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

Countries reporting
94
Highest
0.4%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,370

What the numbers show

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 177.8%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 77.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 0.4% 2016 down 4.2% falling
2 Slovakia 0.4% 2016 up 2.9% falling
3 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 up 12.0% rising
4 Poland 0.3% 2019 up 5.4% rising
5 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 38.3% rising
5 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 38.3% rising
7 Slovenia 0.3% 2016 down 15.7% falling
8 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2017 up 36.4% falling
9 China 0.3% 2013 up 30.8% rising
10 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 down 9.6% flat
11 Romania 0.3% 2016 down 21.1% falling
12 Croatia 0.3% 2016 up 3.2% flat
13 Hungary 0.3% 2016 down 8.7% falling
14 Mauritius 0.3% 2012 down 20.9% falling
15 Mexico 0.3% 2020 up 1.9% flat
16 Estonia 0.3% 2016 down 18.4% falling
17 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 22.6% rising
18 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 15.8% rising
19 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2021 up 78.7% rising
20 Italy 0.3% 2016 down 12.2% falling
21 Austria 0.3% 2016 down 16.0% falling
22 Ukraine 0.3% 2013 down 14.6% falling
23 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2017 down 3.5% falling
24 Türkiye 0.3% 2019 up 0.0% rising
25 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 16.6% rising
26 Lithuania 0.3% 2016 down 20.1% falling
27 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 94.1% rising
28 Portugal 0.3% 2016 down 22.7% falling
29 Germany 0.3% 2011 down 21.9% falling
30 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2017 down 3.3% flat
31 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 30.9% rising
32 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 down 0.7% falling
33 India 0.2% 2019 up 5.6% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2020 up 15.8% rising
35 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 23.2% rising
36 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 55.5% rising
37 Latvia 0.2% 2016 down 22.1% falling
38 Mongolia 0.2% 2016 down 0.3% rising
39 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 up 5.7% falling
40 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 12.7% rising
41 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 7.8% falling
42 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 70.5% rising
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2021 up 1.4% rising
44 Finland 0.2% 2016 down 15.3% falling
45 Iceland 0.2% 2013 up 5.7% flat
46 Norway 0.2% 2016 up 17.1% rising
47 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 6.7% falling
48 Argentina 0.2% 2021 down 12.9% falling
49 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 up 5.0% flat
50 South Africa 0.2% 2020 down 13.1% falling
51 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 3.0% flat
52 Chile 0.2% 2017 down 16.8% falling
53 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 0.5% flat
54 Brazil 0.2% 2021 down 6.1% falling
55 Belgium 0.2% 2016 down 16.4% falling
56 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 7.5% rising
57 Spain 0.2% 2016 down 32.3% falling
58 Malta 0.2% 2016 down 15.1% falling
59 Denmark 0.2% 2016 down 14.9% falling
60 Philippines 0.2% 2019 up 31.7% rising
61 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2016 down 10.7% falling
62 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 4.9% rising
63 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 down 4.6% falling
64 United States of America 0.2% 2018 down 4.4% falling
65 Sweden 0.2% 2016 down 21.5% falling
66 Australia 0.2% 2015 down 7.6% falling
67 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 down 9.7% rising
68 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 4.8% flat
69 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 6.9% rising
70 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 down 26.2% falling
71 Belize 0.2% 1999 down 20.0% falling
72 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 177.8% volatile
73 Ireland 0.2% 2016 down 25.9% falling
74 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 33.4% falling
75 Peru 0.2% 2021 down 1.5% rising
76 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 down 23.2% falling
77 France 0.2% 2016 down 36.6% falling
78 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 down 33.1% falling
79 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 46.6% rising
80 Greece 0.2% 2016 down 28.9% falling
81 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 down 27.9% falling
82 Gambia 0.1% 2020 down 2.8% rising
83 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 2.0% rising
84 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 28.4% falling
85 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 29.8% rising
86 Georgia 0.1% 2013 down 0.9% flat
87 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 48.1% rising
88 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 46.5% volatile
89 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 16.5% rising
90 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 6.8% rising
91 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 22.1% rising
92 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 39.9% rising
93 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 up 51.8% rising
94 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 77.3% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,370 data points, 1970–2021
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