Employment in industry in Mozambique

6.4% of employed people in Mozambique worked in industry in 2025.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2025 6.4% % of total employment
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 6.4%
World, 2025 23.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 180th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Mozambique 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 MozambiqueWorld
2025 6.4% 23.7%
2024 6.4% 23.6%
2023 6.4% 23.5%
2022 6.4% 23.6%
2021 6.5% 23.6%
2020 6.7% 23.3%
2019 7.1% 23.5%
2018 7.3% 23.5%
2017 7.4% 23.4%
2016 7.6% 23.3%
2015 7.7% 23.3%
2014 7.1% 23.5%
2013 6.6% 23.5%
2012 6.1% 23.6%
2011 5.6% 23.2%
2010 5.2% 22.9%
2009 4.9% 22.5%
2008 4.6% 22.6%
2007 4.3% 22.5%
2006 4.0% 21.9%
2005 3.8% 21.4%
2004 3.6% 21.0%
2003 3.4% 20.6%
2002 3.3% 20.6%
2001 3.2% 20.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 6.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.7%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Mozambique has the 180th 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 Mozambique
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