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).
Labor Statistics > Employment in industry > % of total employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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
= 10
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
= 19
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
= 45
Denmark :
23.8 %
2005
# 47
El Salvador :
23.7 %
2004
# 48
Argentina :
23.5 %
2005
= 49
Sri Lanka :
23.4 %
2003
= 49
New Caledonia :
23.4 %
1996
# 51
Iceland :
23.1 %
2002
# 52
Chile :
23 %
2005
= 53
Guyana :
22.6 %
1997
= 53
Switzerland :
22.6 %
2004
# 55
Greece :
22.4 %
2005
= 56
New Zealand :
22 %
2005
= 56
United Kingdom :
22 %
2005
= 56
Botswana :
22 %
2004
= 56
Canada :
22 %
2005
= 56
Sweden :
22 %
2005
= 56
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
= 68
Dominican Republic :
21.1 %
2002
= 70
Saudi Arabia :
21 %
2002
= 70
Morocco :
21 %
2005
= 70
Brazil :
21 %
2004
= 73
Honduras :
20.9 %
2005
= 73
Luxembourg :
20.9 %
2005
= 75
Norway :
20.8 %
2005
= 75
Pakistan :
20.8 %
2002
# 77
United States :
20.6 %
2005
# 78
Thailand :
20.2 %
2005
= 79
Guatemala :
20 %
2002
= 79
Netherlands :
20 %
2005
= 81
Egypt :
19.8 %
2003
= 81
Venezuela :
19.8 %
2003
# 83
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
19.7 %
2001
# 84
Kenya :
19.5 %
1999
= 85
Cuba :
19.4 %
2004
= 85
Uzbekistan :
19.4 %
1999
= 87
Maldives :
19 %
2000
= 87
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
= 93
Nicaragua :
18 %
2003
= 93
Netherlands Antilles :
18 %
2000
# 96
Bahamas, The :
17.8 %
2005
= 97
Saint Lucia :
17.7 %
2003
= 97
Jamaica :
17.7 %
2005
= 97
China :
17.7 %
2002
= 100
Kazakhstan :
17.4 %
2004
= 100
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
= 107
Mongolia :
16.1 %
2004
# 109
Moldova :
16 %
2005
# 110
Paraguay :
15.8 %
2003
= 111
Hong Kong :
15.2 %
2005
= 111
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
= 120
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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