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Report year 2003Data year 2003
Employment in industry (% of total employment)Neither end is better — this is a shape, not a scorePublished by International Labour Organization (ILO)
35 reference years (1991–2025), covering 182 to 187 countries, produced by the ILO and pulled through the World Bank’s indicator API (SL.IND.EMPL.ZS). The share of working people employed in mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER — this is the structure of an economy, not its performance, and the same 20% can be a de-industrialising rich country or an industrialising poor one. Read beside employment in agriculture and services, which with this one account for all employment. ⚠ MODELLED, not measured, so one definition applies to every country. ⚠ The ILO ranks nobody, so no rank is stored; the POSITION on the statistics page is derived here by ordering the score and labelled as ours.
Employment in Industry 2003 — International Labour Organization (ILO)
Cite as: International Labour Organization. ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST). Geneva: ILOSTAT.
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The share of working people employed in mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities — an ILO modelled estimate served through the World Bank's indicator API (SL.IND.EMPL.ZS). ⚠ Neither end is better: this is the structure of an economy, not its performance. Read it beside the agriculture and services shares, which together with this one account for all employment. Modelled rather than measured, so that one definition applies to every country. The ILO does not rank countries on it, so no rank is stored and none is derived.
187 rows × 3 columns · imported from the publisher’s published data file on
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| Country | ISO Code | Employment in industry (% of total employment) |
|---|---|---|
| Czechia | CZE | 41.2791 |
| Qatar | QAT | 39.8025 |
| Slovak Republic | SVK | 38.6298 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 38.4684 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | 37.3786 |
| Romania | ROU | 34.0526 |
| Portugal | PRT | 33.9243 |
| North Macedonia | MKD | 33.9054 |
| Belarus | BLR | 33.8510 |
| Hungary | HUN | 33.4858 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 33.0850 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 32.9835 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 32.1296 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 32.0229 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 31.8415 |
| Italy | ITA | 31.7586 |
| Germany | DEU | 31.3777 |
| Spain | ESP | 30.7141 |
| Estonia | EST | 30.6995 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 30.4919 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 30.2816 |
| Malta | MLT | 30.2714 |
| Croatia | HRV | 30.2517 |
| Tonga | TON | 29.8962 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 29.1729 |
| Poland | POL | 29.1558 |
| Japan | JPN | 28.7213 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | 28.5405 |
| Austria | AUT | 28.0323 |
| Ireland | IRL | 27.7419 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 27.4108 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 27.2358 |
| Latvia | LVA | 27.0730 |
| Finland | FIN | 26.6976 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 26.5944 |
| Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | PRK | 26.2221 |
| Nepal | NPL | 26.2170 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | 25.6026 |
| Eswatini | SWZ | 25.4316 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 25.4254 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 25.4029 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 25.2583 |
| Turkiye | TUR | 25.0508 |
| Belgium | BEL | 24.9192 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 24.9049 |
| Honduras | HND | 24.8725 |
| Singapore | SGP | 24.7853 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 24.6945 |
| Algeria | DZA | 24.6808 |
| France | FRA | 24.2573 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 24.1529 |
| Maldives | MDV | 23.9962 |
| Guyana | GUY | 23.9809 |
| Mexico | MEX | 23.9296 |
| West Bank and Gaza | PSE | 23.9194 |
| Congo, Rep. | COG | 23.7381 |
| Dominican Republic | DOM | 23.6970 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 23.5660 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 23.5481 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 23.4559 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 23.2686 |
| Jordan | JOR | 23.2278 |
| Greece | GRC | 23.1981 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VIR | 23.1934 |
| Denmark | DNK | 23.1465 |
| Brazil | BRA | 23.1162 |
| Chile | CHL | 23.1160 |
| Canada | CAN | 22.9734 |
| Samoa | WSM | 22.8754 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 22.8752 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | STP | 22.6216 |
| Sweden | SWE | 22.5947 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 22.5749 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 22.4041 |
| Libya | LBY | 22.3913 |
| United States | USA | 22.2873 |
| Guam | GUM | 21.9780 |
| Suriname | SUR | 21.9694 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 21.9062 |
| Norway | NOR | 21.6688 |
| Iceland | ISL | 21.6553 |
| Serbia | SRB | 21.6335 |
| China | CHN | 21.6000 |
| Barbados | BRB | 21.4300 |
| Australia | AUS | 21.3361 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 21.0214 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 20.8652 |
| Fiji | FJI | 20.8462 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | 20.7721 |
| Morocco | MAR | 20.5313 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 20.5248 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | 20.2911 |
| Argentina | ARG | 20.2487 |
| Cuba | CUB | 20.2068 |
| Benin | BEN | 20.1880 |
| Cabo Verde | CPV | 20.1707 |
| Venezuela, RB | VEN | 19.9925 |
| Colombia | COL | 19.9386 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 19.9130 |
| Israel | ISR | 19.8582 |
| Botswana | BWA | 19.8473 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 19.8348 |
| Thailand | THA | 19.6642 |
| Puerto Rico (US) | PRI | 19.5110 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 19.4936 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ | 19.4438 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 19.4393 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 19.2861 |
| Uruguay | URY | 19.0079 |
| Macao SAR, China | MAC | 18.8706 |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | SOM | 18.6222 |
| Uganda | UGA | 18.1494 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 17.9798 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 17.8405 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | 17.7160 |
| India | IND | 17.6938 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 17.6040 |
| Belize | BLZ | 17.5958 |
| Mali | MLI | 17.5332 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 17.3833 |
| French Polynesia | PYF | 17.2215 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 17.1419 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 16.9613 |
| Channel Islands | CHI | 16.7693 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 16.7558 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 16.5392 |
| Albania | ALB | 16.4086 |
| Panama | PAN | 16.2380 |
| Philippines | PHL | 16.2356 |
| Central African Republic | CAF | 16.1078 |
| Gambia, The | GMB | 16.0414 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 15.9912 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 15.9419 |
| Peru | PER | 15.8859 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 15.8548 |
| Bahamas, The | BHS | 15.8492 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 15.7137 |
| Oman | OMN | 15.0927 |
| Armenia | ARM | 14.9063 |
| Namibia | NAM | 14.8933 |
| Senegal | SEN | 14.7114 |
| Comoros | COM | 14.2470 |
| Moldova | MDA | 14.2342 |
| Ghana | GHA | 13.4534 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 13.2347 |
| Sudan | SDN | 13.2204 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | 13.1753 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 12.8960 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 12.8161 |
| Yemen, Rep. | YEM | 12.7554 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 12.5084 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 12.4978 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 11.9579 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 11.5683 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 11.4107 |
| Gabon | GAB | 11.1210 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 10.8323 |
| Haiti | HTI | 10.4135 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 10.0081 |
| Kenya | KEN | 9.2118 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 8.8914 |
| Togo | TGO | 8.7985 |
| Angola | AGO | 8.6220 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 8.5146 |
| Georgia | GEO | 8.3786 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD | 8.1442 |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | 7.8432 |
| Liberia | LBR | 7.6233 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 7.3559 |
| Malawi | MWI | 7.3242 |
| Niger | NER | 7.3194 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 7.2665 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 7.0072 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 6.8139 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 6.8093 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 6.0088 |
| Guinea | GIN | 5.8899 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 5.7520 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 5.6626 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 5.5967 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 5.1676 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 4.2853 |
| Chad | TCD | 3.7721 |
| Lao PDR | LAO | 3.4219 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 3.3940 |
| Burundi | BDI | 2.4516 |
| South Sudan | SSD | 2.0259 |