Employment in industry in Croatia

26.4% of employed people in Croatia worked in industry in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2017.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Croatia, 2025 26.4% % of total employment
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 26.7%
European Union, 2025 23.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 24.6% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 32nd of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Croatia 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 CroatiaEuropean Union
2025 26.4% 23.9%
2024 26.7% 24.2%
2023 27.4% 24.3%
2022 27.7% 24.6%
2021 28.5% 24.8%
2020 28.1% 25.0%
2019 27.6% 25.0%
2018 27.3% 25.1%
2017 26.1% 25.1%
2016 26.7% 25.0%
2015 26.6% 25.1%
2014 26.9% 25.1%
2013 27.3% 25.3%
2012 27.5% 25.7%
2011 28.0% 26.0%
2010 27.5% 26.4%
2009 29.0% 27.1%
2008 30.9% 28.3%
2007 30.6% 28.8%
2006 29.3% 28.7%
2005 28.6% 28.7%
2004 29.6% 29.1%
2003 30.3% 29.3%
2002 29.8% 29.9%
2001 29.7% 30.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 26.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Croatia has the 32nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 23.9%.

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 Croatia
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