Data for 1992

Employment in Industry, 1992

Name: Employment in Industry, 1992
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1992, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 1992 covers 187 countries. Czechia is highest, at 47.055; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.738. The middle country reads 22.102. Against 1991, 187 values changed (58 up, 129 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 1992

HighestCzechia

47.055

LowestSouth Sudan

1.738

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

187countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Employment in Industry, 1992, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Employment in Industry, 1992: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	47.055
2	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	43.795
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42.944
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	40.402
5	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	39.450
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	39.090
7	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.409
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	38.196
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	38.024
10	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.483
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36.911
12	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.804
13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	35.523
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.278
15	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34.918
16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	34.630
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34.601
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.592
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.276
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33.517
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	33.448
22	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.065
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.160
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	32.159
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.708
26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.320
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	30.963
28	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.557
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	30.239
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	30.018
31	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	29.950
32	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	29.932
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	29.809
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	29.379
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.377
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	29.171
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	28.848
38	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.577
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	28.285
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.082
41	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	27.908
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.836
43	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.785
44	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.484
45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	27.366
46	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	27.074
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	26.957
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.854
49	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.838
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.734
51	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	26.699
52	Chile`CHL`South America	26.649
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	26.612
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.332
55	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	26.178
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.035
57	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.940
58	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25.839
59	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25.775
60	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.658
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.622
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	25.551
63	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25.431
64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25.092
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.823
66	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	24.809
67	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.742
68	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	24.682
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.660
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.562
71	Colombia`COL`South America	24.533
72	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.479
73	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	24.313
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.200
75	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	24.182
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.150
77	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	24.057
78	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	23.970
79	United States`USA`Northern America	23.856
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.849
81	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	23.802
82	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23.728
83	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	23.712
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.666
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23.610
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.529
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.438
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.387
89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	23.381
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	23.253
91	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	23.230
92	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	23.199
93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.182
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.102
95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.061
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.056
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.914
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.812
99	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	21.790
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.700
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.623
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.392
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.324
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.950
105	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	20.930
106	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	20.864
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	20.802
108	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.636
109	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.351
110	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	20.347
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	19.668
112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.486
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19.258
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.140
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.098
116	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.084
117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	18.979
118	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	18.699
119	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.554
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.297
121	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17.972
122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.885
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.546
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.974
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.945
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.506
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.192
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.190
129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16.087
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.067
131	Peru`PER`South America	16.040
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.834
133	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	15.811
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15.597
135	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.520
136	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.301
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.242
138	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14.883
139	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.875
140	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.663
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.468
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14.332
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.262
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.146
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.817
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.724
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.068
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.913
149	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.480
150	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.691
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11.436
152	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10.642
153	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.544
154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.126
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.578
156	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9.539
157	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.346
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9.056
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.054
160	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.024
161	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.983
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.970
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.979
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.815
165	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.799
166	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.774
167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	7.773
168	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.648
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.473
170	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.472
171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.469
172	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.453
173	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.032
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.006
175	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.890
176	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.600
177	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.179
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.340
179	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.165
180	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.003
181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.976
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.752
183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.303
184	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.170
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.127
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.947
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.738

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Czechia47.055
2Bulgaria43.795
3United Arab Emirates42.944
4Slovakia40.402
5Slovenia39.450

Lowest

187South Sudan1.738
186Laos1.947
185Chad2.127
184Equatorial Guinea2.170
183Burundi2.303

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.102. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
58 · 129rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama13.823 → 16.067+2.244
Moldova22.040 → 23.666+1.626
Türkiye22.807 → 24.200+1.393
Solomon Islands19.597 → 20.930+1.333
Myanmar7.979 → 9.024+1.045

Fell most

Sri Lanka22.623 → 16.945−5.678
Kyrgyzstan33.306 → 29.377−3.929
Slovakia42.282 → 40.402−1.881
Hong Kong35.333 → 33.517−1.817
Trinidad and Tobago27.803 → 26.035−1.768

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1992). Employment in Industry, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/1992

0635 held

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