Data for 2019

Employment in Industry, 2019

Name: Employment in Industry, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 2019 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 54.683; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.698. The middle country reads 19.303. Against 2018, 187 values changed (82 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 2019

HighestQatar

54.683

LowestSouth Sudan

1.698

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

187countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54.683
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40.088
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	37.250
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	36.056
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.097
6	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	34.604
7	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.374
8	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.027
9	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	32.821
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	32.138
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.133
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	31.741
13	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.281
14	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.217
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.759
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	30.387
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.130
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.103
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	29.993
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.589
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	29.486
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	29.376
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.606
24	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.404
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.924
26	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.823
27	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	27.614
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.607
29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.285
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.205
31	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	27.150
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.680
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.390
34	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.373
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.343
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.887
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.885
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.700
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	25.531
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.512
41	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.464
42	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	25.356
43	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.251
44	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	24.977
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.578
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.473
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.426
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.346
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.331
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.307
51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.226
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.163
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.912
54	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.681
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.506
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.394
57	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23.362
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23.234
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.889
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.788
61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.652
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.509
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.401
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.304
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	22.209
66	Chile`CHL`South America	21.863
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	21.796
68	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.679
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.145
70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.123
71	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.763
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	20.615
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20.549
74	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.535
75	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.464
76	Colombia`COL`South America	20.421
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20.415
78	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.403
79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.395
80	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.392
81	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.279
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	20.084
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.966
84	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.805
85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19.756
86	United States`USA`Northern America	19.753
87	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.699
88	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	19.612
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.537
90	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.515
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.463
92	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.413
93	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.362
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.303
95	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.058
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.055
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.054
98	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.769
99	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.749
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	18.609
101	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.546
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.438
103	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.435
104	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.420
105	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.225
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18.142
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.092
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.768
109	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	17.637
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.567
111	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.473
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.455
113	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.435
114	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17.108
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.032
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.001
117	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.911
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.899
119	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.713
120	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.667
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.641
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.545
123	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.509
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16.397
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.267
126	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.216
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.188
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.079
129	Peru`PER`South America	15.958
130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.936
131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.932
132	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.842
133	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.780
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.710
135	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.705
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15.456
137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.447
138	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.319
139	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.131
140	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.966
141	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	14.721
142	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.689
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.571
144	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.467
145	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.416
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.173
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.159
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.935
149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.816
150	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.686
151	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	13.556
152	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.426
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.324
154	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.896
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12.821
156	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	12.511
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.856
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.774
159	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11.373
160	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.368
161	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.196
162	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.789
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.671
164	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.548
165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.446
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.265
167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.659
168	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.307
169	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.180
170	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.091
171	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.890
172	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.758
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.377
174	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.316
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.040
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.992
177	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.961
178	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.749
179	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.734
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.525
181	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.080
182	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.009
183	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.910
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.890
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.924
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.234
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.698

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar54.683
2Oman40.088
3Czechia37.250
4Slovakia36.056
5Bahrain35.097

Lowest

187South Sudan1.698
186Burundi3.234
185Djibouti5.924
184Ethiopia6.890
183Angola6.910

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.303. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
82 · 105rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Senegal17.989 → 21.145+3.155
Vietnam26.705 → 29.589+2.884
Kyrgyzstan24.758 → 27.205+2.446
Bhutan13.057 → 15.447+2.391
Guinea-Bissau7.208 → 9.180+1.972

Fell most

Oman46.225 → 40.088−6.137
Luxembourg12.389 → 10.548−1.841
Belize17.487 → 15.705−1.782
Togo18.045 → 16.545−1.500
Türkiye27.747 → 26.390−1.357

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 2019.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2019). Employment in Industry, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/2019

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