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Kuwait - Industry Employment 2023

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Employment in industry · World Bank

25.20% −0.36% from 2022 Global rank: 141st

Kuwait's industry employment was 25.20% in 2023, decreased +0.36% from 25.56% in 2022. This was the 141st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.67%	0.2%
2nd	Burundi	3.08%	0.3%
3rd	Timor-Leste	3.10%	-25.1%
4th	Djibouti	6.33%	3.0%
5th	Mozambique	6.40%	0.4%
6th	Angola	7.07%	0.6%
7th	Uganda	7.18%	0.5%
8th	Lao PDR	7.25%	1.0%
9th	Malawi	7.33%	0.2%
10th	Papua New Guinea	7.53%	-0.7%
11th	Solomon Islands	7.76%	-0.4%
12th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	7.98%	-0.7%
13th	Tanzania	8.04%	0.4%
14th	Liberia	8.20%	0.9%
15th	Chad	8.63%	-0.6%
16th	Mali	8.64%	0.2%
17th	Luxembourg	9.00%	-2.3%
18th	Haiti	9.11%	-1.1%
19th	Niger	9.21%	-0.7%
20th	Guinea-Bissau	9.65%	0.4%
21st	Madagascar	9.84%	-0.2%
22nd	Zambia	9.92%	2.0%
23rd	Equatorial Guinea	10.12%	-3.2%
24th	Vanuatu	10.57%	-0.8%
25th	Sierra Leone	11.21%	3.8%
26th	Macao SAR, China	11.33%	-2.9%
27th	Zimbabwe	11.39%	-7.4%
28th	Yemen, Republic of	11.61%	-2.4%
29th	Kenya	12.16%	1.7%
30th	Fiji	12.58%	1.7%
31st	Eritrea	12.61%	0.4%
32nd	Channel Islands	12.96%	-1.3%
33rd	Moldova	13.32%	5.0%
34th	Central African Republic	13.51%	-0.5%
35th	Côte d'Ivoire	13.79%	1.6%
36th	Singapore	13.84%	-5.0%
37th	Guinea	13.96%	1.9%
38th	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.03%	0.2%
39th	Samoa	14.18%	6.6%
40th	Rwanda	14.23%	-1.8%
41st	Netherlands	14.33%	0.4%
42nd	French Polynesia	14.48%	-0.1%
43rd	Cameroon	14.57%	-0.2%
44th	Comoros	14.75%	0.2%
45th	Mauritania	14.83%	2.2%
46th	Bahamas, The	14.89%	-0.4%
47th	St. Lucia	15.07%	-10.9%
48th	Puerto Rico (US)	15.17%	-1.2%
49th	Bhutan	15.25%	0.1%
50th	Belize	15.38%	-2.3%
51st	Azerbaijan	15.40%	-0.2%
52nd	Israel	15.42%	-1.9%
53rd	Botswana	15.79%	0.6%
54th	United Kingdom	15.92%	-4.7%
55th	Greece	15.95%	2.5%
56th	Georgia	16.10%	7.7%
57th	Cyprus	16.13%	-6.0%
58th	Barbados	16.23%	0.3%
59th	Peru	16.36%	-2.0%
60th	Jordan	16.37%	-10.7%
61st	Namibia	16.39%	0.7%
62nd	Burkina Faso	16.56%	0.5%
63rd	Tajikistan	16.81%	2.5%
64th	Nigeria	16.82%	0.0%
65th	Nicaragua	16.92%	0.6%
66th	Maldives	16.95%	0.0%
67th	Cuba	17.08%	1.2%
68th	Virgin Islands (US)	17.11%	-1.5%
69th	Jamaica	17.24%	-1.2%
70th	Ireland	17.28%	-10.8%
71st	Sweden	17.28%	0.5%
72nd	Panama	17.46%	-1.5%
73rd	Ecuador	17.47%	0.7%
74th	Bangladesh	17.63%	-1.9%
75th	Ghana	17.64%	-0.4%
76th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.70%	0.0%
77th	Paraguay	18.01%	-3.9%
78th	Malta	18.02%	5.0%
79th	Togo	18.18%	-0.3%
80th	Iceland	18.25%	1.6%
81st	Gabon	18.28%	2.3%
82nd	Libya	18.28%	2.2%
83rd	Benin	18.30%	-0.1%
84th	Montenegro	18.43%	-3.2%
85th	Gambia, The	18.60%	1.8%
86th	Norway	18.72%	-1.5%
87th	Myanmar	18.74%	-1.1%
88th	Uruguay	18.79%	4.5%
89th	Philippines	18.94%	2.7%
90th	Dominican Republic	19.18%	-1.4%
91st	Afghanistan	19.21%	0.9%
92nd	Canada	19.21%	-0.8%
93rd	France	19.25%	-0.2%
94th	Denmark	19.26%	1.0%
95th	United States	19.34%	0.3%
96th	Guam	19.47%	-0.4%
97th	Congo, Republic of	19.63%	-1.4%
98th	Australia	19.68%	2.2%
99th	Kazakhstan	19.81%	-0.2%
100th	Switzerland	19.91%	-0.9%
101st	Colombia	19.99%	-1.7%
102nd	Spain	20.03%	-2.1%
103rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	20.11%	-1.9%
104th	Lebanon	20.12%	3.0%
105th	Belgium	20.15%	-1.5%
106th	Brazil	20.17%	-1.6%
107th	Costa Rica	20.21%	6.5%
108th	Brunei Darussalam	20.45%	-4.8%
109th	Armenia	20.47%	-3.5%
110th	New Zealand	20.54%	-1.2%
111th	South Africa	20.58%	-2.5%
112th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.00%	1.3%
113th	Mauritius	21.16%	-7.2%
114th	Finland	21.37%	2.3%
115th	Argentina	21.41%	1.4%
116th	Albania	21.65%	-2.7%
117th	Honduras	21.79%	-9.7%
118th	New Caledonia	21.88%	-0.9%
119th	Thailand	21.92%	-1.4%
120th	Indonesia	21.95%	0.4%
121st	Chile	22.11%	-3.2%
122nd	Senegal	22.25%	-0.3%
123rd	Guatemala	22.51%	2.3%
124th	São Tomé and Principe	22.59%	-0.7%
125th	Mongolia	22.63%	-1.1%
126th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	22.66%	0.6%
127th	Cabo Verde	22.72%	0.9%
128th	Tonga	23.04%	-7.5%
129th	Saudi Arabia	23.06%	36.6%
130th	Morocco	23.26%	0.1%
131st	El Salvador	23.30%	-0.5%
132nd	Latvia	23.32%	-0.9%
133rd	Japan	23.71%	0.4%
134th	Korea	23.99%	-1.9%
135th	Uzbekistan	24.13%	1.0%
136th	European Union	24.26%	-1.2%
137th	Trinidad and Tobago	24.80%	2.4%
138th	India	25.03%	-4.2%
139th	Mexico	25.03%	0.2%
140th	Pakistan	25.15%	-1.0%
141st	Kuwait	25.20%	-1.4%
142nd	Portugal	25.48%	2.4%
143rd	Austria	25.72%	-2.4%
144th	Syrian Arab Republic	25.75%	-0.1%
145th	Lithuania	25.81%	0.3%
146th	Russian Federation	25.94%	-1.3%
147th	Malaysia	26.00%	-0.3%
148th	Kyrgyz Republic	26.00%	-2.0%
149th	Eswatini	26.10%	20.1%
150th	Suriname	26.15%	-0.9%
151st	Sri Lanka	26.26%	-0.8%
152nd	Germany	26.40%	-1.4%
153rd	Iraq	26.62%	-1.4%
154th	Italy	26.64%	-0.9%
155th	Estonia	27.37%	-4.3%
156th	Croatia	27.44%	-1.0%
157th	Cambodia	27.56%	1.9%
158th	Türkiye	27.59%	-0.4%
159th	Serbia	27.62%	-1.4%
160th	Guyana	28.32%	6.4%
161st	Turkmenistan	29.07%	0.1%
162nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	29.20%	1.9%
163rd	Poland	29.54%	-3.5%
164th	Bulgaria	29.59%	-2.1%
165th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.63%	-0.1%
166th	United Arab Emirates	30.78%	0.1%
167th	Nepal	30.85%	0.7%
168th	Belarus	30.98%	0.2%
169th	Hungary	31.03%	-0.8%
170th	North Macedonia	31.04%	2.0%
171st	China	31.43%	1.6%
172nd	Algeria	31.96%	0.6%
173rd	Slovenia	32.12%	6.5%
174th	Lesotho	32.98%	-0.3%
175th	Romania	33.16%	1.0%
176th	Tunisia	33.32%	0.0%
177th	Viet Nam	33.47%	9.1%
178th	Slovak Republic	34.68%	-3.2%
179th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	35.00%	0.2%
180th	Bahrain	35.14%	-0.2%
181st	Czechia	36.51%	-1.1%
182nd	Qatar	38.96%	-0.2%
183rd	Oman	39.72%	-0.7%

FAQ

What was Kuwait's industry employment in 2023?▾

Kuwait's industry employment in 2023 was 25.20%. This ranked 141st globally.

How did Kuwait's industry employment change in 2023?▾

Kuwait's industry employment decreased by 1.4% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2023?▾

Oman had the highest industry employment in 2023 at 39.72%.

What is the industry employment of Kuwait in 2023?▾

The industry employment of Kuwait in 2023 was 25.20%. This ranked 141st globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Kuwait's industry employment?▾

Kuwait's industry employment went from 25.56% in 2022 to 25.20% in 2023, a 1.4% decrease.

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