Data for 2017

Employment in Industry, 2017

Name: Employment in Industry, 2017
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 2017 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 54.503; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.732. The middle country reads 19.430. Against 2016, 187 values changed (90 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 2017

HighestQatar

54.503

LowestSouth Sudan

1.732

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

187countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54.503
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	43.372
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	38.058
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	37.135
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.312
6	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.290
7	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.278
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.273
9	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.218
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.667
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	31.523
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.983
13	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	30.772
14	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	30.710
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	30.494
16	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	30.174
17	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.971
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.533
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	29.518
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	29.318
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.291
22	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	28.408
23	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.405
24	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.394
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.717
26	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.591
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	27.408
28	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.844
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.557
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.349
31	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.207
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.079
33	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.007
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.003
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.912
36	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.889
37	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.777
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.638
39	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.491
40	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.308
41	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.266
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.134
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	25.113
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.111
45	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.090
46	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.922
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.908
48	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.782
49	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.582
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.560
51	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	24.522
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.447
53	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.273
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.264
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24.073
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.353
57	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	23.063
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23.053
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	22.957
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.900
61	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.655
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.587
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.533
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.467
65	Chile`CHL`South America	22.376
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.122
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	21.905
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.886
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.846
70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.652
71	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.192
72	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.174
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.133
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.944
75	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.647
76	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20.480
77	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.419
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.411
79	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20.195
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.149
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.117
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	20.098
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.064
84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.037
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	19.946
86	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	19.891
87	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19.853
88	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.819
89	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.753
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.666
91	Colombia`COL`South America	19.590
92	United States`USA`Northern America	19.556
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.507
94	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.430
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.332
96	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.311
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.156
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.003
99	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.938
100	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.841
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.664
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18.533
103	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	18.228
104	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.209
105	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.165
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.084
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.021
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.876
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.733
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.627
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	17.504
112	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.483
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.409
114	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.380
115	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.222
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.118
117	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.084
118	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.047
119	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	16.994
120	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.992
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.897
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.870
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	16.709
124	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.583
125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.389
126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.342
127	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.127
128	Peru`PER`South America	16.073
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.883
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.810
131	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.737
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.725
133	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.704
134	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.695
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.524
136	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.519
137	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.409
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.125
139	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	14.836
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.553
141	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.431
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.373
143	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.207
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.144
145	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.117
146	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.052
147	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	14.017
148	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	13.894
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.885
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.444
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13.346
152	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	13.184
153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.749
154	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.467
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.898
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.861
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11.771
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.730
159	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.121
160	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.003
161	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10.793
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.514
163	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.476
164	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.886
165	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.753
166	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.547
167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.366
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.161
169	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.432
170	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	8.398
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.369
172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.322
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.240
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.215
175	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.080
176	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.938
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.737
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.476
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.442
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.392
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.039
182	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.973
183	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.817
184	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.515
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.635
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.472
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.732

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar54.503
2Oman43.372
3Czechia38.058
4Slovakia37.135
5Bahrain35.312

Lowest

187South Sudan1.732
186Burundi3.472
185Djibouti5.635
184Laos6.515
183Uganda6.817

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.430. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
90 · 97rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Senegal12.623 → 15.125+2.502
Oman40.870 → 43.372+2.502
Sri Lanka26.391 → 28.405+2.013
Mali6.718 → 8.240+1.522
Sierra Leone7.866 → 9.161+1.294

Fell most

Guatemala21.013 → 19.003−2.010
Bosnia and Herzegovina31.282 → 29.518−1.764
Namibia19.334 → 17.627−1.706
Mauritius25.826 → 24.264−1.562
Eswatini24.452 → 23.063−1.388

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2017.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2017). Employment in Industry, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/2017

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