Data for 2016

Employment in Industry, 2016

Name: Employment in Industry, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 2016 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 54.555; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.779. The middle country reads 19.425. Against 2015, 187 values changed (89 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 2016

HighestQatar

54.555

LowestSouth Sudan

1.779

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

187countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54.555
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40.870
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	38.071
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	36.535
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.315
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.451
7	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.353
8	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.162
9	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.063
10	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	31.546
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.447
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.345
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	31.282
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	30.953
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	30.438
16	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	30.384
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	30.216
18	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.172
19	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.644
20	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.246
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.215
22	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.440
23	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.945
24	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.834
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.487
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	27.337
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.813
28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.675
29	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.435
30	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.432
31	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.391
32	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.356
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.122
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.959
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.826
36	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.763
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	25.563
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.561
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	25.555
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.503
41	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.221
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.189
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.137
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	25.041
45	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.918
46	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	24.911
47	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.800
48	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.762
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24.633
50	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.595
51	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	24.471
52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24.452
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.223
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.222
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.149
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	24.114
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.726
58	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.593
59	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.461
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.362
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.349
62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23.055
63	Chile`CHL`South America	22.725
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.451
65	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22.286
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.187
67	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	22.063
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.898
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.811
70	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	21.790
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.573
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.370
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.348
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.264
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.138
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.099
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.013
78	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20.567
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.556
80	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.460
81	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.294
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.281
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	20.257
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20.111
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.094
86	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	20.050
87	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.989
88	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.888
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.716
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	19.693
91	United States`USA`Northern America	19.600
92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.512
93	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.511
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.425
95	Colombia`COL`South America	19.370
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.334
97	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.261
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.223
99	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.048
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.758
101	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	18.668
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.547
103	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.462
104	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.401
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.323
106	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.200
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18.114
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.972
109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.838
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.742
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.580
112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.498
113	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.465
114	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.459
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	17.291
116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.290
117	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.241
118	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17.198
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.050
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	16.987
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.690
122	Peru`PER`South America	16.645
123	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.630
124	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.583
125	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.487
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.344
127	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.212
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	16.157
129	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.109
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.979
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15.784
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.707
133	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.706
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.549
135	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.363
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.094
137	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.011
138	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	14.875
139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.640
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.370
141	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.343
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.328
143	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.115
144	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	14.024
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.933
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13.929
147	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	13.829
148	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.739
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.691
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.568
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13.221
152	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	13.137
153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.897
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.623
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.356
156	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	12.268
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.754
158	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.232
159	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.780
160	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.730
161	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10.615
162	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.607
163	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.237
164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.896
165	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.751
166	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.640
167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.238
168	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	8.569
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.378
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.208
171	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.113
172	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.051
173	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.913
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.866
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.641
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.615
177	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.598
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.463
179	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.340
180	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.965
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.939
182	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.805
183	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.718
184	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.376
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.489
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.477
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.779

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar54.555
2Oman40.870
3Czechia38.071
4Slovakia36.535
5Bahrain35.315

Lowest

187South Sudan1.779
186Burundi3.477
185Djibouti5.489
184Laos6.376
183Mali6.718

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.425. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
89 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Oman37.457 → 40.870+3.413
Namibia17.003 → 19.334+2.330
Guatemala18.895 → 21.013+2.118
Vietnam22.744 → 24.762+2.019
Bosnia and Herzegovina29.509 → 31.282+1.773

Fell most

New Zealand21.987 → 20.281−1.706
Mali8.261 → 6.718−1.543
Brazil22.820 → 21.370−1.450
Republic of the Congo23.499 → 22.063−1.436
Mongolia19.394 → 18.114−1.280

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 2016.
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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.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Employment in Industry, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/2016

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