Industry jobs as a share of total employment by country
Share of total employment working in the industry sector.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
39.4%
Oman
Lowest
1.7%
South Sudan
Median
19.0%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Industry jobs as a share of total employment is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 39.4% in Oman; the lowest is 1.7% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.0%, and the mean is 19.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 77.2%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 69.4%).
Industry jobs as a share of total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 39.4% | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Qatar | 38.0% | 2025 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 34.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 4 | Czechia | 34.9% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 5 | Vietnam | 34.8% | 2025 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 6 | Iran | 34.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 7 | Slovakia | 34.5% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 8 | Tunisia | 33.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Lesotho | 33.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 32.6% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 11 | Algeria | 32.3% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 32.0% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 13 | China | 31.8% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 14 | Nepal | 31.3% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 15 | Guyana | 31.1% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 31.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 30.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.6% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 30.6% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 20 | Hungary | 30.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 21 | Poland | 30.0% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 22 | Palestine | 29.9% | 2022 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 23 | Egypt | 29.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 24 | Cambodia | 28.9% | 2025 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 28.6% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 27.9% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 27.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 28 | Serbia | 27.1% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.8% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 30 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 31 | Iraq | 26.5% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 26.4% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 33 | Croatia | 26.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 26.3% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 35 | Suriname | 26.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 26.0% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 37 | Germany | 26.0% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 38 | Malaysia | 26.0% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 39 | Lithuania | 25.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 40 | Russia | 25.8% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 41 | India | 25.8% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 42 | Pakistan | 25.3% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 25.2% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 44 | Syria | 25.2% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 45 | Austria | 24.6% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 46 | Kuwait | 24.6% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 24.6% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 24.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Mexico | 24.5% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.2% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 51 | Morocco | 23.8% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 52 | South Korea | 23.4% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 53 | Tonga | 23.3% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 54 | Japan | 23.2% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 55 | El Salvador | 23.1% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 23.1% | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 23.1% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 23.1% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 22.7% | 2025 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 60 | Indonesia | 22.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | Senegal | 22.5% | 2025 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 63 | North Korea | 22.4% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 22.2% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 65 | Albania | 22.0% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 66 | Latvia | 21.8% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 67 | Honduras | 21.6% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 21.5% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 69 | Armenia | 21.3% | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 70 | Argentina | 21.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.1% | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 72 | Finland | 20.8% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 73 | South Africa | 20.8% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 20.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 75 | Mauritius | 20.6% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 76 | Brunei | 20.4% | 2025 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 77 | Brazil | 20.2% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 78 | Lebanon | 20.1% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 79 | Colombia | 20.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 80 | Philippines | 20.0% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 81 | New Zealand | 19.9% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 19.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 83 | Spain | 19.9% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 84 | Bolivia | 19.8% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 19.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 86 | Congo | 19.5% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 87 | France | 19.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 88 | Australia | 19.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 89 | Guam | 19.3% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 90 | Belgium | 19.2% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 19.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 19.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 93 | United States | 18.9% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 18.9% | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 95 | Gabon | 18.9% | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 96 | Denmark | 18.8% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 97 | Gambia | 18.8% | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 98 | Uruguay | 18.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 99 | Canada | 18.7% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 100 | Libya | 18.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 18.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 102 | Rwanda | 18.4% | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 103 | Benin | 18.3% | 2025 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 104 | Ghana | 18.3% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 105 | Iceland | 18.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | Montenegro | 18.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 108 | Togo | 18.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 109 | Myanmar | 18.2% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 110 | Bangladesh | 18.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 111 | Norway | 17.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 112 | Somalia | 17.8% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 17.7% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 115 | Jamaica | 17.1% | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 116 | Nigeria | 17.0% | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 17.0% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 118 | Maldives | 16.9% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 119 | Cuba | 16.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 16.9% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 121 | Sweden | 16.8% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 122 | Peru | 16.8% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 123 | Venezuela | 16.8% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 16.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 125 | Ecuador | 16.6% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 126 | Georgia | 16.6% | 2025 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 127 | United States Virgin Islands | 16.6% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 128 | Namibia | 16.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 129 | Greece | 16.3% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 130 | Cyprus | 16.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 16.2% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 16.2% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 133 | Jordan | 16.1% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 134 | Samoa | 15.9% | 2025 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 135 | United Kingdom | 15.9% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 136 | Bhutan | 15.9% | 2025 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 137 | Botswana | 15.8% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 15.5% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 139 | Belize | 15.3% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 140 | Israel | 15.1% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 141 | Mauritania | 15.0% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 142 | Comoros | 14.8% | 2025 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 143 | Bahamas | 14.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 14.7% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 145 | Cameroon | 14.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 146 | French Polynesia | 14.3% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.3% | 2025 | up 67.4% | falling |
| 148 | Guinea | 14.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 149 | Hong Kong | 14.0% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 150 | Singapore | 14.0% | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 151 | Sudan | 14.0% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 152 | Netherlands | 13.8% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 13.4% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 154 | Eritrea | 12.7% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 155 | Fiji | 12.7% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 156 | Moldova | 12.6% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 157 | Kenya | 12.5% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 11.5% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 11.5% | 2025 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 160 | Yemen | 11.1% | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 161 | Macao | 11.0% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 162 | Zambia | 10.3% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 10.0% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.9% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 165 | Madagascar | 9.9% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.7% | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 167 | Niger | 9.3% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 168 | Haiti | 8.8% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 169 | Mali | 8.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 170 | Chad | 8.5% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 171 | Liberia | 8.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 172 | Tanzania | 8.1% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.0% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 7.9% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 7.6% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 177 | Laos | 7.4% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 178 | Malawi | 7.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 179 | Uganda | 7.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 180 | Angola | 7.2% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 181 | Djibouti | 6.7% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 6.4% | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 183 | Mozambique | 6.4% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 184 | East Timor | 3.8% | 2025 | down 69.4% | rising |
| 185 | Burundi | 3.1% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 186 | South Sudan | 1.7% | 2023 | down 19.2% | flat |
About this data
Share of total employment working in the industry sector.