Which Country Has the Most Workers in Industry?

Employment In Industry (As % of Total Workforce) (%), 2020
Labour | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2020, Qatar ranked the highest in Employment In Industry (As % of Total Workforce) with 54.4% followed by Turkmenistan and Lesotho. On the other end of the scale was Burundi with 1.43%, Chad with 2.10% and Somalia with 3.55%.

Average Employment In Industry (As % of Total Workforce) reached 23.1% in 2020 in the World. This is 1.8 % less than in the previous year and 2.18 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average Employment In Industry (As % of Total Workforce) reached an all time high of 23.3% in 2012 and an all time low of 20.3% in 2002. The average annual growth amounted to 0.153 % since 1962.

Data for more countries are available at Employment In Industry (As % of Total Workforce) indicator page.

Employment In Industry (As % of Total Workforce) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Bahrain % 35.4% 35.3% 35.1% 35.0% 35.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina % 29.5% 32.1% 31.7% 33.1% 30.6%
Burkina Faso % 21.9% 22.1% 22.3% 22.6% 22.6%
Czechia % 38.1% 37.5% 37.2% 37.2% 36.8%
Hungary % 31.5% 32.4% 32.1% 31.9% 31.4%
Lesotho % 33.9% 34.0% 34.4% 34.4% 34.7%
Oman % 43.4% 46.2% 44.7% 43.1% 42.1%
Palestine % 30.9% 31.3% 30.4% 30.6% 31.9% ...
Poland % 31.7% 31.8% 32.1% 31.7% 30.9%
Qatar % 54.5% 50.8% 47.1% 44.3% 40.9%
Slovakia % 37.2% 36.5% 36.1% 36.6% 36.5%
Slovenia % 33.3% 33.4% 34.1% 34.1% 30.0%
Tunisia % 33.3% 34.0% 34.6% 34.1% 34.0%
Turkmenistan % 31.9% 32.4% 33.0% 33.2% 33.3%
United Arab Emirates % 33.5% 34.6% 28.8% 27.6% 29.7%