Employment in industry in European Union
23.9% of employed people in the European Union worked in industry in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
23.9%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
World, 2025
23.7%
Employment in industry in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.9% | 23.7% |
| 2024 | 24.2% | 23.6% |
| 2023 | 24.3% | 23.5% |
| 2022 | 24.6% | 23.6% |
| 2021 | 24.8% | 23.6% |
| 2020 | 25.0% | 23.3% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | 23.5% |
| 2018 | 25.1% | 23.5% |
| 2017 | 25.1% | 23.4% |
| 2016 | 25.0% | 23.3% |
| 2015 | 25.1% | 23.3% |
| 2014 | 25.1% | 23.5% |
| 2013 | 25.3% | 23.5% |
| 2012 | 25.7% | 23.6% |
| 2011 | 26.0% | 23.2% |
| 2010 | 26.4% | 22.9% |
| 2009 | 27.1% | 22.5% |
| 2008 | 28.3% | 22.6% |
| 2007 | 28.8% | 22.5% |
| 2006 | 28.7% | 21.9% |
| 2005 | 28.7% | 21.4% |
| 2004 | 29.1% | 21.0% |
| 2003 | 29.3% | 20.6% |
| 2002 | 29.9% | 20.6% |
| 2001 | 30.1% | 20.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 24.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 25.1%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 23.7%.
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Employment in services
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Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
6.0%
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Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
15.2%
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Long-term unemployment rate
1.9%
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Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
76.1%
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