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Malaysia - Industry Employment 2018

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Employment in industry · World Bank

27.11% −0.61% from 2017 Global rank: 159th

Malaysia's industry employment was 27.11% in 2018, decreased +0.61% from 27.72% in 2017. This was the 159th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.69%	-2.6%
2nd	Burundi	3.33%	-4.2%
3rd	Djibouti	5.79%	2.8%
4th	Lao PDR	6.79%	4.3%
5th	Angola	6.91%	-0.9%
6th	Guinea-Bissau	7.21%	2.4%
7th	Uganda	7.24%	6.1%
8th	Mozambique	7.28%	-2.2%
9th	Malawi	7.50%	0.4%
10th	Mali	7.66%	-7.1%
11th	Papua New Guinea	7.71%	-4.6%
12th	Niger	7.86%	1.6%
13th	Tanzania	8.00%	0.8%
14th	Solomon Islands	8.19%	-2.5%
15th	Liberia	8.39%	2.2%
16th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.49%	1.4%
17th	Chad	8.93%	5.8%
18th	Côte d'Ivoire	9.27%	11.4%
19th	Haiti	9.51%	-0.4%
20th	Madagascar	9.52%	1.7%
21st	Zambia	9.95%	2.0%
22nd	Moldova	10.49%	6.1%
23rd	Sierra Leone	10.58%	15.5%
24th	Equatorial Guinea	10.62%	1.0%
25th	Vanuatu	10.62%	1.4%
26th	Timor-Leste	10.90%	-7.4%
27th	Zimbabwe	11.12%	0.0%
28th	Kenya	11.15%	3.3%
29th	Yemen, Republic of	11.79%	-0.9%
30th	Fiji	11.93%	0.6%
31st	Luxembourg	12.39%	12.6%
32nd	Macao SAR, China	12.74%	-3.4%
33rd	Eritrea	12.87%	0.9%
34th	Bhutan	13.06%	11.3%
35th	Nigeria	13.40%	-0.3%
36th	Georgia	13.59%	9.0%
37th	Samoa	13.62%	-2.9%
38th	Channel Islands	13.72%	-1.2%
39th	Hong Kong SAR, China	13.95%	-0.7%
40th	Mauritania	14.04%	1.1%
41st	Sudan	14.10%	-0.7%
42nd	Guinea	14.17%	0.2%
43rd	Bahamas, The	14.27%	1.1%
44th	Central African Republic	14.48%	-0.5%
45th	Cameroon	14.53%	0.7%
46th	French Polynesia	14.69%	-1.0%
47th	Azerbaijan	14.72%	2.4%
48th	St. Lucia	14.83%	-9.3%
49th	Greece	15.40%	-0.7%
50th	Tajikistan	15.50%	-0.2%
51st	Rwanda	15.50%	16.2%
52nd	Puerto Rico (US)	15.76%	-0.3%
53rd	Gabon	15.83%	2.7%
54th	Peru	15.97%	-0.7%
55th	Singapore	16.04%	1.0%
56th	Netherlands	16.08%	-3.0%
57th	Jamaica	16.12%	2.5%
58th	Comoros	16.16%	-4.2%
59th	Namibia	16.22%	-8.0%
60th	Burkina Faso	16.33%	3.8%
61st	Botswana	16.42%	0.2%
62nd	Cyprus	16.66%	-2.3%
63rd	Ghana	16.77%	-4.2%
64th	Iceland	16.79%	-3.9%
65th	Myanmar	17.02%	8.4%
66th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.05%	0.4%
67th	Israel	17.10%	-1.6%
68th	Ecuador	17.17%	-0.3%
69th	Cuba	17.18%	0.3%
70th	Gambia, The	17.19%	1.7%
71st	Nicaragua	17.32%	-2.3%
72nd	Benin	17.38%	2.3%
73rd	Maldives	17.40%	-3.4%
74th	Belize	17.49%	11.4%
75th	Uruguay	17.58%	-2.8%
76th	Panama	17.62%	1.2%
77th	Virgin Islands (US)	17.92%	-1.7%
78th	Senegal	17.99%	18.9%
79th	Togo	18.04%	-6.7%
80th	United Kingdom	18.08%	-0.7%
81st	Sweden	18.18%	0.1%
82nd	Barbados	18.24%	-5.6%
83rd	Paraguay	18.59%	-4.7%
84th	Malta	18.78%	-5.2%
85th	Ireland	18.82%	-0.1%
86th	Montenegro	18.90%	10.6%
87th	Armenia	18.91%	13.1%
88th	Denmark	18.91%	-0.2%
89th	Costa Rica	18.92%	5.8%
90th	Norway	19.07%	-3.1%
91st	Guatemala	19.10%	0.5%
92nd	Afghanistan	19.38%	-4.1%
93rd	Brunei Darussalam	19.40%	20.3%
94th	Libya	19.41%	1.3%
95th	Philippines	19.47%	4.3%
96th	Jordan	19.66%	-2.4%
97th	United States	19.70%	0.8%
98th	Canada	19.71%	-0.2%
99th	Guam	19.72%	-0.9%
100th	Australia	19.89%	2.4%
101st	Kazakhstan	19.91%	0.3%
102nd	Mongolia	19.95%	7.6%
103rd	New Zealand	20.01%	-3.1%
104th	Bangladesh	20.05%	-1.8%
105th	Colombia	20.10%	2.6%
106th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.12%	0.0%
107th	Albania	20.23%	1.4%
108th	France	20.23%	-0.9%
109th	Dominican Republic	20.25%	0.8%
110th	Spain	20.27%	1.2%
111th	Switzerland	20.43%	-0.3%
112th	Brazil	20.53%	-2.0%
113th	Congo, Republic of	20.64%	-2.6%
114th	Argentina	20.78%	-1.6%
115th	Belgium	20.92%	-1.2%
116th	Lebanon	21.24%	-1.9%
117th	Eswatini	21.54%	-6.6%
118th	Cabo Verde	21.88%	-0.1%
119th	Finland	21.94%	0.4%
120th	Chile	22.04%	-1.5%
121st	New Caledonia	22.14%	-11.8%
122nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	22.15%	-1.7%
123rd	El Salvador	22.20%	1.5%
124th	Indonesia	22.38%	1.2%
125th	Honduras	22.59%	-0.3%
126th	Morocco	22.61%	0.6%
127th	Uzbekistan	22.67%	-1.7%
128th	São Tomé and Principe	22.70%	0.5%
129th	Thailand	22.85%	-0.2%
130th	Latvia	23.00%	0.2%
131st	South Africa	23.16%	-0.8%
132nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.48%	-2.5%
133rd	Mauritius	23.70%	-2.3%
134th	Ukraine	24.31%	-0.9%
135th	Portugal	24.44%	0.0%
136th	Japan	24.45%	-0.5%
137th	Mexico	24.69%	0.5%
138th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.76%	-0.1%
139th	Kuwait	24.93%	-0.7%
140th	Guyana	24.94%	0.1%
141st	Pakistan	24.99%	2.9%
142nd	Cambodia	25.02%	-1.9%
143rd	European Union	25.10%	-0.1%
144th	Korea	25.20%	-0.4%
145th	India	25.37%	0.4%
146th	Austria	25.44%	2.1%
147th	Saudi Arabia	25.66%	-2.6%
148th	Lithuania	25.77%	2.5%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	25.80%	-0.4%
150th	Syrian Arab Republic	25.85%	-0.1%
151st	Suriname	25.98%	1.3%
152nd	Italy	26.09%	0.3%
153rd	Tonga	26.10%	0.4%
154th	Iraq	26.18%	-0.1%
155th	Russian Federation	26.68%	-0.6%
156th	Viet Nam	26.70%	3.6%
157th	Serbia	26.76%	6.6%
158th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.86%	1.1%
159th	Malaysia	27.11%	-2.2%
160th	Croatia	27.31%	4.7%
161st	Germany	27.35%	-0.2%
162nd	Türkiye	27.75%	0.6%
163rd	Sri Lanka	27.94%	-1.6%
164th	Turkmenistan	28.39%	0.0%
165th	West Bank and Gaza	28.76%	1.2%
166th	Slovenia	29.40%	0.4%
167th	Nepal	29.88%	1.2%
168th	Estonia	30.16%	-0.1%
169th	United Arab Emirates	30.21%	-0.9%
170th	Bulgaria	30.30%	3.3%
171st	China	30.36%	1.3%
172nd	Belarus	30.63%	-0.5%
173rd	Algeria	31.13%	0.5%
174th	North Macedonia	31.64%	3.0%
175th	Poland	31.82%	0.5%
176th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32.19%	9.0%
177th	Hungary	32.47%	3.0%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	32.98%	-0.7%
179th	Romania	33.12%	-0.5%
180th	Lesotho	33.51%	0.7%
181st	Tunisia	33.95%	2.0%
182nd	Bahrain	35.21%	-0.3%
183rd	Slovak Republic	36.52%	-1.7%
184th	Czechia	37.50%	-1.5%
185th	Oman	46.23%	6.6%
186th	Qatar	55.33%	1.5%

FAQ

What was Malaysia's industry employment in 2018?▾

Malaysia's industry employment in 2018 was 27.11%. This ranked 159th globally.

How did Malaysia's industry employment change in 2018?▾

Malaysia's industry employment decreased by 2.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2018?▾

Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2018 at 55.33%.

What is the industry employment of Malaysia in 2018?▾

The industry employment of Malaysia in 2018 was 27.11%. This ranked 159th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Malaysia's industry employment?▾

Malaysia's industry employment went from 27.72% in 2017 to 27.11% in 2018, a 2.2% decrease.

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