Employment in industry in Poland

30.0% of employed people in Poland worked in industry in 2025.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Poland, 2025 30.0% % of total employment
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 30.2%
European Union, 2025 23.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 24.6% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 21st of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Poland 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 PolandEuropean Union
2025 30.0% 23.9%
2024 30.2% 24.2%
2023 29.5% 24.3%
2022 30.6% 24.6%
2021 30.7% 24.8%
2020 31.7% 25.0%
2019 32.1% 25.0%
2018 31.8% 25.1%
2017 31.7% 25.1%
2016 31.4% 25.0%
2015 30.5% 25.1%
2014 30.5% 25.1%
2013 30.5% 25.3%
2012 30.4% 25.7%
2011 30.6% 26.0%
2010 30.2% 26.4%
2009 31.0% 27.1%
2008 31.8% 28.3%
2007 30.7% 28.8%
2006 29.9% 28.7%
2005 29.2% 28.7%
2004 28.8% 29.1%
2003 29.2% 29.3%
2002 29.5% 29.9%
2001 30.1% 30.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 30.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 30.5%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 21st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 23.9%.

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 Poland
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