Employment in industry in Indonesia

22.5% of employed people in Indonesia 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
Indonesia, 2025 22.5% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 22.3%
World, 2025 23.7% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 23.1% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 58th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Indonesia 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 IndonesiaWorld
2025 22.5% 23.7%
2024 22.3% 23.6%
2023 22.0% 23.5%
2022 21.9% 23.6%
2021 21.8% 23.6%
2020 21.6% 23.3%
2019 22.4% 23.5%
2018 22.4% 23.5%
2017 22.1% 23.4%
2016 21.8% 23.3%
2015 22.1% 23.3%
2014 21.5% 23.5%
2013 21.1% 23.5%
2012 20.7% 23.6%
2011 19.6% 23.2%
2010 18.3% 22.9%
2009 17.9% 22.5%
2008 18.1% 22.6%
2007 17.5% 22.5%
2006 17.3% 21.9%
2005 17.5% 21.4%
2004 16.8% 21.0%
2003 16.5% 20.6%
2002 17.5% 20.6%
2001 17.6% 20.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 22.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 22.1%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Indonesia has the 58th 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 Indonesia
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