Employment in industry
People working in mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities as a share of all employed people. ILO modelled estimates.
Highest in 2025
39.4%
Oman
Lowest in 2025
3.1%
Burundi
Euro area, 2025
22.6%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
182
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
182 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.7% | 18.9% | 31.8% | 25.8% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | 19.0% | 31.6% | 25.4% |
| 2023 | 23.5% | 19.3% | 31.4% | 25.0% |
| 2022 | 23.6% | 19.3% | 30.9% | 26.1% |
| 2021 | 23.6% | 19.2% | 31.5% | 24.5% |
| 2020 | 23.3% | 19.4% | 31.1% | 23.7% |
| 2019 | 23.5% | 19.8% | 30.8% | 25.3% |
| 2018 | 23.5% | 19.7% | 30.4% | 25.4% |
| 2017 | 23.4% | 19.6% | 30.0% | 25.3% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | 19.6% | 29.6% | 25.2% |
| 2015 | 23.3% | 19.7% | 29.3% | 24.9% |
| 2014 | 23.5% | 19.8% | 29.9% | 24.9% |
| 2013 | 23.5% | 19.8% | 30.1% | 24.8% |
| 2012 | 23.6% | 19.6% | 30.3% | 24.7% |
| 2011 | 23.2% | 19.6% | 29.5% | 23.5% |
| 2010 | 22.9% | 19.5% | 28.7% | 22.4% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | 19.9% | 27.8% | 21.6% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | 21.4% | 27.2% | 20.8% |
| 2007 | 22.5% | 22.0% | 26.8% | 20.3% |
| 2006 | 21.9% | 22.2% | 25.2% | 19.5% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | 22.1% | 23.8% | 19.0% |
| 2004 | 21.0% | 22.2% | 22.5% | 18.4% |
| 2003 | 20.6% | 22.3% | 21.6% | 17.7% |
| 2002 | 20.6% | 22.3% | 21.4% | 17.1% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | 22.5% | 22.3% | 16.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 182 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Oman (39.4%) and the lowest Burundi (3.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 18.9% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 79 countries and fell in 103.
- The figure for the world was 23.7% in 2025, against 23.3% in 2020 (+0.4 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Oman 39.4%
- 2 Qatar 38.0%
- 3 Bahrain 34.9%
- 4 Czechia 34.9%
- 5 Viet Nam 34.8%
- 6 Iran 34.7%
- 7 Slovakia 34.5%
- 8 Tunisia 33.3%
- 9 Lesotho 33.0%
- 10 Romania 32.6%
- 11 Algeria 32.3%
- 12 Slovenia 32.0%
- 13 China 31.8%
- 14 Nepal 31.3%
- 15 Guyana 31.1%
- 16 Belarus 31.1%
- 17 North Macedonia 30.6%
- 18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.6%
- 19 United Arab Emirates 30.6%
- 20 Hungary 30.5%
- 21 Poland 30.0%
- 22 Egypt 29.4%
- 23 Cambodia 28.9%
- 24 Turkmenistan 28.6%
- 25 Bulgaria 27.9%
- 26 Türkiye 27.3%
- 27 Serbia 27.1%
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 26.8%
- 29 Eswatini 26.7%
- 30 Iraq 26.5%
- 31 Italy 26.4%
- 32 Croatia 26.4%
- 33 Sri Lanka 26.3%
- 34 Suriname 26.1%
- 35 Estonia 26.0%
- 36 Germany 26.0%
- 37 Malaysia 26.0%
- 38 Lithuania 25.9%
- 39 Russia 25.8%
- 40 India 25.8%
- 41 Pakistan 25.3%
- 42 Syria 25.2%
- 43 Austria 24.6%
- 44 Kuwait 24.6%
- 45 Uzbekistan 24.6%
- 46 Portugal 24.6%
- 47 Mexico 24.5%
- 48 Trinidad and Tobago 24.2%
- 49 Morocco 23.8%
- 50 South Korea 23.4%
- 51 Tonga 23.3%
- 52 Japan 23.2%
- 53 El Salvador 23.1%
- 54 Mongolia 23.1%
- 55 Saudi Arabia 23.1%
- 56 Cabo Verde 23.1%
- 57 Guatemala 22.7%
- 58 Indonesia 22.5%
- 59 São Tomé and Príncipe 22.5%
- 60 Senegal 22.5%
- 61 North Korea 22.4%
- 62 Thailand 22.2%
- 63 Albania 22.0%
- 64 Latvia 21.8%
- 65 Honduras 21.6%
- 66 Chile 21.5%
- 67 Armenia 21.3%
- 68 Argentina 21.2%
- 69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21.1%
- 70 Finland 20.8%
- 71 South Africa 20.8%
- 72 New Caledonia 20.6%
- 73 Mauritius 20.6%
- 74 Brunei 20.4%
- 75 Brazil 20.2%
- 76 Colombia 20.0%
- 77 Philippines 20.0%
- 78 New Zealand 19.9%
- 79 Kazakhstan 19.9%
- 80 Spain 19.9%
- 81 Bolivia 19.8%
- 82 Switzerland 19.6%
- 83 Republic of the Congo 19.5%
- 84 France 19.3%
- 85 Australia 19.3%
- 86 Guam 19.3%
- 87 Belgium 19.2%
- 88 Dominican Republic 19.0%
- 89 Paraguay 19.0%
- 90 United States 18.9%
- 91 Afghanistan 18.9%
- 92 Gabon 18.9%
- 93 Denmark 18.8%
- 94 Gambia 18.8%
- 95 Uruguay 18.8%
- 96 Canada 18.7%
- 97 Libya 18.6%
- 98 Costa Rica 18.5%
- 99 Rwanda 18.4%
- 100 Benin 18.3%
- 101 Ghana 18.3%
- 102 Iceland 18.2%
- 103 Montenegro 18.2%
- 104 Ireland 18.2%
- 105 Togo 18.2%
- 106 Myanmar 18.2%
- 107 Bangladesh 18.0%
- 108 Norway 17.8%
- 109 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 17.8%
- 110 Malta 17.7%
- 111 Tajikistan 17.7%
- 112 Jamaica 17.1%
- 113 Nigeria 17.0%
- 114 Panama 17.0%
- 115 Maldives 16.9%
- 116 Cuba 16.9%
- 117 Nicaragua 16.9%
- 118 Sweden 16.8%
- 119 Peru 16.8%
- 120 Venezuela 16.8%
- 121 Burkina Faso 16.7%
- 122 Ecuador 16.6%
- 123 Georgia 16.6%
- 124 US Virgin Islands 16.6%
- 125 Namibia 16.5%
- 126 Greece 16.3%
- 127 Cyprus 16.3%
- 128 Saint Lucia 16.2%
- 129 Barbados 16.2%
- 130 Jordan 16.1%
- 131 Samoa 15.9%
- 132 United Kingdom 15.9%
- 133 Bhutan 15.9%
- 134 Botswana 15.8%
- 135 Azerbaijan 15.5%
- 136 Belize 15.3%
- 137 Israel 15.1%
- 138 Mauritania 15.0%
- 139 Comoros 14.8%
- 140 Bahamas 14.8%
- 141 Puerto Rico (US) 14.7%
- 142 Cameroon 14.6%
- 143 French Polynesia 14.3%
- 144 Côte d'Ivoire 14.3%
- 145 Guinea 14.2%
- 146 Hong Kong SAR, China 14.0%
- 147 Singapore 14.0%
- 148 Netherlands 13.8%
- 149 Central African Republic 13.4%
- 150 Eritrea 12.7%
- 151 Fiji 12.7%
- 152 Channel Islands 12.6%
- 153 Moldova 12.6%
- 154 Kenya 12.5%
- 155 Zimbabwe 11.5%
- 156 Sierra Leone 11.5%
- 157 Yemen 11.1%
- 158 Macao SAR, China 11.0%
- 159 Zambia 10.3%
- 160 Vanuatu 10.0%
- 161 Equatorial Guinea 9.9%
- 162 Madagascar 9.9%
- 163 Guinea-Bissau 9.7%
- 164 Niger 9.3%
- 165 Haiti 8.8%
- 166 Mali 8.6%
- 167 Chad 8.5%
- 168 Liberia 8.3%
- 169 Tanzania 8.1%
- 170 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.0%
- 171 Papua New Guinea 7.9%
- 172 Luxembourg 7.6%
- 173 Solomon Islands 7.6%
- 174 Laos 7.4%
- 175 Malawi 7.3%
- 176 Uganda 7.3%
- 177 Angola 7.2%
- 178 Djibouti 6.7%
- 179 Ethiopia 6.4%
- 180 Mozambique 6.4%
- 181 Timor-Leste 3.8%
- 182 Burundi 3.1%
- East Asia and Pacific 28.5%
- Euro area 22.6%
- Europe and Central Asia 23.7%
- European Union 23.9%
- Latin America and Caribbean 20.5%
- Middle East and North Africa 26.6%
- North America 18.9%
- OECD members 21.7%
- South Asia 25.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 12.2%
- World 23.7%
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