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Countries by Employment industry (2025)

Employment industry in 2025: highest in Oman (39.44%), lowest in Burundi (3.1%), median 18.88% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Employment industry (measured in %) across 231 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2025

Highest Employment industry, 2025

  1. 1.Oman39.44%
  2. 2.Qatar38.02%
  3. 3.Bahrain34.91%
  4. 4.Czech Republic34.89%
  5. 5.Vietnam34.83%
  6. 6.Iran34.7%
  7. 7.Slovakia34.53%
  8. 8.Tunisia33.28%
  9. 9.Lesotho33.04%
  10. 10.Romania32.57%

Lowest Employment industry, 2025

  1. 173.Solomon Islands7.58%
  2. 174.Lao PDR7.41%
  3. 175.Malawi7.34%
  4. 176.Uganda7.3%
  5. 177.Angola7.2%
  6. 178.Djibouti6.68%
  7. 179.Ethiopia6.45%
  8. 180.Mozambique6.44%
  9. 181.Timor-Leste3.8%
  10. 182.Burundi3.1%

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Employment industry trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

OmanRank 1 of 182QatarRank 2 of 182BahrainRank 3 of 182Czech RepublicRank 4 of 182VietnamRank 5 of 182IranRank 6 of 182SlovakiaRank 7 of 182TunisiaRank 8 of 182LesothoRank 9 of 182RomaniaRank 10 of 182AlgeriaRank 11 of 182SloveniaRank 12 of 182ChinaRank 13 of 182NepalRank 14 of 182GuyanaRank 15 of 182BelarusRank 16 of 182North MacedoniaRank 17 of 182Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 18 of 182United Arab EmiratesRank 19 of 182HungaryRank 20 of 182PolandRank 21 of 182EgyptRank 22 of 182CambodiaRank 23 of 182TurkmenistanRank 24 of 182BulgariaRank 25 of 182TurkeyRank 26 of 182SerbiaRank 27 of 182Kyrgyz RepublicRank 28 of 182EswatiniRank 29 of 182IraqRank 30 of 182ItalyRank 31 of 182CroatiaRank 32 of 182Sri LankaRank 33 of 182SurinameRank 34 of 182EstoniaRank 35 of 182GermanyRank 36 of 182MalaysiaRank 37 of 182LithuaniaRank 38 of 182RussiaRank 39 of 182IndiaRank 40 of 182PakistanRank 41 of 182Syrian Arab RepublicRank 42 of 182AustriaRank 43 of 182KuwaitRank 44 of 182UzbekistanRank 45 of 182PortugalRank 46 of 182MexicoRank 47 of 182Trinidad and TobagoRank 48 of 182MoroccoRank 49 of 182South KoreaRank 50 of 182TongaRank 51 of 182JapanRank 52 of 182El SalvadorRank 53 of 182MongoliaRank 54 of 182Saudi ArabiaRank 55 of 182Cabo VerdeRank 56 of 182GuatemalaRank 57 of 182IndonesiaRank 58 of 182Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 59 of 182SenegalRank 60 of 182North KoreaRank 61 of 182ThailandRank 62 of 182AlbaniaRank 63 of 182LatviaRank 64 of 182HondurasRank 65 of 182ChileRank 66 of 182ArmeniaRank 67 of 182ArgentinaRank 68 of 182St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 69 of 182FinlandRank 70 of 182South AfricaRank 71 of 182New CaledoniaRank 72 of 182MauritiusRank 73 of 182Brunei DarussalamRank 74 of 182BrazilRank 75 of 182ColombiaRank 76 of 182PhilippinesRank 77 of 182New ZealandRank 78 of 182KazakhstanRank 79 of 182SpainRank 80 of 182BoliviaRank 81 of 182SwitzerlandRank 82 of 182Republic of the CongoRank 83 of 182FranceRank 84 of 182AustraliaRank 85 of 182GuamRank 86 of 182BelgiumRank 87 of 182Dominican RepublicRank 88 of 182ParaguayRank 89 of 182United StatesRank 90 of 182AfghanistanRank 91 of 182GabonRank 92 of 182DenmarkRank 93 of 182The GambiaRank 94 of 182UruguayRank 95 of 182CanadaRank 96 of 182LibyaRank 97 of 182Costa RicaRank 98 of 182RwandaRank 99 of 182BeninRank 100 of 182GhanaRank 101 of 182IcelandRank 102 of 182MontenegroRank 103 of 182IrelandRank 104 of 182TogoRank 105 of 182MyanmarRank 106 of 182BangladeshRank 107 of 182NorwayRank 108 of 182SomaliaRank 109 of 182MaltaRank 110 of 182TajikistanRank 111 of 182JamaicaRank 112 of 182NigeriaRank 113 of 182PanamaRank 114 of 182MaldivesRank 115 of 182CubaRank 116 of 182NicaraguaRank 117 of 182SwedenRank 118 of 182PeruRank 119 of 182VenezuelaRank 120 of 182Burkina FasoRank 121 of 182EcuadorRank 122 of 182GeorgiaRank 123 of 182US Virgin IslandsRank 124 of 182NamibiaRank 125 of 182GreeceRank 126 of 182CyprusRank 127 of 182St. LuciaRank 128 of 182BarbadosRank 129 of 182JordanRank 130 of 182SamoaRank 131 of 182United KingdomRank 132 of 182BhutanRank 133 of 182BotswanaRank 134 of 182AzerbaijanRank 135 of 182BelizeRank 136 of 182IsraelRank 137 of 182MauritaniaRank 138 of 182ComorosRank 139 of 182The BahamasRank 140 of 182Puerto RicoRank 141 of 182CameroonRank 142 of 182French PolynesiaRank 143 of 182Cote d'IvoireRank 144 of 182GuineaRank 145 of 182Hong KongRank 146 of 182SingaporeRank 147 of 182NetherlandsRank 148 of 182Central African RepublicRank 149 of 182EritreaRank 150 of 182FijiRank 151 of 182Channel IslandsRank 152 of 182MoldovaRank 153 of 182KenyaRank 154 of 182ZimbabweRank 155 of 182Sierra LeoneRank 156 of 182YemenRank 157 of 182MacaoRank 158 of 182ZambiaRank 159 of 182VanuatuRank 160 of 182Equatorial GuineaRank 161 of 182MadagascarRank 162 of 182Guinea-BissauRank 163 of 182NigerRank 164 of 182HaitiRank 165 of 182MaliRank 166 of 182ChadRank 167 of 182LiberiaRank 168 of 182TanzaniaRank 169 of 182DR CongoRank 170 of 182Papua New GuineaRank 171 of 182LuxembourgRank 172 of 182Solomon IslandsRank 173 of 182Lao PDRRank 174 of 182MalawiRank 175 of 182UgandaRank 176 of 182AngolaRank 177 of 182DjiboutiRank 178 of 182EthiopiaRank 179 of 182MozambiqueRank 180 of 182Timor-LesteRank 181 of 182BurundiRank 182 of 182

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Employment industry Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Employment industry data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.