6%
2023 27.6% 23.5%
2022 27.0% 23.6%
2021 26.4% 23.6%
2020 25.1% 23.3%
2019 24.5% 23.5%
2018 25.0% 23.5%
2017 25.5% 23.4%
2016 25.8% 23.3%
2015 24.9% 23.3%
2014 23.8% 23.5%
2013 19.3% 23.5%
2012 17.8% 23.6%
2011 16.5% 23.2%
2010 16.0% 22.9%
2009 15.6% 22.5%
2008 15.7% 22.6%
2007 14.7% 22.5%
2006 14.0% 21.9%
2005 13.2% 21.4%
2004 12.1% 21.0%
2003 11.6% 20.6%
2002 10.9% 20.6%
2001 11.0% 20.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 28.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 24.9%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Cambodia has the 23rd 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 Cambodia
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