New Zealand - Industry Employment 2023
20.54%
−0.25% from 2022
New Zealand's industry employment was 20.54% in 2023, decreased +0.25% from 20.78% in 2022. This was the 110th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 New Zealand's industry employment in 2023?▾
New Zealand's industry employment in 2023 was 20.54%. This ranked 110th globally.
How did New Zealand's industry employment change in 2023?▾
New Zealand's industry employment decreased by 1.2% 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 New Zealand in 2023?▾
The industry employment of New Zealand in 2023 was 20.54%. This ranked 110th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for New Zealand's industry employment?▾
New Zealand's industry employment went from 20.78% in 2022 to 20.54% in 2023, a 1.2% decrease.
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