Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
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...
Countries reporting
187
Highest
47.5%
Slovakia
Lowest
2.0%
South Sudan
Median
25.8%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 47.5% in Slovakia; the lowest is 2.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.8%, and the mean is 25.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 94.6%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 63.1%).
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 47.5% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 2 | Czechia | 46.3% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Qatar | 45.5% | 2025 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 43.8% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 5 | Oman | 43.3% | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Slovenia | 42.9% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 7 | Belarus | 42.3% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 8 | Bahrain | 41.8% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 41.4% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Hungary | 41.2% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.1% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 40.4% | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 13 | Nepal | 39.3% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 38.6% | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 38.2% | 2025 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 16 | China | 37.7% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 37.4% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 18 | Croatia | 37.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 36.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 20 | Suriname | 36.8% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 36.7% | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 36.7% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 36.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 24 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 36.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 35.9% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 35.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 35.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 35.2% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 35.0% | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 35.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 34.3% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 32 | Egypt | 34.1% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 33 | Tunisia | 33.9% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine, State of | 33.8% | 2022 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 35 | Portugal | 33.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 36 | Algeria | 33.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 37 | Korea | 32.5% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.5% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 32.3% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 40 | Türkiye | 32.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Latvia | 32.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 42 | Finland | 32.1% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 43 | Gambia | 31.9% | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 44 | Cambodia | 31.8% | 2025 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Japan | 31.4% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 46 | New Caledonia | 31.4% | 2025 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.4% | 2025 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 48 | Armenia | 31.2% | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 49 | Lesotho | 31.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 50 | Malaysia | 30.8% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 30.4% | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 52 | Eswatini | 30.0% | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 53 | Kuwait | 29.9% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 29.8% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 55 | Argentina | 29.7% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 56 | India | 29.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 29.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 58 | Mexico | 29.6% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 59 | Australia | 29.5% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 60 | Belgium | 29.2% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 29.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | New Zealand | 29.1% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 63 | Pakistan | 28.8% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 28.6% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 65 | France | 28.5% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 28.4% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 67 | Syrian Arab Republic | 28.4% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 28.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 28.3% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 70 | Guam | 28.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 28.0% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 72 | Canada | 27.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 73 | United States of America | 27.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 27.6% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 75 | Brazil | 27.5% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 76 | Norway | 27.4% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 77 | Denmark | 27.4% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 78 | Iceland | 27.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 27.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 27.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Albania | 26.9% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 26.8% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 83 | Mauritius | 26.8% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 84 | Indonesia | 26.8% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 85 | Jamaica | 26.7% | 2025 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 26.6% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 87 | Brunei Darussalam | 26.5% | 2025 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 88 | United States Virgin Islands | 26.4% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 26.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 90 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 26.4% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | 26.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 92 | Ireland | 26.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 25.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 94 | Senegal | 25.8% | 2025 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 25.7% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 96 | Bahamas | 25.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 25.3% | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 98 | Barbados | 25.2% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 99 | Thailand | 25.1% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 100 | Cyprus | 25.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 101 | Libya | 25.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 102 | Lebanon | 25.0% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 105 | Malta | 24.8% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 106 | Georgia | 24.7% | 2025 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 107 | Colombia | 24.6% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 108 | Guatemala | 24.6% | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 109 | Gabon | 24.5% | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 24.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 111 | Hong Kong, China | 24.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 112 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 24.2% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 113 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 23.9% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.8% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 23.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 23.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 117 | Peru | 22.9% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 118 | Israel | 22.9% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 22.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 120 | Greece | 22.5% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 22.4% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 21.8% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 123 | Ecuador | 21.7% | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 124 | Panama | 21.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 125 | Congo | 21.5% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 126 | Botswana | 21.4% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 127 | Netherlands | 21.1% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 128 | Cuba | 20.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 20.8% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 130 | Ghana | 20.8% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 131 | Tonga | 20.2% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 132 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 20.2% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 20.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 19.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 135 | Channel Islands | 19.7% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 136 | Kenya | 19.5% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 19.4% | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 138 | Bhutan | 19.3% | 2025 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Somalia | 18.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 140 | Samoa | 18.9% | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 141 | Republic of Moldova | 18.8% | 2025 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 142 | Afghanistan | 18.7% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 143 | Macau, China | 18.7% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 144 | Burkina Faso | 18.6% | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 145 | Myanmar | 18.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 146 | Jordan | 18.2% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 18.0% | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 148 | Eritrea | 17.7% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 149 | Nigeria | 17.5% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 150 | Benin | 17.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 151 | Mauritania | 17.4% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 152 | Singapore | 17.2% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 153 | Guinea | 16.8% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 16.7% | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 155 | Cameroon | 16.6% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 156 | Sudan | 16.5% | 2022 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 16.0% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 158 | Maldives | 15.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 159 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.6% | 2025 | up 39.4% | flat |
| 160 | Togo | 15.6% | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 161 | Fiji | 15.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 14.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 14.6% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.5% | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 12.9% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 166 | Angola | 12.5% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 167 | Liberia | 12.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.5% | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 12.4% | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 170 | Haiti | 12.1% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 171 | Mozambique | 12.0% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 172 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 11.8% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 11.7% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 174 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.6% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 175 | Yemen | 11.1% | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 176 | Uganda | 10.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 177 | Madagascar | 10.5% | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 178 | Chad | 10.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 179 | Malawi | 9.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 180 | Mali | 9.3% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 181 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.9% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 182 | Djibouti | 8.8% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 184 | Niger | 7.5% | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 185 | Burundi | 5.8% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 186 | Timor-Leste | 5.8% | 2025 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 187 | South Sudan | 2.0% | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 41.3%
- Chagai 19.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 35.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 34.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 34.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 34.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 34.0%
- European Union 33.8%
- Upper middle income 33.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 32.8%
- Euro area 32.4%
- IBRD only 32.0%
- Caribbean Small States 31.5%
- High income 31.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 31.1%
- OECD members 30.1%
- Middle income 30.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 29.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 29.8%
- Arab World 29.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 29.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 29.6%
- South Asia 29.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 29.0%
- World 29.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 28.8%
- Low & middle income 28.5%
- North America 27.9%
- Early-demographic dividend 27.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.7%
- Lower middle income 26.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 26.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 26.5%
- Small states 23.8%
- Other small states 23.1%
- IDA blend 22.5%
- IDA total 18.7%
- Africa Western and Central 16.6%
- IDA only 16.4%
- Least developed countries 15.4%
About this data
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).