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Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of male employment, employment, industry, male, modeled, ilo, estimate

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

25.3% of male employment

Median: 25.8% of male employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Slovakia

47.5% of male employment

Lowest

South Sudan

2.0% of male employment

Top 5 Countries

1Slovakia47.5% of male employment

2Czech Republic46.3% of male employment

3Qatar45.5% of male employment

4Guyana43.8% of male employment

5Oman43.3% of male employment

By Region

Europe32.4% of male employment(32 countries)

Oceania29.3% of male employment(2 countries)

Asia28.0% of male employment(26 countries)

North America27.5% of male employment(4 countries)

South America26.2% of male employment(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.0% of male employment)High (47.5% of male employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 25.3% of male employment)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

Asia (26)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Other (106)

Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Slovakia	47.5% of male employment
2	Czech Republic	46.3% of male employment
3	Qatar	45.5% of male employment
4	Guyana	43.8% of male employment
5	Oman	43.3% of male employment
6	Slovenia	42.9% of male employment
7	Belarus	42.3% of male employment
8	Bahrain	41.8% of male employment
9	Poland	41.4% of male employment
10	Hungary	41.2% of male employment
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.1% of male employment
12	Romania	40.4% of male employment
13	Nepal	39.3% of male employment
14	Vietnam	38.6% of male employment
15	Estonia	38.2% of male employment
16	People's Republic of China	37.7% of male employment
17	Germany	37.4% of male employment
18	Croatia	37.0% of male employment
19	United Arab Emirates	36.9% of male employment
20	Suriname	36.8% of male employment
21	Lithuania	36.7% of male employment
22	Russian Federation	36.7% of male employment
23	Turkmenistan	36.6% of male employment
24	Islamic Republic of Iran	36.4% of male employment
25	Austria	35.9% of male employment
26	Italy	35.8% of male employment
27	The Republic of North Macedonia	35.3% of male employment
28	Bulgaria	35.2% of male employment
29	Ukraine	35.0% of male employment
30	Kyrgyzstan	35.0% of male employment
31	Serbia	34.3% of male employment
32	Egypt	34.1% of male employment
33	Tunisia	33.9% of male employment
34	State of Palestine	33.8% of male employment
35	Portugal	33.7% of male employment
36	Algeria	33.6% of male employment
37	South Korea	32.5% of male employment
38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32.5% of male employment
39	Cape Verde	32.3% of male employment
40	Türkiye	32.2% of male employment
41	Latvia	32.1% of male employment
42	Finland	32.1% of male employment
43	Republic of The Gambia	31.9% of male employment
44	Cambodia	31.8% of male employment
45	Japan	31.4% of male employment
46	New Caledonia	31.4% of male employment
47	Trinidad and Tobago	31.4% of male employment
48	Armenia	31.2% of male employment
49	Lesotho	31.0% of male employment
50	Malaysia	30.8% of male employment
51	Mongolia	30.4% of male employment
52	Eswatini	30.0% of male employment
53	Kuwait	29.9% of male employment
54	Chile	29.8% of male employment
55	Argentina	29.7% of male employment
56	India	29.6% of male employment
57	Uzbekistan	29.6% of male employment
58	Mexico	29.6% of male employment
59	Australia	29.5% of male employment
60	Belgium	29.2% of male employment
61	Spain	29.1% of male employment
62	New Zealand	29.1% of male employment
63	Pakistan	28.8% of male employment
64	El Salvador	28.6% of male employment
65	France	28.5% of male employment
66	South Africa	28.4% of male employment
67	Syrian Arab Republic	28.4% of male employment
68	Iraq	28.4% of male employment
69	Switzerland	28.3% of male employment
70	Guam	28.3% of male employment
71	Kazakhstan	28.0% of male employment
72	Canada	27.9% of male employment
73	United States of America	27.9% of male employment
74	Philippines	27.6% of male employment
75	Brazil	27.5% of male employment
76	Norway	27.4% of male employment
77	Denmark	27.4% of male employment
78	Iceland	27.4% of male employment
79	Sri Lanka	27.3% of male employment
80	Uruguay	27.2% of male employment
81	Albania	26.9% of male employment
82	Montenegro	26.8% of male employment
83	Mauritius	26.8% of male employment
84	Indonesia	26.8% of male employment
85	Jamaica	26.7% of male employment
86	Dominican Republic	26.6% of male employment
87	Brunei Darussalam	26.5% of male employment
88	Virgin Islands, U.S.	26.4% of male employment
89	Paraguay	26.4% of male employment
90	Bolivia	26.4% of male employment
91	Morocco	26.2% of male employment
92	Ireland	26.1% of male employment
93	Saudi Arabia	25.8% of male employment
94	Senegal	25.8% of male employment
95	Sweden	25.7% of male employment
96	Bahamas	25.7% of male employment
97	Rwanda	25.3% of male employment
98	Barbados	25.2% of male employment
99	Thailand	25.1% of male employment
100	Cyprus	25.0% of male employment
101	Libya	25.0% of male employment
102	Lebanon	25.0% of male employment
103	Saint Lucia	24.9% of male employment
104	Namibia	24.9% of male employment
105	Malta	24.8% of male employment
106	Georgia	24.7% of male employment
107	Colombia	24.6% of male employment
108	Guatemala	24.6% of male employment
109	Gabon	24.5% of male employment
110	Honduras	24.5% of male employment
111	Hong Kong	24.4% of male employment
112	North Korea	24.2% of male employment
113	United Kingdom	23.9% of male employment
114	Sao Tome and Principe	23.8% of male employment
115	Azerbaijan	23.7% of male employment
116	Costa Rica	23.1% of male employment
117	Peru	22.9% of male employment
118	Israel	22.9% of male employment
119	Bangladesh	22.7% of male employment
120	Greece	22.5% of male employment
121	Tajikistan	22.4% of male employment
122	French Polynesia	21.8% of male employment
123	Ecuador	21.7% of male employment
124	Panama	21.5% of male employment
125	Republic of the Congo	21.5% of male employment
126	Botswana	21.4% of male employment
127	Netherlands	21.1% of male employment
128	Cuba	20.8% of male employment
129	Puerto Rico	20.8% of male employment
130	Ghana	20.8% of male employment
131	Tonga	20.2% of male employment
132	Venezuela	20.2% of male employment
133	Nicaragua	20.0% of male employment
134	Belize	19.9% of male employment
135	Kenya	19.5% of male employment
136	Zimbabwe	19.4% of male employment
137	Bhutan	19.3% of male employment
138	Somalia	18.9% of male employment
139	Samoa	18.9% of male employment
140	Moldova, Republic of	18.8% of male employment
141	Afghanistan	18.7% of male employment
142	Macao	18.7% of male employment
143	Burkina Faso	18.6% of male employment
144	Myanmar	18.4% of male employment
145	Jordan	18.2% of male employment
146	Comoros	18.0% of male employment
147	Eritrea	17.7% of male employment
148	Nigeria	17.5% of male employment
149	Benin	17.4% of male employment
150	Mauritania	17.4% of male employment
151	Singapore	17.2% of male employment
152	Guinea	16.8% of male employment
153	Sierra Leone	16.7% of male employment
154	Cameroon	16.6% of male employment
155	Sudan	16.5% of male employment
156	Zambia	16.0% of male employment
157	Maldives	15.7% of male employment
158	Cote d'Ivoire	15.6% of male employment
159	Togo	15.6% of male employment
160	Fiji	15.2% of male employment
161	Vanuatu	14.9% of male employment
162	Central African Republic	14.6% of male employment
163	Equatorial Guinea	13.5% of male employment
164	Papua New Guinea	12.9% of male employment
165	Angola	12.5% of male employment
166	Liberia	12.5% of male employment
167	Guinea-Bissau	12.5% of male employment
168	Luxembourg	12.4% of male employment
169	Haiti	12.1% of male employment
170	Mozambique	12.0% of male employment
171	United Republic of Tanzania	11.8% of male employment
172	Solomon Islands	11.7% of male employment
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.6% of male employment
174	Yemen	11.1% of male employment
175	Uganda	10.8% of male employment
176	Madagascar	10.5% of male employment
177	Chad	10.0% of male employment
178	Malawi	9.9% of male employment
179	Mali	9.3% of male employment
180	Lao People's Democratic Republic	8.9% of male employment
181	Djibouti	8.8% of male employment
182	Ethiopia	7.6% of male employment
183	Niger	7.5% of male employment
184	Burundi	5.8% of male employment
185	Timor-Leste	5.8% of male employment
186	South Sudan	2.0% of male employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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