Industry jobs as a share of total employment in East Timor
East Timor: Industry jobs as a share of total employment was 3.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Industry jobs as a share of total employment in East Timor, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 3.8% for industry jobs as a share of total employment in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 69.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, industry jobs as a share of total employment in East Timor peaked at 13.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2023.
That places East Timor 184th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Industry jobs as a share of total employment in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.5% | — |
| 1992 | 6.9% | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 7.3% | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 7.5% | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 7.7% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 8.0% | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 8.0% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 7.6% | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 8.2% | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 8.9% | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 9.3% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 8.4% | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 7.7% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 7.1% | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 7.7% | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 9.3% | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 9.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 10.7% | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 11.9% | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 12.4% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 13.1% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | +17.7% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 11.5% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | -64.1% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | -25.1% |
| 2024 | 3.8% | +23.2% |
| 2025 | 3.8% | -0.4% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 3.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.8%, 21% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 3.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 19.9%, 19% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Industry jobs as a share of total employment in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -64.1% | 11.5% | 4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.5% | 6.5% | 8.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 7.1% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 9.3% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 3.1% | 11.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 181 Djibouti 6.7% compare
- 182 Ethiopia 6.4% compare
- 183 Mozambique 6.4% compare
- 185 Burundi 3.1% compare
- 186 South Sudan 1.7% compare
More reference data data for East Timor
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0468 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1475 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1475 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1569 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4255 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9426 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0652 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is industry jobs as a share of total employment in East Timor?
- Industry jobs as a share of total employment in East Timor was 3.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest industry jobs as a share of total employment recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest industry jobs as a share of total employment recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2023.
- How does East Timor rank for industry jobs as a share of total employment?
- East Timor ranks 184th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is industry jobs as a share of total employment rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Industry jobs as a share of total employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of total employment working in the industry sector.