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Labor Statistics > Employment in industry > % of total employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
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 Germany
29.7 %
2005 ...
#20 Spain
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 Sri Lanka
23.4 %
2003 ...
#50 New Caledonia
23.4 %
1996 ...
#51 Iceland
23.1 %
2002 ...
#52 Chile
23 %
2005 ...
#53 Guyana
22.6 %
1997 ...
#54 Switzerland
22.6 %
2004 ...
#55 Greece
22.4 %
2005 ...
#56 New Zealand
22 %
2005 ...
#57 United Kingdom
22 %
2005 ...
#58 Botswana
22 %
2004 ...
#59 Canada
22 %
2005 ...
#60 Sweden
22 %
2005 ...
#61 Nigeria
22 %
1995 ...
#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 Australia
21.1 %
2005 ...
#69 Dominican Republic
21.1 %
2002 ...
#70 Saudi Arabia
21 %
2002 ...
#71 Morocco
21 %
2005 ...
#72 Brazil
21 %
2004 ...
#73 Honduras
20.9 %
2005 ...
#74 Luxembourg
20.9 %
2005 ...
#75 Norway
20.8 %
2005 ...
#76 Pakistan
20.8 %
2002 ...
#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 Indonesia
18 %
2005 ...
#94 Nicaragua
18 %
2003 ...
#95 Netherlands Antilles
18 %
2000 ...
#96 Bahamas, The
17.8 %
2005 ...
#97 Saint Lucia
17.7 %
2003 ...
#98 Jamaica
17.7 %
2005 ...
#99 China
17.7 %
2002 ...
#100 Kazakhstan
17.4 %
2004 ...
#101 Vietnam
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 Man, Isle of
16.1 %
2001 ...
#108 Mongolia
16.1 %
2004 ...
#109 Moldova
16 %
2005 ...
#110 Paraguay
15.8 %
2003 ...
#111 Hong Kong
15.2 %
2005 ...
#112 Lesotho
15.2 %
1997 ...
#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 Namibia
12.2 %
2000 ...
#121 Burma
12.2 %
1998 ...
#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 ...
#134 Ethiopia
6.1 %
1999 ...
#135 Nepal
5.5 %
1995 ...
#136 Papua New Guinea
3.6 %
2000 ...
#137 Laos
3.5 %
1995 ...
#138 Rwanda
2.9 %
1989 ...
#139 Tanzania
2.6 %
2001 ...
Weighted average:
21.0 %
DEFINITION: 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).
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