Working in industry
% of employment · no best or worst — largest to smallest
186 of 216 countries report a figure for working in industry
World average: 19.6%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oman | 39.4% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Qatar | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Bahrain | 34.9% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Czech Republic | 34.9% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Vietnam | 34.8% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Iran | 34.7% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Slovakia | 34.5% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Tunisia | 33.3% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Lesotho | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Romania | 32.6% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Algeria | 32.3% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Slovenia | 32.0% | 2025 | |
| #13 | People's Republic of China | 31.8% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Nepal | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Guyana | 31.1% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Belarus | 31.1% | 2025 | |
| #17 | North Macedonia | 30.6% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.6% | 2025 | |
| #19 | United Arab Emirates | 30.6% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Hungary | 30.5% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Poland | 30.0% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Palestine | 29.9% | 2022 | |
| #23 | Egypt | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Cambodia | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Turkmenistan | 28.6% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Bulgaria | 27.9% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Turkey | 27.3% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Serbia | 27.1% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Iraq | 26.5% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Italy | 26.4% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Croatia | 26.4% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Sri Lanka | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Suriname | 26.1% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Estonia | 26.0% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Germany | 26.0% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Malaysia | 26.0% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Lithuania | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Russia | 25.8% | 2025 | |
| #41 | India | 25.8% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Pakistan | 25.3% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Ukraine | 25.2% | 2021 | |
| #44 | Syria | 25.2% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Austria | 24.6% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Kuwait | 24.6% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Uzbekistan | 24.6% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Portugal | 24.6% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Mexico | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Morocco | 23.8% | 2025 | |
| #52 | South Korea | 23.4% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Tonga | 23.3% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Japan | 23.2% | 2025 | |
| #55 | El Salvador | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Mongolia | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Saudi Arabia | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Cape Verde | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Guatemala | 22.7% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Indonesia | 22.5% | 2025 | |
| #61 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 22.5% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Senegal | 22.5% | 2025 | |
| #63 | North Korea | 22.4% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Thailand | 22.2% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Albania | 22.0% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Latvia | 21.8% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Honduras | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Chile | 21.5% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Armenia | 21.3% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Argentina | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Finland | 20.8% | 2025 | |
| #73 | South Africa | 20.8% | 2025 | |
| #74 | New Caledonia | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Mauritius | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Brunei | 20.4% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Brazil | 20.2% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Lebanon | 20.1% | 2023 | |
| #79 | Colombia | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Philippines | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| #81 | New Zealand | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Kazakhstan | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Spain | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Bolivia | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Switzerland | 19.6% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Republic of the Congo | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| #87 | France | 19.3% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Australia | 19.3% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Guam | 19.3% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Belgium | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Dominican Republic | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Paraguay | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #93 | United States | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Afghanistan | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Gabon | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Denmark | 18.8% | 2025 | |
| #97 | The Gambia | 18.8% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Uruguay | 18.8% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Canada | 18.7% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Libya | 18.6% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Costa Rica | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Rwanda | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Benin | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Ghana | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Iceland | 18.2% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Montenegro | 18.2% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Ireland | 18.2% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Togo | 18.2% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Myanmar | 18.2% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Bangladesh | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Norway | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Somalia | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Malta | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Tajikistan | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Jamaica | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Nigeria | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Panama | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Maldives | 16.9% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Cuba | 16.9% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Nicaragua | 16.9% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Sweden | 16.8% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Peru | 16.8% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Venezuela | 16.8% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Burkina Faso | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Ecuador | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Georgia | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| #127 | United States Virgin Islands | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Namibia | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Greece | 16.3% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Cyprus | 16.3% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Saint Lucia | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Barbados | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Jordan | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Samoa | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| #135 | United Kingdom | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Bhutan | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Botswana | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Azerbaijan | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Belize | 15.3% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Israel | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Mauritania | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Comoros | 14.8% | 2025 | |
| #143 | The Bahamas | 14.8% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Puerto Rico | 14.7% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Cameroon | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| #146 | French Polynesia | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Ivory Coast | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Guinea | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Hong Kong | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Singapore | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Sudan | 14.0% | 2022 | |
| #152 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Central African Republic | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Eritrea | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Fiji | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Moldova | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Kenya | 12.5% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Zimbabwe | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Sierra Leone | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Yemen | 11.1% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Macau | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Zambia | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Vanuatu | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Madagascar | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.7% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Niger | 9.3% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Haiti | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Mali | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Chad | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Liberia | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Tanzania | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.0% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Papua New Guinea | 7.9% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Luxembourg | 7.6% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Solomon Islands | 7.6% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Laos | 7.4% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Malawi | 7.3% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Uganda | 7.3% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Angola | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Djibouti | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Ethiopia | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Mozambique | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Timor-Leste | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Burundi | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #186 | South Sudan | 1.7% | 2023 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)