# Countries by employment in industry, 2025

All 181 values come from World Bank for 2025, so the places are comparable. 5 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `employment_industry_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People employed in mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities (ISIC Rev. 4 sections B to F), as a percentage of total employment. ILO modelled estimates, ages 15 and over.
- Source: World Bank, Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.IND.EMPL.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.IND.EMPL.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.IND.EMPL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.IND.EMPL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employment-in-industry/countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oman | 39.4 |
| 2 | Qatar | 38 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 34.9 |
| 4 | Czechia | 34.9 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 34.8 |
| 6 | Iran | 34.7 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 34.5 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 33.3 |
| 9 | Lesotho | 33 |
| 10 | Romania | 32.6 |
| 11 | Algeria | 32.3 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 32 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 36 | Germany | 26 |
| 37 | Malaysia | 26 |
| 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 | Cape 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 |
| 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 |
| 77 | Philippines | 20 |
| 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 |
| 89 | Paraguay | 19 |
| 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 |
| 108 | Norway | 17.8 |
| 109 | Somalia | 17.8 |
| 110 | Malta | 17.7 |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 17.7 |
| 112 | Jamaica | 17.1 |
| 113 | Nigeria | 17 |
| 114 | Panama | 17 |
| 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 | U.S. 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 |
| 139 | Comoros | 14.8 |
| 140 | Bahamas | 14.8 |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 14.7 |
| 142 | Cameroon | 14.6 |
| 143 | French Polynesia | 14.3 |
| 144 | Côte d’Ivoire | 14.3 |
| 145 | Guinea | 14.2 |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 14 |
| 147 | Singapore | 14 |
| 148 | Netherlands | 13.8 |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 13.4 |
| 150 | Eritrea | 12.7 |
| 151 | Fiji | 12.7 |
| 152 | Moldova | 12.6 |
| 153 | Kenya | 12.5 |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 11.5 |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 11.5 |
| 156 | Yemen | 11.1 |
| 157 | Macao | 11 |
| 158 | Zambia | 10.3 |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 10 |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.9 |
| 161 | Madagascar | 9.9 |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.7 |
| 163 | Niger | 9.3 |
| 164 | Haiti | 8.8 |
| 165 | Mali | 8.6 |
| 166 | Chad | 8.5 |
| 167 | Liberia | 8.3 |
| 168 | Tanzania | 8.1 |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8 |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 7.9 |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 7.6 |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 7.6 |
| 173 | Laos | 7.4 |
| 174 | Malawi | 7.3 |
| 175 | Uganda | 7.3 |
| 176 | Angola | 7.2 |
| 177 | Djibouti | 6.7 |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 6.4 |
| 179 | Mozambique | 6.4 |
| 180 | Timor-Leste | 3.8 |
| 181 | Burundi | 3.1 |