Data for 2009

Employment in Industry, 2009

Name: Employment in Industry, 2009
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 2009 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 58.444; South Sudan is lowest, at 2.088. The middle country reads 20.109. Against 2008, 187 values changed (58 up, 129 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 2009

HighestQatar

58.444

LowestSouth Sudan

2.088

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

187countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	58.444
2	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	38.571
3	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	37.868
4	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.605
5	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.100
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	34.550
7	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	34.034
8	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.997
9	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.600
10	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.170
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32.155
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.442
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	31.402
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	31.157
15	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	31.056
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.036
17	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.790
18	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.786
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.431
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	29.289
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.276
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.239
23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	29.009
24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	28.826
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.547
26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27.864
27	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.800
28	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.710
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.473
30	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.465
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.012
32	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.918
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	26.849
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	26.483
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	26.094
36	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.551
37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25.547
38	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25.522
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.304
40	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.241
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.052
42	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.930
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.928
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	24.859
45	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.737
46	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.620
47	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.490
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	24.487
49	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	24.458
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	24.343
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24.331
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.314
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.301
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.980
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.928
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23.708
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.663
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	23.511
59	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.474
60	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23.402
61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.395
62	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.993
63	Chile`CHL`South America	22.777
64	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	22.683
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.682
66	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.593
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.553
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.464
69	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	22.414
70	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.410
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.323
72	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	22.199
73	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.103
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.063
75	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	21.909
76	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.901
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.848
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.843
79	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	21.822
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.564
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.443
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.426
83	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.355
84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21.322
85	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21.198
86	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	21.119
87	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.841
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.827
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.572
90	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	20.571
91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.430
92	Colombia`COL`South America	20.310
93	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.159
94	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.109
95	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	20.097
96	United States`USA`Northern America	19.887
97	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.852
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.583
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.578
100	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19.501
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.386
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.257
103	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.181
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.056
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	18.725
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18.639
107	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18.298
108	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.250
109	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.069
110	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.061
111	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.987
112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.949
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.943
114	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.740
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.684
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.571
117	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.475
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.402
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.289
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.952
121	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.866
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.704
123	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.686
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	16.652
125	Peru`PER`South America	16.585
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.524
127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.311
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.276
129	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	16.255
130	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	16.238
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.236
132	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.063
133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.018
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.974
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.721
136	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.690
137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.623
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	15.565
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.555
140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15.551
141	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	15.423
142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	15.289
143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14.800
144	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.574
145	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.316
146	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.878
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	13.857
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.334
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.246
150	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13.114
151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12.850
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.669
153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.660
154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.349
155	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.156
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.796
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.461
158	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.286
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	11.111
160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	10.326
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.170
162	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.019
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9.875
164	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	9.693
165	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9.360
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.296
167	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.218
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.134
169	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.083
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.032
171	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.779
172	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.543
173	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.430
174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.383
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.142
176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.095
177	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.850
178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.737
179	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.281
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.530
181	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.304
182	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.135
183	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.059
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.894
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4.701
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.925
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.088

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar58.444
2Czechia38.571
3Slovakia37.868
4Bulgaria35.605
5Iran35.100

Lowest

187South Sudan2.088
186Burundi2.925
185Djibouti4.701
184Mozambique4.894
183Sierra Leone5.059

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.109. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 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

Oman26.187 → 31.056+4.869
Togo13.209 → 16.704+3.494
Afghanistan14.272 → 15.721+1.448
Albania17.833 → 18.725+0.892
Pakistan21.215 → 22.103+0.889

Fell most

Latvia29.399 → 24.343−5.056
Estonia35.267 → 31.442−3.825
Lithuania30.517 → 26.849−3.668
Ireland23.287 → 19.852−3.435
Dominican Republic22.925 → 19.583−3.342

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 2009.
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) (2009). Employment in Industry, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/2009

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