Data for 1993

Employment in Industry, 1993

Name: Employment in Industry, 1993
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1993, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 1993 covers 187 countries. Czechia is highest, at 46.322; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.756. The middle country reads 22.296. Against 1992, 187 values changed (57 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 1993

HighestCzechia

46.322

LowestSouth Sudan

1.756

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

187countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment in Industry, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	46.322
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42.905
3	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.038
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.832
5	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	39.084
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.340
7	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37.994
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	37.383
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	37.353
10	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.192
11	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.296
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	35.134
13	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34.628
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34.295
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	34.251
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.107
17	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	33.880
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.661
19	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.458
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	33.117
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	32.590
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.965
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.773
24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.439
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30.992
26	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	30.742
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.579
28	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	30.171
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	30.152
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	29.466
31	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	29.431
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	29.214
33	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	29.194
34	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	29.016
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	29.013
36	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	28.643
37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	28.175
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	28.023
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	27.777
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.775
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.659
42	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.616
43	Chile`CHL`South America	27.289
44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	27.182
45	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.950
46	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	26.847
47	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	26.715
48	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.660
49	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.635
50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.611
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.479
52	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	26.450
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.266
54	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.194
55	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	26.124
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.119
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.884
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	25.875
59	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25.724
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.649
61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.402
62	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	25.396
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.200
64	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	25.115
65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25.030
66	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24.967
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.857
68	Colombia`COL`South America	24.846
69	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.733
70	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	24.675
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.631
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.499
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.359
74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	24.310
75	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	24.110
76	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.094
77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23.749
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.718
79	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	23.686
80	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	23.675
81	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	23.558
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.465
83	United States`USA`Northern America	23.420
84	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.326
85	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	23.206
86	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23.171
87	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	23.130
88	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	23.116
89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.743
90	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.510
91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	22.455
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.400
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.312
94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.296
95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.263
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.016
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.015
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.814
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.778
100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.506
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.477
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.162
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	20.882
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	20.745
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.710
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.649
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.435
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	20.387
109	Guyana`GUY`South America	20.162
110	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	19.583
111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.410
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.326
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19.182
114	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.071
115	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.990
116	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	18.757
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.700
118	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	18.517
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.374
120	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.253
121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.796
122	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17.572
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.485
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.441
125	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.233
126	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.200
127	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.647
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.184
129	Peru`PER`South America	16.103
130	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.097
131	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15.747
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.589
133	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.444
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15.244
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15.209
136	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	15.182
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.086
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.760
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.499
140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.443
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.412
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14.182
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.815
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.588
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.587
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.023
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.983
148	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.598
149	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.249
150	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.235
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11.160
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.503
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10.448
154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.873
155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.868
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9.805
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.612
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9.592
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.309
160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.927
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.879
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.850
163	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8.285
164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.922
165	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.769
166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.761
167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	7.625
168	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.611
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.580
170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.398
171	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.352
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.312
173	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.193
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.033
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.007
176	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.592
177	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.178
178	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.191
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.031
180	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.980
181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.942
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.783
183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.276
184	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.262
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.068
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.015
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.756

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Czechia46.322
2United Arab Emirates42.905
3Bulgaria42.038
4Slovakia39.832
5Slovenia39.084

Lowest

187South Sudan1.756
186Laos2.015
185Chad2.068
184Equatorial Guinea2.262
183Burundi2.276

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.296. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
57 · 130rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Honduras23.387 → 25.649+2.262
Thailand15.520 → 17.233+1.712
El Salvador25.092 → 26.660+1.568
Syria25.622 → 26.635+1.013
Papua New Guinea9.056 → 9.805+0.748

Fell most

Moldova23.666 → 18.253−5.413
Hong Kong33.517 → 30.171−3.346
Bahamas15.301 → 12.249−3.051
Estonia35.278 → 32.590−2.687
Argentina26.957 → 24.733−2.224

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 1993.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1993). Employment in Industry, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/1993

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