Data for 2008

Employment in Industry, 2008

Name: Employment in Industry, 2008
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2008, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 2008 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 59.579; South Sudan is lowest, at 2.166. The middle country reads 21.077. Against 2007, 187 values changed (103 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 2008

HighestQatar

59.579

LowestSouth Sudan

2.166

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

187countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	59.579
2	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	40.526
3	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.987
4	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.688
5	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	36.269
6	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.704
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.267
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	34.689
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	34.598
10	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.362
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.977
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32.412
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32.380
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	32.224
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.837
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	31.521
17	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.421
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	31.121
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	30.875
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	30.854
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	30.517
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.801
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29.785
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29.399
25	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.336
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	29.331
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.267
28	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.676
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.674
30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27.871
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	27.622
32	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.200
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.092
34	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.820
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	26.772
36	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.639
37	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	26.334
38	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.187
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	26.081
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26.012
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.885
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25.821
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.799
44	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25.659
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.565
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.177
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	25.142
48	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	25.141
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.866
50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.831
51	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.824
52	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	24.672
53	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	24.583
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.575
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.394
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.302
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.207
58	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.030
59	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23.730
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.704
61	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.482
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23.421
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.302
64	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.287
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.266
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23.255
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.125
68	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.103
69	Chile`CHL`South America	23.088
70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.046
71	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23.037
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.925
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.873
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.846
75	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.555
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.406
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.308
78	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	22.283
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22.094
80	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.082
81	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	22.004
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.952
83	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	21.862
84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21.737
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.729
86	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.533
87	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	21.531
88	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.385
89	United States`USA`Northern America	21.350
90	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	21.346
91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.340
92	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.326
93	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.215
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.077
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.043
96	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.938
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.751
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.718
99	Colombia`COL`South America	20.636
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.374
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.823
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.422
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	19.319
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	19.231
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.187
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.054
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18.939
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18.924
109	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.665
110	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.236
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.164
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.146
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.085
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.083
115	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	18.080
116	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.057
117	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	18.018
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.936
119	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.897
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.833
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.731
122	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.683
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.438
124	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	17.067
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	16.956
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	16.870
127	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.831
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.693
129	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.674
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.548
131	Peru`PER`South America	16.488
132	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.254
133	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.076
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.068
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.980
136	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	15.887
137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.674
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	15.611
139	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.279
140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15.189
141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.868
142	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14.620
143	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.514
144	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.343
145	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	14.307
146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.272
147	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.110
148	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.964
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.608
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	13.209
151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12.872
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.661
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.201
154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.199
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.130
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.495
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.973
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.952
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.932
160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	10.803
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.158
162	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.975
163	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	9.796
164	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.615
165	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9.422
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9.110
167	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.591
168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.456
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.202
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.021
171	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.672
172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.427
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.425
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.400
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.351
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.163
177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.750
178	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.389
179	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.920
180	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.239
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.180
182	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.816
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.745
184	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4.741
185	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.576
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.830
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.166

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar59.579
2Czechia40.526
3Slovakia39.987
4Iran36.688
5Bulgaria36.269

Lowest

187South Sudan2.166
186Burundi2.830
185Mozambique4.576
184Djibouti4.741
183Madagascar4.745

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.077. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
103 · 84rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar51.863 → 59.579+7.716
Syria29.060 → 32.977+3.917
Oman23.622 → 26.187+2.564
Kuwait23.317 → 25.142+1.825
Togo11.565 → 13.209+1.644

Fell most

Ireland25.769 → 23.287−2.482
Mali11.548 → 9.615−1.932
Bahamas17.958 → 16.254−1.703
Luxembourg16.921 → 15.279−1.642
Spain29.112 → 27.622−1.490

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 2008.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2008). Employment in Industry, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/2008

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