Data for 2018

Employment in Industry, 2018

Name: Employment in Industry, 2018
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2018, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 2018 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 55.334; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.686. The middle country reads 19.376. Against 2017, 187 values changed (93 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 2018

HighestQatar

55.334

LowestSouth Sudan

1.686

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

187countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.334
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	46.225
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	37.498
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	36.515
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.207
6	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.951
7	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.507
8	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.120
9	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	32.979
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	32.467
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32.186
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.817
13	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.639
14	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.135
15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	30.629
16	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.364
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.296
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	30.213
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	30.157
20	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.876
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.399
22	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	28.762
23	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.390
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.938
25	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.747
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	27.346
27	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	27.315
28	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.111
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.859
30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.756
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.705
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.681
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.183
34	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.102
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.091
36	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.982
37	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.853
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.796
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.767
40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.655
41	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	25.435
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.366
43	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.202
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.017
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.989
46	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.941
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24.928
48	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.758
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.687
50	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.448
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.438
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	24.311
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.698
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23.479
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.161
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	22.999
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.849
58	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.697
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	22.665
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.613
61	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.593
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.385
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.204
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.152
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	22.138
66	Chile`CHL`South America	22.045
67	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.942
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	21.880
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.544
70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.239
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.922
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	20.785
73	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.635
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.530
75	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20.429
76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.271
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	20.252
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.233
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20.232
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.120
81	Colombia`COL`South America	20.105
82	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.053
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.007
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19.947
85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19.910
86	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.888
87	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	19.716
88	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.705
89	United States`USA`Northern America	19.703
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.656
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.474
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.408
93	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19.404
94	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19.376
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.100
96	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.066
97	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.917
98	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.910
99	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	18.906
100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.898
101	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.816
102	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	18.779
103	Venezuela`VEN`South America	18.672
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18.585
105	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.239
106	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.179
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.084
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18.045
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17.989
110	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	17.924
111	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.624
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.582
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.487
114	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.402
115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.384
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.322
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.188
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.176
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.170
120	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.099
121	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17.055
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.017
123	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.793
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.773
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.661
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.423
127	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.332
128	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.221
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.164
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.124
131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.082
132	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	16.039
133	Peru`PER`South America	15.966
134	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.830
135	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.763
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.503
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.500
138	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.404
139	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.827
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.719
141	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	14.689
142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.534
143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.477
144	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.266
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.168
146	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.104
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.038
148	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.951
149	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	13.723
150	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.615
151	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.588
152	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.402
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.057
154	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.868
155	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	12.738
156	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	12.389
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.930
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.791
159	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11.149
160	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.118
161	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10.896
162	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.623
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.619
164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.578
165	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.493
166	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.946
167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.523
168	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.507
169	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.267
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.925
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.490
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.392
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	8.188
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.998
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.860
176	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.712
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.657
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.503
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.281
180	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.236
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.208
182	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.147
183	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.914
184	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.794
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.792
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.328
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.686

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar55.334
2Oman46.225
3Czechia37.498
4Slovakia36.515
5Bahrain35.207

Lowest

187South Sudan1.686
186Burundi3.328
185Djibouti5.792
184Laos6.794
183Angola6.914

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.376. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
93 · 94rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Brunei16.127 → 19.404+3.277
Senegal15.125 → 17.989+2.864
Oman43.372 → 46.225+2.853
Bosnia and Herzegovina29.518 → 32.186+2.668
Armenia16.709 → 18.906+2.197

Fell most

New Caledonia25.090 → 22.138−2.951
Eswatini23.063 → 21.544−1.519
Saint Lucia16.342 → 14.827−1.516
Namibia17.627 → 16.221−1.407
Venezuela20.064 → 18.672−1.392

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 2018.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2018). Employment in Industry, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/2018

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