Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) was 5.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste is 5.8%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 63.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste peaked at 16.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2023.
That places Timor-Leste 186th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7.8% | — |
| 1992 | 8.3% | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 8.8% | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 9.0% | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 9.2% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 9.5% | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 9.6% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 9.2% | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 10.0% | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 11.2% | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 10.3% | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 9.8% | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 9.7% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 9.1% | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 11.3% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 13.2% | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 15.0% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 15.8% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 16.6% | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 16.7% | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 15.0% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | -57.2% |
| 2023 | 4.8% | -25.1% |
| 2024 | 5.8% | +21.3% |
| 2025 | 5.8% | -0.4% |
Timor-Leste compared with similar countries
- Timor-Leste's 5.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.1%, 29% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Timor-Leste's 5.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 25.1%, 23% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -57.2% | 15.0% | 6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.0% | 7.8% | 10.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 10.2% | 9.1% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 11.4% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 4.8% | 15.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More work & labour data for Timor-Leste
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 321 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.53 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 667.78 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.77 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.22 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 11,687 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 3,450 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 66.34 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.18 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste?
- Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) in Timor-Leste was 5.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employment in industry, male (% of male employment) recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest employment in industry, male (% of male employment) recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2023.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for employment in industry, male (% of male employment)?
- Timor-Leste ranks 186th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment in industry, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).