Employment in industry in Myanmar

18.2% of employed people in Myanmar worked in industry in 2025.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Myanmar, 2025 18.2% % of total employment
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 18.1%
World, 2025 23.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 106th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Myanmar 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 MyanmarWorld
2025 18.2% 23.7%
2024 18.1% 23.6%
2023 18.7% 23.5%
2022 19.0% 23.6%
2021 18.5% 23.6%
2020 18.6% 23.3%
2019 16.6% 23.5%
2018 17.0% 23.5%
2017 15.7% 23.4%
2016 16.2% 23.3%
2015 16.8% 23.3%
2014 16.8% 23.5%
2013 17.3% 23.5%
2012 17.7% 23.6%
2011 18.3% 23.2%
2010 19.2% 22.9%
2009 19.2% 22.5%
2008 18.9% 22.6%
2007 18.7% 22.5%
2006 18.2% 21.9%
2005 17.5% 21.4%
2004 16.7% 21.0%
2003 15.9% 20.6%
2002 15.0% 20.6%
2001 14.2% 20.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 18.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 16.8%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Myanmar has the 106th 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 Myanmar
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