Employment in industry in Georgia
16.6% of employed people in Georgia worked in industry in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Georgia, 2025
16.6%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
23.7%
Position in 2025
123rd of 182
Employment in industry in Georgia 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 | Georgia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.6% | 23.7% |
| 2024 | 16.4% | 23.6% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | 23.5% |
| 2022 | 15.0% | 23.6% |
| 2021 | 13.9% | 23.6% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | 23.3% |
| 2019 | 13.4% | 23.5% |
| 2018 | 13.6% | 23.5% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | 23.4% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | 23.3% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | 23.3% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | 23.5% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | 23.5% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | 23.6% |
| 2011 | 10.4% | 23.2% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | 22.9% |
| 2009 | 9.7% | 22.5% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | 22.6% |
| 2007 | 9.9% | 22.5% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | 21.9% |
| 2005 | 9.4% | 21.4% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | 21.0% |
| 2003 | 8.4% | 20.6% |
| 2002 | 8.5% | 20.6% |
| 2001 | 9.6% | 20.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 16.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 10.5%, the figure has changed by +6.1 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Georgia has the 123rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 23.7%.
More for Georgia
All statistics for Georgia
Employment in agriculture
34.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in services
49.5%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
12.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
30.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
64.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
56.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT