Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
0.5%
Slovakia
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.3%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,282

What the numbers show

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Slovakia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 467.7%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 71.9%).

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovakia 0.5% 2016 up 2.1% flat
2 Czechia 0.5% 2016 down 3.4% flat
3 Poland 0.5% 2019 up 4.6% rising
4 Slovenia 0.4% 2016 down 9.5% falling
5 Austria 0.4% 2003 down 3.3% flat
6 Croatia 0.4% 2016 up 3.8% flat
7 Estonia 0.4% 2016 down 15.3% falling
8 Hungary 0.4% 2016 down 8.0% falling
9 China 0.4% 2013 up 29.8% rising
10 Bulgaria 0.4% 2016 down 6.0% flat
11 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 30.8% rising
11 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 30.8% rising
13 Italy 0.4% 2016 down 5.6% flat
14 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2021 up 69.5% rising
15 Germany 0.4% 2011 down 16.0% falling
16 Romania 0.4% 2016 down 15.1% falling
17 Mexico 0.4% 2020 up 2.4% flat
18 Palestine, State of 0.4% 2017 up 34.5% falling
19 Lithuania 0.4% 2016 down 13.6% flat
20 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 16.4% rising
21 Ukraine 0.4% 2013 up 15.3% flat
22 Belgium 0.4% 2003 down 11.7% falling
23 Portugal 0.3% 2016 down 20.5% falling
24 Korea 0.3% 2017 up 0.6% flat
25 Latvia 0.3% 2016 down 17.9% flat
26 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2017 down 2.2% flat
27 Finland 0.3% 2016 down 12.0% falling
28 Mauritius 0.3% 2012 down 8.4% flat
29 Norway 0.3% 2016 up 17.4% rising
30 Iceland 0.3% 2013 up 12.6% flat
31 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 14.1% rising
32 Namibia 0.3% 2015 up 467.7% rising
33 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 96.3% rising
34 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2006 up 9.2% falling
35 Chile 0.3% 2017 down 7.5% flat
36 Puerto Rico 0.3% 2005 up 24.7% falling
37 Argentina 0.3% 2021 down 7.0% falling
38 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3% 2021 up 3.5% rising
39 Mongolia 0.3% 2016 up 34.6% rising
40 Türkiye 0.3% 2019 up 2.3% rising
41 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3% 2016 down 8.3% falling
42 Denmark 0.3% 2016 down 10.0% falling
43 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 15.7% rising
44 Spain 0.3% 2016 down 28.0% falling
45 South Africa 0.3% 2020 down 13.4% falling
46 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 23.4% rising
47 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 up 61.7% rising
48 Sweden 0.3% 2016 down 20.7% falling
49 Brazil 0.3% 2021 down 6.3% falling
50 United States of America 0.3% 2018 down 5.1% falling
51 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 26.9% rising
52 Malta 0.3% 2016 down 9.2% flat
53 Albania 0.3% 2019 up 6.3% rising
54 Armenia 0.3% 2020 down 5.3% flat
55 India 0.3% 2019 up 8.9% rising
56 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 8.2% rising
57 France 0.3% 2016 down 31.5% falling
58 Philippines 0.3% 2019 up 43.2% rising
59 Cyprus 0.3% 2016 down 28.2% falling
60 Thailand 0.3% 2021 up 12.1% rising
61 El Salvador 0.3% 2017 down 6.7% falling
62 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 128.6% rising
63 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 27.5% falling
64 Ireland 0.2% 2016 down 28.3% falling
65 Peru 0.2% 2021 up 4.0% rising
66 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 down 18.6% falling
67 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 down 4.8% falling
68 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 100.8% rising
69 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 up 2.2% rising
70 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 48.7% rising
71 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 7.9% rising
72 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 down 17.4% falling
73 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 2.3% rising
74 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 down 23.2% falling
75 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 5.2% falling
76 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 up 8.1% rising
77 Gambia 0.2% 2020 down 12.5% rising
78 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 down 26.5% falling
79 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 1.3% rising
80 Greece 0.2% 2016 down 28.3% falling
81 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 74.7% rising
82 Belize 0.2% 1999 down 22.0% falling
83 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 25.0% rising
84 Georgia 0.2% 2013 down 6.3% falling
85 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 14.9% rising
86 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 54.0% rising
87 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 44.2% rising
88 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 8.4% rising
89 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 20.2% rising
90 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 5.0% flat
91 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 49.3% rising
92 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 71.9% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,282 data points, 1970–2021
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