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Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).
Labor Statistics > Employment in industry > % of total employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Qatar :
41 %
2004 ...
#2
San Marino :
40.9 %
2004 ...
#3
Czech Republic :
39.5 %
2005 ...
#4
Slovakia :
38.8 %
2005 ...
#5
Slovenia :
37.2 %
2005 ...
#6
Belarus :
34.9 %
1994 ...
#7
Bulgaria :
34.2 %
2005 ...
#8
Estonia :
34 %
2005 ...
#9
United Arab Emirates :
33.4 %
2000 ...
#10
Hungary :
32.4 %
2005 ...
#11
Mauritius :
32.4 %
2005 ...
#12
Macedonia, Republic of :
32.3 %
2005 ...
#13
Portugal :
32.2 %
2003 ...
#14
Italy :
30.7 %
2005 ...
#15
Iran :
30.4 %
2005 ...
#16
Romania :
30.3 %
2005 ...
#17
Malaysia :
30.1 %
2004 ...
#18
Russia :
29.8 %
2005 ...
#19
Spain :
29.7 %
2005 ...
#20
Germany :
29.7 %
2005 ...
#21
Singapore :
29.5 %
2005 ...
#22
Malta :
29.4 %
2004 ...
#23
Poland :
29.2 %
2005 ...
#24
Lithuania :
29.1 %
2005 ...
#25
Croatia :
28.6 %
2005 ...
#26
Trinidad and Tobago :
28.4 %
2002 ...
#27
Bolivia :
28.2 %
2000 ...
#28
Japan :
27.9 %
2005 ...
#29
Ireland :
27.8 %
2005 ...
#30
Austria :
27.5 %
2005 ...
#31
Syria :
26.9 %
2002 ...
#32
Korea, South :
26.8 %
2005 ...
#33
Algeria :
26 %
2004 ...
#34
Latvia :
25.8 %
2005 ...
#35
Mexico :
25.7 %
2005 ...
#36
Finland :
25.6 %
2005 ...
#37
Macau :
25.2 %
2005 ...
#38
Belgium :
24.9 %
2004 ...
#39
Turkey :
24.7 %
2005 ...
#40
France :
24.6 %
2004 ...
#41
South Africa :
24.5 %
2003 ...
#42
Ukraine :
24.2 %
2005 ...
#43
Cyprus :
24 %
2004 ...
#44
Grenada :
23.9 %
1998 ...
#45
Peru :
23.8 %
2005 ...
#46
Denmark :
23.8 %
2005 ...
#47
El Salvador :
23.7 %
2004 ...
#48
Argentina :
23.5 %
2005 ...
#49
New Caledonia :
23.4 %
1996 ...
#50
Sri Lanka :
23.4 %
2003 ...
#51
Iceland :
23.1 %
2002 ...
#52
Chile :
23 %
2005 ...
#53
Switzerland :
22.6 %
2004 ...
#54
Guyana :
22.6 %
1997 ...
#55
Greece :
22.4 %
2005 ...
#56
Canada :
22 %
2005 ...
#57
New Zealand :
22 %
2005 ...
#58
Botswana :
22 %
2004 ...
#59
Nigeria :
22 %
1995 ...
#60
United Kingdom :
22 %
2005 ...
#61
Sweden :
22 %
2005 ...
#62
Uruguay :
21.9 %
2005 ...
#63
Jordan :
21.8 %
2003 ...
#64
Israel :
21.7 %
2005 ...
#65
Costa Rica :
21.6 %
2005 ...
#66
Brunei :
21.4 %
2001 ...
#67
Ecuador :
21.2 %
2005 ...
#68
Dominican Republic :
21.1 %
2002 ...
#69
Australia :
21.1 %
2005 ...
#70
Morocco :
21 %
2005 ...
#71
Brazil :
21 %
2004 ...
#72
Saudi Arabia :
21 %
2002 ...
#73
Luxembourg :
20.9 %
2005 ...
#74
Honduras :
20.9 %
2005 ...
#75
Pakistan :
20.8 %
2002 ...
#76
Norway :
20.8 %
2005 ...
#77
United States :
20.6 %
2005 ...
#78
Thailand :
20.2 %
2005 ...
#79
Guatemala :
20 %
2002 ...
#80
Netherlands :
20 %
2005 ...
#81
Egypt :
19.8 %
2003 ...
#82
Venezuela :
19.8 %
2003 ...
#83
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
19.7 %
2001 ...
#84
Kenya :
19.5 %
1999 ...
#85
Cuba :
19.4 %
2004 ...
#86
Uzbekistan :
19.4 %
1999 ...
#87
Maldives :
19 %
2000 ...
#88
Puerto Rico :
19 %
2005 ...
#89
Colombia :
18.8 %
2005 ...
#90
Eritrea :
18.7 %
1984 ...
#91
Antigua and Barbuda :
18.6 %
1991 ...
#92
Dominica :
18.2 %
1997 ...
#93
Netherlands Antilles :
18 %
2000 ...
#94
Nicaragua :
18 %
2003 ...
#95
Indonesia :
18 %
2005 ...
#96
Bahamas, The :
17.8 %
2005 ...
#97
Saint Lucia :
17.7 %
2003 ...
#98
Jamaica :
17.7 %
2005 ...
#99
China :
17.7 %
2002 ...
#100
Vietnam :
17.4 %
2004 ...
#101
Kazakhstan :
17.4 %
2004 ...
#102
Barbados :
17.3 %
2004 ...
#103
Panama :
17.2 %
2005 ...
#104
Belize :
17 %
1999 ...
#105
Armenia :
16.5 %
2003 ...
#106
Aruba :
16.3 %
1997 ...
#107
Mongolia :
16.1 %
2004 ...
#108
Man, Isle of :
16.1 %
2001 ...
#109
Moldova :
16 %
2005 ...
#110
Paraguay :
15.8 %
2003 ...
#111
Lesotho :
15.2 %
1997 ...
#112
Hong Kong :
15.2 %
2005 ...
#113
Philippines :
14.9 %
2005 ...
#114
Suriname :
14.5 %
1999 ...
#115
Ghana :
14 %
2000 ...
#116
Bangladesh :
13.7 %
2003 ...
#117
Albania :
13.5 %
2005 ...
#118
India :
12.9 %
1995 ...
#119
Cambodia :
12.5 %
2004 ...
#120
Burma :
12.2 %
1998 ...
#121
Namibia :
12.2 %
2000 ...
#122
Azerbaijan :
12.1 %
2005 ...
#123
Oman :
11.2 %
2000 ...
#124
Yemen :
11.1 %
1999 ...
#125
Haiti :
10.7 %
1999 ...
#126
Kyrgyzstan :
10.3 %
2002 ...
#127
Bermuda :
9.5 %
1996 ...
#128
Georgia :
9.3 %
2005 ...
#129
Cameroon :
9.1 %
1990 ...
#130
Djibouti :
7.9 %
1991 ...
#131
Uganda :
7.6 %
2003 ...
#132
Zambia :
7 %
1998 ...
#133
Madagascar :
6.7 %
2002 ...