economic2025
Industry share of total employment
Compare industry share of total employment across 181 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
19.6% of total employment
Median: 18.9% of total employment
Countries Covered
181
with available data
Highest
Oman
39.4% of total employment
Lowest
Burundi
3.1% of total employment
Top 5 Countries
1Oman39.4% of total employment
2Qatar38.0% of total employment
3Bahrain34.9% of total employment
4Czech Republic34.9% of total employment
5Vietnam34.8% of total employment
By Region
Key Findings
- •181 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2025 observation.
- •Oman has the highest published value (39.4354242133981 % of total employment).
- •Burundi has the lowest published value (3.10326262172932 % of total employment).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (3.1% of total employment)High (39.4% of total employment)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 19.6% of total employment)
About This Statistic
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 39.4% of total employment |
| 2 | Qatar | 38.0% of total employment |
| 3 | Bahrain | 34.9% of total employment |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 34.9% of total employment |
| 5 | Vietnam | 34.8% of total employment |
| 6 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 34.7% of total employment |
| 7 | Slovakia | 34.5% of total employment |
| 8 | Tunisia | 33.3% of total employment |
| 9 | Lesotho | 33.0% of total employment |
| 10 | Romania | 32.6% of total employment |
| 11 | Algeria | 32.3% of total employment |
| 12 | Slovenia | 32.0% of total employment |
| 13 | People's Republic of China | 31.8% of total employment |
| 14 | Nepal | 31.3% of total employment |
| 15 | Guyana | 31.1% of total employment |
| 16 | Belarus | 31.1% of total employment |
| 17 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 30.6% of total employment |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.6% of total employment |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 30.6% of total employment |
| 20 | Hungary | 30.5% of total employment |
| 21 | Poland | 30.0% of total employment |
| 22 | Egypt | 29.4% of total employment |
| 23 | Cambodia | 28.9% of total employment |
| 24 | Turkmenistan | 28.6% of total employment |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 27.9% of total employment |
| 26 | Türkiye | 27.3% of total employment |
| 27 | Serbia | 27.1% of total employment |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.8% of total employment |
| 29 | Eswatini | 26.7% of total employment |
| 30 | Iraq | 26.5% of total employment |
| 31 | Italy | 26.4% of total employment |
| 32 | Croatia | 26.4% of total employment |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 26.3% of total employment |
| 34 | Suriname | 26.1% of total employment |
| 35 | Estonia | 26.0% of total employment |
| 36 | Germany | 26.0% of total employment |
| 37 | Malaysia | 26.0% of total employment |
| 38 | Lithuania | 25.9% of total employment |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 25.8% of total employment |
| 40 | India | 25.8% of total employment |
| 41 | Pakistan | 25.3% of total employment |
| 42 | Syrian Arab Republic | 25.2% of total employment |
| 43 | Austria | 24.6% of total employment |
| 44 | Kuwait | 24.6% of total employment |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 24.6% of total employment |
| 46 | Portugal | 24.6% of total employment |
| 47 | Mexico | 24.5% of total employment |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.2% of total employment |
| 49 | Morocco | 23.8% of total employment |
| 50 | South Korea | 23.4% of total employment |
| 51 | Tonga | 23.3% of total employment |
| 52 | Japan | 23.2% of total employment |
| 53 | El Salvador | 23.1% of total employment |
| 54 | Mongolia | 23.1% of total employment |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 23.1% of total employment |
| 56 | Cape Verde | 23.1% of total employment |
| 57 | Guatemala | 22.7% of total employment |
| 58 | Indonesia | 22.5% of total employment |
| 59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.5% of total employment |
| 60 | Senegal | 22.5% of total employment |
| 61 | North Korea | 22.4% of total employment |
| 62 | Thailand | 22.2% of total employment |
| 63 | Albania | 22.0% of total employment |
| 64 | Latvia | 21.8% of total employment |
| 65 | Honduras | 21.6% of total employment |
| 66 | Chile | 21.5% of total employment |
| 67 | Armenia | 21.3% of total employment |
| 68 | Argentina | 21.2% of total employment |
| 69 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.1% of total employment |
| 70 | Finland | 20.8% of total employment |
| 71 | South Africa | 20.8% of total employment |
| 72 | New Caledonia | 20.6% of total employment |
| 73 | Mauritius | 20.6% of total employment |
| 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.4% of total employment |
| 75 | Brazil | 20.2% of total employment |
| 76 | Colombia | 20.0% of total employment |
| 77 | Philippines | 20.0% of total employment |
| 78 | New Zealand | 19.9% of total employment |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 19.9% of total employment |
| 80 | Spain | 19.9% of total employment |
| 81 | Bolivia | 19.8% of total employment |
| 82 | Switzerland | 19.6% of total employment |
| 83 | Republic of the Congo | 19.5% of total employment |
| 84 | France | 19.3% of total employment |
| 85 | Australia | 19.3% of total employment |
| 86 | Guam | 19.3% of total employment |
| 87 | Belgium | 19.2% of total employment |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 19.0% of total employment |
| 89 | Paraguay | 19.0% of total employment |
| 90 | United States of America | 18.9% of total employment |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 18.9% of total employment |
| 92 | Gabon | 18.9% of total employment |
| 93 | Denmark | 18.8% of total employment |
| 94 | Republic of The Gambia | 18.8% of total employment |
| 95 | Uruguay | 18.8% of total employment |
| 96 | Canada | 18.7% of total employment |
| 97 | Libya | 18.6% of total employment |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 18.5% of total employment |
| 99 | Rwanda | 18.4% of total employment |
| 100 | Benin | 18.3% of total employment |
| 101 | Ghana | 18.3% of total employment |
| 102 | Iceland | 18.2% of total employment |
| 103 | Montenegro | 18.2% of total employment |
| 104 | Ireland | 18.2% of total employment |
| 105 | Togo | 18.2% of total employment |
| 106 | Myanmar | 18.2% of total employment |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 18.0% of total employment |
| 108 | Norway | 17.8% of total employment |
| 109 | Somalia | 17.8% of total employment |
| 110 | Malta | 17.7% of total employment |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 17.7% of total employment |
| 112 | Jamaica | 17.1% of total employment |
| 113 | Nigeria | 17.0% of total employment |
| 114 | Panama | 17.0% of total employment |
| 115 | Maldives | 16.9% of total employment |
| 116 | Cuba | 16.9% of total employment |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 16.9% of total employment |
| 118 | Sweden | 16.8% of total employment |
| 119 | Peru | 16.8% of total employment |
| 120 | Venezuela | 16.8% of total employment |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 16.7% of total employment |
| 122 | Ecuador | 16.6% of total employment |
| 123 | Georgia | 16.6% of total employment |
| 124 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 16.6% of total employment |
| 125 | Namibia | 16.5% of total employment |
| 126 | Greece | 16.3% of total employment |
| 127 | Cyprus | 16.3% of total employment |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 16.2% of total employment |
| 129 | Barbados | 16.2% of total employment |
| 130 | Jordan | 16.1% of total employment |
| 131 | Samoa | 15.9% of total employment |
| 132 | United Kingdom | 15.9% of total employment |
| 133 | Bhutan | 15.9% of total employment |
| 134 | Botswana | 15.8% of total employment |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 15.5% of total employment |
| 136 | Belize | 15.3% of total employment |
| 137 | Israel | 15.1% of total employment |
| 138 | Mauritania | 15.0% of total employment |
| 139 | Comoros | 14.8% of total employment |
| 140 | Bahamas | 14.8% of total employment |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 14.7% of total employment |
| 142 | Cameroon | 14.6% of total employment |
| 143 | French Polynesia | 14.3% of total employment |
| 144 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.3% of total employment |
| 145 | Guinea | 14.2% of total employment |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 14.0% of total employment |
| 147 | Singapore | 14.0% of total employment |
| 148 | Netherlands | 13.8% of total employment |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 13.4% of total employment |
| 150 | Eritrea | 12.7% of total employment |
| 151 | Fiji | 12.7% of total employment |
| 152 | Moldova, Republic of | 12.6% of total employment |
| 153 | Kenya | 12.5% of total employment |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 11.5% of total employment |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 11.5% of total employment |
| 156 | Yemen | 11.1% of total employment |
| 157 | Macao | 11.0% of total employment |
| 158 | Zambia | 10.3% of total employment |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 10.0% of total employment |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.9% of total employment |
| 161 | Madagascar | 9.9% of total employment |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.7% of total employment |
| 163 | Niger | 9.3% of total employment |
| 164 | Haiti | 8.8% of total employment |
| 165 | Mali | 8.6% of total employment |
| 166 | Chad | 8.5% of total employment |
| 167 | Liberia | 8.3% of total employment |
| 168 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.1% of total employment |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.0% of total employment |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 7.9% of total employment |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 7.6% of total employment |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 7.6% of total employment |
| 173 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.4% of total employment |
| 174 | Malawi | 7.3% of total employment |
| 175 | Uganda | 7.3% of total employment |
| 176 | Angola | 7.2% of total employment |
| 177 | Djibouti | 6.7% of total employment |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 6.4% of total employment |
| 179 | Mozambique | 6.4% of total employment |
| 180 | Timor-Leste | 3.8% of total employment |
| 181 | Burundi | 3.1% of total employment |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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