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Korea - Industry Employment 2008

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Employment in industry · World Bank

26.08% −0.47% from 2007 Global rank: 147th

Korea's industry employment was 26.08% in 2008, decreased +0.47% from 26.55% in 2007. This was the 147th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	2.17%	0.6%
2nd	Burundi	2.83%	3.2%
3rd	Mozambique	4.58%	6.3%
4th	Djibouti	4.74%	3.5%
5th	Madagascar	4.75%	12.1%
6th	Lao PDR	4.82%	7.1%
7th	Chad	5.18%	5.3%
8th	Sierra Leone	5.24%	-5.4%
9th	Bhutan	5.92%	1.8%
10th	Zambia	6.39%	1.2%
11th	Guinea-Bissau	6.75%	0.0%
12th	Niger	7.16%	-0.2%
13th	Malawi	7.35%	0.2%
14th	Tanzania	7.40%	0.4%
15th	Papua New Guinea	7.43%	-4.5%
16th	Angola	7.43%	-5.1%
17th	Liberia	8.02%	2.5%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.20%	1.7%
19th	Timor-Leste	8.46%	10.4%
20th	Guinea	8.59%	8.7%
21st	Rwanda	9.11%	9.1%
22nd	Kenya	9.42%	-2.5%
23rd	Mali	9.62%	-16.7%
24th	Georgia	9.80%	-0.9%
25th	Vanuatu	9.98%	3.4%
26th	Haiti	10.16%	0.1%
27th	Solomon Islands	10.80%	0.5%
28th	Equatorial Guinea	10.93%	10.0%
29th	Burkina Faso	10.95%	3.0%
30th	Nigeria	10.97%	2.1%
31st	Cameroon	11.50%	2.9%
32nd	Azerbaijan	12.13%	-3.9%
33rd	Gabon	12.20%	1.8%
34th	Côte d'Ivoire	12.20%	0.1%
35th	Eritrea	12.66%	0.2%
36th	Zimbabwe	12.87%	-6.9%
37th	Togo	13.21%	14.2%
38th	Mauritania	13.61%	-1.9%
39th	Mongolia	13.96%	7.7%
40th	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.11%	-4.7%
41st	Afghanistan	14.27%	1.7%
42nd	Namibia	14.31%	-2.2%
43rd	Moldova	14.34%	2.9%
44th	Sudan	14.51%	0.4%
45th	Ghana	14.62%	3.6%
46th	Botswana	14.87%	4.9%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	15.19%	2.8%
48th	Luxembourg	15.28%	-9.7%
49th	Central African Republic	15.61%	-0.9%
50th	Cambodia	15.67%	6.5%
51st	Channel Islands	15.89%	-1.6%
52nd	Gambia, The	15.98%	-0.2%
53rd	Comoros	16.07%	3.1%
54th	Tajikistan	16.08%	-2.6%
55th	Bahamas, The	16.25%	-9.5%
56th	Peru	16.49%	0.8%
57th	Uganda	16.55%	-1.9%
58th	Philippines	16.67%	-0.9%
59th	Senegal	16.69%	-2.7%
60th	Ecuador	16.83%	0.8%
61st	Armenia	16.87%	2.3%
62nd	Samoa	16.96%	-5.7%
63rd	French Polynesia	17.07%	0.2%
64th	Maldives	17.44%	-4.8%
65th	St. Lucia	17.68%	0.5%
66th	Belize	17.73%	0.1%
67th	Albania	17.83%	1.6%
68th	Panama	17.90%	-1.4%
69th	Fiji	17.94%	-4.6%
70th	Macao SAR, China	18.02%	-4.5%
71st	Montenegro	18.06%	2.9%
72nd	Puerto Rico (US)	18.08%	-5.7%
73rd	Cuba	18.08%	0.3%
74th	Indonesia	18.08%	3.2%
75th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.15%	-0.3%
76th	Nicaragua	18.16%	-3.7%
77th	Jamaica	18.24%	-1.1%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	18.67%	-0.5%
79th	Kazakhstan	18.92%	0.0%
80th	Myanmar	18.94%	1.1%
81st	Paraguay	19.05%	4.4%
82nd	Bangladesh	19.19%	1.5%
83rd	Israel	19.23%	-0.6%
84th	Netherlands	19.32%	-2.3%
85th	Benin	19.42%	-1.3%
86th	Uruguay	19.82%	-0.6%
87th	Costa Rica	20.37%	-2.8%
88th	Colombia	20.64%	-0.3%
89th	Thailand	20.72%	0.0%
90th	India	20.75%	2.1%
91st	Barbados	20.94%	-1.0%
92nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.04%	-1.6%
93rd	Viet Nam	21.08%	3.4%
94th	Pakistan	21.21%	-4.1%
95th	Sweden	21.33%	-1.5%
96th	Morocco	21.34%	1.3%
97th	Guam	21.35%	-0.5%
98th	United States	21.35%	-3.0%
99th	United Kingdom	21.39%	-3.5%
100th	Norway	21.53%	2.5%
101st	Canada	21.53%	-1.0%
102nd	São Tomé and Principe	21.73%	2.3%
103rd	New Zealand	21.74%	-1.6%
104th	Uzbekistan	21.86%	2.6%
105th	West Bank and Gaza	21.95%	-2.7%
106th	Iceland	22.00%	5.3%
107th	Argentina	22.08%	0.8%
108th	Australia	22.09%	2.3%
109th	Switzerland	22.28%	-1.8%
110th	Cabo Verde	22.31%	1.5%
111th	Greece	22.41%	-2.6%
112th	Virgin Islands (US)	22.55%	-1.1%
113th	Guatemala	22.85%	-0.5%
114th	Dominican Republic	22.92%	-4.2%
115th	Congo, Republic of	23.04%	1.8%
116th	Cyprus	23.05%	2.3%
117th	Chile	23.09%	0.5%
118th	Libya	23.10%	-0.5%
119th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.13%	2.2%
120th	Denmark	23.26%	-1.1%
121st	France	23.27%	-1.2%
122nd	Ireland	23.29%	-9.6%
123rd	Mexico	23.30%	-2.2%
124th	Lebanon	23.42%	0.6%
125th	Sri Lanka	23.48%	1.2%
126th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	23.70%	1.8%
127th	Singapore	23.73%	0.6%
128th	Iraq	24.03%	1.1%
129th	Serbia	24.21%	0.0%
130th	Honduras	24.30%	-0.3%
131st	El Salvador	24.39%	0.3%
132nd	Kyrgyz Republic	24.57%	0.8%
133rd	New Caledonia	24.58%	0.8%
134th	Belgium	24.67%	1.0%
135th	Guyana	24.82%	0.8%
136th	Jordan	24.83%	-0.6%
137th	Brazil	24.87%	3.1%
138th	Finland	25.14%	-3.9%
139th	Kuwait	25.14%	7.8%
140th	Suriname	25.18%	1.5%
141st	Malta	25.56%	-0.8%
142nd	Eswatini	25.66%	-0.6%
143rd	Saudi Arabia	25.80%	0.2%
144th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	25.82%	0.2%
145th	South Africa	25.88%	-0.3%
146th	Austria	26.01%	-4.8%
147th	Korea	26.08%	-1.8%
148th	Oman	26.19%	10.9%
149th	Lesotho	26.33%	5.2%
150th	Tonga	26.64%	3.0%
151st	Japan	26.77%	-1.9%
152nd	Turkmenistan	26.82%	3.9%
153rd	Nepal	27.09%	0.6%
154th	China	27.20%	1.5%
155th	Spain	27.62%	-5.1%
156th	Ukraine	27.87%	-0.1%
157th	European Union	28.28%	-1.6%
158th	Malaysia	28.67%	0.7%
159th	Russian Federation	28.68%	-0.6%
160th	Türkiye	29.27%	0.2%
161st	Germany	29.33%	-3.4%
162nd	Algeria	29.34%	1.6%
163rd	Latvia	29.40%	2.7%
164th	Portugal	29.79%	-4.6%
165th	Italy	29.80%	-1.1%
166th	Lithuania	30.52%	-0.1%
167th	Croatia	30.85%	0.7%
168th	Trinidad and Tobago	30.87%	0.9%
169th	Slovenia	31.12%	-0.4%
170th	North Macedonia	31.42%	-0.1%
171st	Mauritius	31.52%	-0.7%
172nd	Poland	31.84%	3.8%
173rd	Hungary	32.22%	-1.0%
174th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32.38%	-0.5%
175th	United Arab Emirates	32.41%	-3.7%
176th	Syrian Arab Republic	32.98%	13.5%
177th	Tunisia	33.36%	2.0%
178th	Belarus	34.60%	0.8%
179th	Bahrain	34.69%	3.5%
180th	Estonia	35.27%	0.4%
181st	Romania	35.70%	0.3%
182nd	Bulgaria	36.27%	2.2%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	36.69%	-0.3%
184th	Slovak Republic	39.99%	0.7%
185th	Czechia	40.53%	-0.7%
186th	Qatar	59.58%	14.9%

FAQ

What was Korea's industry employment in 2008?▾

Korea's industry employment in 2008 was 26.08%. This ranked 147th globally.

How did Korea's industry employment change in 2008?▾

Korea's industry employment decreased by 1.8% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2008?▾

Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2008 at 59.58%.

What is the industry employment of Korea in 2008?▾

The industry employment of Korea in 2008 was 26.08%. This ranked 147th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Korea's industry employment?▾

Korea's industry employment went from 26.55% in 2007 to 26.08% in 2008, a 1.8% decrease.

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