Data for 2024

Employment in Industry, 2024

Name: Employment in Industry, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Industry, 2024 covers 182 countries. Oman is highest, at 39.503; Burundi is lowest, at 3.093. The middle country reads 18.968. Against 2023, 182 values changed (92 up, 90 down), 2 left.

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Employment in Industry · Data for 2024

HighestOman

39.503

LowestBurundi

3.093

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39.503
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38.227
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	35.333
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.040
5	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	34.950
6	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.948
7	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	34.320
8	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.251
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.108
10	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	32.653
11	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.125
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	32.056
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.632
14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	31.040
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.027
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	30.812
17	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	30.661
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	30.638
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	30.578
20	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.448
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.200
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.213
23	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.689
24	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	28.434
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.131
26	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.369
27	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.089
28	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.763
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.684
30	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.661
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	26.489
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	26.453
33	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	26.290
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	26.123
35	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.081
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.067
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.002
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.989
39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.967
40	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.435
41	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.371
42	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.184
43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.831
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.763
45	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24.721
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.696
47	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	24.381
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	24.216
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.659
50	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.641
51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23.345
52	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	23.289
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.268
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.063
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	22.933
56	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.883
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.533
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22.521
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.468
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.286
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.260
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.254
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	21.978
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21.795
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.784
66	Chile`CHL`South America	21.674
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.112
68	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	21.093
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.073
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.983
71	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20.973
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	20.897
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.808
74	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.447
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.302
76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.092
77	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.052
78	Colombia`COL`South America	20.022
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.954
80	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	19.853
81	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19.845
82	France`FRA`Western Europe	19.544
83	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.524
84	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	19.523
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.498
86	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.359
87	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	19.351
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.061
89	United States`USA`Northern America	19.044
90	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19.043
91	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.003
92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18.933
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18.905
94	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.772
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.757
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.696
97	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.607
98	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.451
99	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.414
100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.291
101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.282
102	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18.130
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.121
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18.115
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.085
106	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18.061
107	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	17.934
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.892
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	17.880
110	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17.726
111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	17.275
112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.214
113	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.135
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.023
115	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17.020
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	16.961
117	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.931
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.913
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.839
120	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	16.809
121	Peru`PER`South America	16.782
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.646
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.611
124	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.472
125	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.355
126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.353
127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.345
128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.272
129	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.228
130	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.193
131	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16.124
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.749
133	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.521
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.431
135	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.414
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	15.403
137	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.273
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.948
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.922
140	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.842
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.775
142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.587
143	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	14.377
144	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.163
145	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.116
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.032
147	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.021
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.996
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.448
150	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	12.789
151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.666
152	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.609
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.571
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.315
155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.435
156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.360
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.341
158	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	11.101
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.259
160	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.139
161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.011
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.864
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.684
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.208
165	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.904
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.668
167	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.557
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.280
169	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.051
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.006
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.822
172	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.705
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.634
174	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.400
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.327
176	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.227
177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.158
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.533
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.428
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.416
181	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.821
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.093

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Oman39.503
2Qatar38.227
3Czechia35.333
4Bahrain35.040
5Slovakia34.950

Lowest

182Burundi3.093
181Timor-Leste3.821
180Ethiopia6.416
179Mozambique6.428
178Djibouti6.533

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.968. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
92 · 90rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda14.231 → 18.121+3.890
Guyana28.316 → 30.448+2.133
Samoa14.181 → 15.403+1.223
Ireland17.277 → 18.451+1.174
Saint Lucia15.073 → 16.228+1.155

Fell most

Costa Rica20.206 → 18.607−1.599
Bulgaria29.591 → 28.131−1.460
Latvia23.325 → 21.978−1.347
Luxembourg9.003 → 7.822−1.181
Czechia36.505 → 35.333−1.173

− Lebanon

− South Sudan

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 2024.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Employment in Industry, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/industry-employment/2024

0635 held

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