Employment in industry in World
23.7% of employed people in the world worked in industry in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
23.7%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
23.9%
Employment in industry in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.7% | 23.9% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | 24.2% |
| 2023 | 23.5% | 24.3% |
| 2022 | 23.6% | 24.6% |
| 2021 | 23.6% | 24.8% |
| 2020 | 23.3% | 25.0% |
| 2019 | 23.5% | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 23.5% | 25.1% |
| 2017 | 23.4% | 25.1% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | 25.0% |
| 2015 | 23.3% | 25.1% |
| 2014 | 23.5% | 25.1% |
| 2013 | 23.5% | 25.3% |
| 2012 | 23.6% | 25.7% |
| 2011 | 23.2% | 26.0% |
| 2010 | 22.9% | 26.4% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | 27.1% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | 28.3% |
| 2007 | 22.5% | 28.8% |
| 2006 | 21.9% | 28.7% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | 28.7% |
| 2004 | 21.0% | 29.1% |
| 2003 | 20.6% | 29.3% |
| 2002 | 20.6% | 29.9% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | 30.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 23.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 23.3%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 23.9%.
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All statistics for World
Employment in agriculture
25.8%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in services
50.6%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
4.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
12.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
60.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
48.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT