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Korea - Industry Employment 2022

Name: Korea Industry Employment 2022
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Employment in industry · World Bank

24.46% −0.15% from 2021 Global rank: 137th

Korea's industry employment was 24.46% in 2022, decreased +0.15% from 24.60% in 2021. This was the 137th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.67%	-2.2%
2nd	Burundi	3.07%	0.3%
3rd	Timor-Leste	4.14%	-64.1%
4th	Djibouti	6.15%	1.3%
5th	Mozambique	6.38%	-2.0%
6th	Angola	7.03%	22.9%
7th	Uganda	7.15%	0.1%
8th	Lao PDR	7.18%	1.1%
9th	Malawi	7.32%	-0.5%
10th	Papua New Guinea	7.59%	-0.1%
11th	Solomon Islands	7.79%	-1.0%
12th	Tanzania	8.02%	0.9%
13th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.03%	2.3%
14th	Liberia	8.13%	0.0%
15th	Mali	8.62%	-1.9%
16th	Chad	8.68%	1.1%
17th	Haiti	9.21%	-0.3%
18th	Luxembourg	9.22%	-7.8%
19th	Niger	9.28%	6.5%
20th	Guinea-Bissau	9.61%	2.6%
21st	Zambia	9.72%	-4.4%
22nd	Madagascar	9.86%	2.7%
23rd	Equatorial Guinea	10.46%	1.3%
24th	Vanuatu	10.66%	-1.4%
25th	Sierra Leone	10.80%	1.9%
26th	Macao SAR, China	11.67%	-3.3%
27th	Yemen, Republic of	11.90%	-0.6%
28th	Kenya	11.95%	5.3%
29th	Zimbabwe	12.31%	-8.7%
30th	Fiji	12.38%	5.1%
31st	Eritrea	12.56%	0.5%
32nd	Moldova	12.68%	3.6%
33rd	Channel Islands	13.13%	-0.3%
34th	Samoa	13.31%	-4.7%
35th	Côte d'Ivoire	13.57%	9.5%
36th	Central African Republic	13.58%	-0.8%
37th	Guinea	13.70%	-1.1%
38th	Sudan	13.98%	-0.9%
39th	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.00%	2.6%
40th	Netherlands	14.27%	1.2%
41st	Rwanda	14.49%	0.7%
42nd	French Polynesia	14.49%	0.1%
43rd	Mauritania	14.51%	1.5%
44th	Singapore	14.56%	0.8%
45th	Cameroon	14.60%	0.5%
46th	Comoros	14.72%	0.2%
47th	Bahamas, The	14.94%	0.3%
48th	Georgia	14.96%	7.9%
49th	Bhutan	15.24%	-2.4%
50th	Puerto Rico (US)	15.35%	-0.6%
51st	Azerbaijan	15.44%	0.9%
52nd	Greece	15.56%	1.8%
53rd	Botswana	15.70%	-1.6%
54th	Israel	15.72%	-1.5%
55th	Belize	15.75%	-0.5%
56th	Barbados	16.18%	-3.7%
57th	Namibia	16.28%	0.7%
58th	Tajikistan	16.40%	2.8%
59th	Burkina Faso	16.49%	0.4%
60th	United Kingdom	16.70%	-1.3%
61st	Peru	16.70%	0.0%
62nd	Nigeria	16.82%	7.9%
63rd	Nicaragua	16.82%	-0.3%
64th	Cuba	16.87%	0.0%
65th	Saudi Arabia	16.88%	-13.6%
66th	St. Lucia	16.91%	5.4%
67th	Maldives	16.95%	1.7%
68th	Malta	17.16%	-6.0%
69th	Cyprus	17.16%	-4.2%
70th	Sweden	17.20%	-5.0%
71st	Ecuador	17.35%	3.1%
72nd	Virgin Islands (US)	17.37%	-1.7%
73rd	Jamaica	17.45%	2.1%
74th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.69%	0.1%
75th	Ghana	17.71%	23.1%
76th	Panama	17.74%	5.4%
77th	Gabon	17.87%	2.7%
78th	Libya	17.88%	-3.0%
79th	Iceland	17.96%	-5.0%
80th	Bangladesh	17.97%	-1.8%
81st	Uruguay	17.98%	0.7%
82nd	Togo	18.24%	4.0%
83rd	Gambia, The	18.26%	1.9%
84th	Benin	18.31%	1.5%
85th	Jordan	18.32%	-0.5%
86th	Philippines	18.44%	-2.2%
87th	Paraguay	18.74%	-3.8%
88th	Myanmar	18.95%	2.7%
89th	Costa Rica	18.97%	7.9%
90th	Norway	19.00%	0.9%
91st	Afghanistan	19.04%	-3.0%
92nd	Montenegro	19.05%	12.5%
93rd	Denmark	19.07%	-1.5%
94th	Australia	19.25%	-1.3%
95th	France	19.27%	-1.2%
96th	United States	19.28%	0.5%
97th	Ireland	19.36%	1.2%
98th	Canada	19.37%	0.2%
99th	Dominican Republic	19.45%	-3.9%
100th	Lebanon	19.53%	-7.0%
101st	Guam	19.54%	0.0%
102nd	Kazakhstan	19.84%	-0.3%
103rd	Congo, Republic of	19.90%	-0.3%
104th	Switzerland	20.09%	-0.5%
105th	Colombia	20.33%	1.6%
106th	Spain	20.46%	-1.0%
107th	Belgium	20.46%	3.6%
108th	Brazil	20.49%	-1.2%
109th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	20.51%	0.4%
110th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.73%	2.4%
111th	New Zealand	20.78%	3.8%
112th	Finland	20.89%	-4.5%
113th	South Africa	21.10%	2.2%
114th	Argentina	21.12%	3.1%
115th	Armenia	21.21%	13.3%
116th	Brunei Darussalam	21.47%	-8.9%
117th	Eswatini	21.73%	21.5%
118th	Indonesia	21.87%	0.5%
119th	Guatemala	22.01%	-0.2%
120th	New Caledonia	22.09%	-0.5%
121st	Thailand	22.24%	-0.2%
122nd	Albania	22.25%	2.2%
123rd	Senegal	22.32%	2.0%
124th	Cabo Verde	22.52%	4.1%
125th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	22.53%	-0.8%
126th	São Tomé and Principe	22.75%	-0.8%
127th	Mauritius	22.80%	3.0%
128th	Chile	22.84%	-0.7%
129th	Mongolia	22.89%	4.6%
130th	Morocco	23.22%	1.3%
131st	El Salvador	23.43%	-2.0%
132nd	Latvia	23.53%	-2.6%
133rd	Japan	23.62%	-0.3%
134th	Uzbekistan	23.90%	0.9%
135th	Honduras	24.14%	-2.9%
136th	Trinidad and Tobago	24.21%	-0.5%
137th	Korea	24.46%	-0.6%
138th	European Union	24.57%	-0.8%
139th	Portugal	24.87%	1.1%
140th	Tonga	24.90%	-9.3%
141st	Mexico	24.97%	2.1%
142nd	Pakistan	25.41%	-0.1%
143rd	Kuwait	25.56%	1.0%
144th	Lithuania	25.73%	-2.0%
145th	Syrian Arab Republic	25.77%	-2.2%
146th	Malaysia	26.07%	0.5%
147th	India	26.12%	6.7%
148th	Russian Federation	26.29%	-0.8%
149th	Austria	26.36%	2.9%
150th	Suriname	26.39%	0.3%
151st	Sri Lanka	26.49%	1.9%
152nd	Kyrgyz Republic	26.54%	-2.5%
153rd	Guyana	26.62%	9.4%
154th	Germany	26.77%	-2.2%
155th	Italy	26.87%	0.9%
156th	Iraq	27.00%	1.7%
157th	Cambodia	27.04%	2.4%
158th	Türkiye	27.71%	0.5%
159th	Croatia	27.73%	-2.8%
160th	Serbia	28.02%	0.5%
161st	Estonia	28.61%	-1.4%
162nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	28.64%	1.0%
163rd	Turkmenistan	29.04%	0.8%
164th	West Bank and Gaza	29.88%	2.7%
165th	Slovenia	30.16%	0.5%
166th	Bulgaria	30.23%	0.8%
167th	North Macedonia	30.43%	-1.4%
168th	Poland	30.61%	-0.3%
169th	Nepal	30.62%	0.8%
170th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.67%	0.3%
171st	Viet Nam	30.68%	-7.4%
172nd	United Arab Emirates	30.75%	-0.4%
173rd	Belarus	30.93%	1.6%
174th	China	30.93%	-1.9%
175th	Hungary	31.29%	-0.3%
176th	Algeria	31.78%	0.9%
177th	Romania	32.83%	-0.3%
178th	Lesotho	33.09%	0.2%
179th	Tunisia	33.33%	-1.8%
180th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	34.95%	0.9%
181st	Bahrain	35.22%	0.2%
182nd	Slovak Republic	35.84%	-1.8%
183rd	Czechia	36.89%	0.2%
184th	Qatar	39.05%	-4.6%
185th	Oman	40.02%	-0.7%

FAQ

What was Korea's industry employment in 2022?▾

Korea's industry employment in 2022 was 24.46%. This ranked 137th globally.

How did Korea's industry employment change in 2022?▾

Korea's industry employment decreased by 0.6% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2022?▾

Oman had the highest industry employment in 2022 at 40.02%.

What is the industry employment of Korea in 2022?▾

The industry employment of Korea in 2022 was 24.46%. This ranked 137th globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Korea's industry employment?▾

Korea's industry employment went from 24.60% in 2021 to 24.46% in 2022, a 0.6% decrease.

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