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Switzerland - Industry Employment 2024

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Employment in industry · World Bank

19.85% −0.06% from 2023 Global rank: 101st

Switzerland's industry employment was 19.85% in 2024, decreased +0.06% from 19.91% in 2023. This was the 101st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2024▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2024
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	3.09%	0.5%
2nd	Timor-Leste	3.82%	23.2%
3rd	Mozambique	6.43%	0.4%
4th	Djibouti	6.53%	3.2%
5th	Angola	7.16%	1.3%
6th	Uganda	7.23%	0.6%
7th	Malawi	7.33%	0.0%
8th	Lao PDR	7.40%	2.1%
9th	Solomon Islands	7.63%	-1.7%
10th	Papua New Guinea	7.70%	2.3%
11th	Luxembourg	7.82%	-13.1%
12th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.01%	0.4%
13th	Tanzania	8.05%	0.1%
14th	Liberia	8.28%	1.0%
15th	Chad	8.56%	-0.8%
16th	Mali	8.67%	0.3%
17th	Haiti	8.90%	-2.3%
18th	Niger	9.21%	-0.1%
19th	Guinea-Bissau	9.68%	0.3%
20th	Madagascar	9.86%	0.3%
21st	Zambia	10.01%	0.9%
22nd	Equatorial Guinea	10.14%	0.2%
23rd	Vanuatu	10.26%	-2.9%
24th	Macao SAR, China	11.10%	-2.0%
25th	Sierra Leone	11.34%	1.2%
26th	Yemen, Republic of	11.36%	-2.2%
27th	Zimbabwe	11.44%	0.4%
28th	Kenya	12.31%	1.3%
29th	Moldova	12.57%	-5.6%
30th	Fiji	12.61%	0.2%
31st	Eritrea	12.67%	0.5%
32nd	Channel Islands	12.79%	-1.3%
33rd	Central African Republic	13.45%	-0.5%
34th	Côte d'Ivoire	14.00%	1.5%
35th	Netherlands	14.02%	-2.2%
36th	Guinea	14.03%	0.5%
37th	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.12%	0.6%
38th	Singapore	14.16%	2.3%
39th	French Polynesia	14.38%	-0.7%
40th	Cameroon	14.59%	0.1%
41st	Comoros	14.78%	0.2%
42nd	Bahamas, The	14.84%	-0.3%
43rd	Mauritania	14.92%	0.6%
44th	Puerto Rico (US)	14.95%	-1.5%
45th	Israel	15.27%	-1.0%
46th	Samoa	15.40%	8.6%
47th	Belize	15.41%	0.2%
48th	Azerbaijan	15.43%	0.2%
49th	Bhutan	15.52%	1.7%
50th	Botswana	15.75%	-0.3%
51st	United Kingdom	16.12%	1.3%
52nd	Barbados	16.19%	-0.2%
53rd	St. Lucia	16.23%	7.7%
54th	Jordan	16.27%	-0.6%
55th	Cyprus	16.34%	1.3%
56th	Georgia	16.35%	1.6%
57th	Greece	16.35%	2.5%
58th	Namibia	16.47%	0.5%
59th	Burkina Faso	16.61%	0.3%
60th	Ecuador	16.65%	-4.7%
61st	Peru	16.78%	2.6%
62nd	Virgin Islands (US)	16.81%	-1.7%
63rd	Nigeria	16.84%	0.1%
64th	Nicaragua	16.91%	0.0%
65th	Maldives	16.93%	-0.1%
66th	Cuba	16.96%	-0.7%
67th	Sweden	17.02%	-1.5%
68th	Panama	17.02%	-2.5%
69th	Jamaica	17.14%	-0.6%
70th	Tajikistan	17.28%	2.7%
71st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.73%	0.2%
72nd	Ghana	17.88%	1.4%
73rd	Bangladesh	17.89%	1.5%
74th	Malta	17.93%	-0.5%
75th	Norway	18.06%	-3.5%
76th	Libya	18.08%	-1.1%
77th	Togo	18.11%	-0.4%
78th	Rwanda	18.12%	27.3%
79th	Myanmar	18.13%	-3.3%
80th	Benin	18.28%	-0.1%
81st	Montenegro	18.29%	-0.8%
82nd	Iceland	18.41%	0.9%
83rd	Ireland	18.45%	6.8%
84th	Costa Rica	18.61%	-7.9%
85th	Gambia, The	18.70%	0.5%
86th	Gabon	18.76%	2.6%
87th	Uruguay	18.77%	-0.1%
88th	Paraguay	18.90%	5.0%
89th	Canada	18.93%	-1.5%
90th	Denmark	19.00%	-1.3%
91st	Afghanistan	19.04%	-0.9%
92nd	United States	19.04%	-1.5%
93rd	Dominican Republic	19.06%	-0.6%
94th	Guam	19.35%	-0.6%
95th	Australia	19.36%	-1.6%
96th	Philippines	19.50%	2.9%
97th	Belgium	19.52%	-3.1%
98th	Congo, Republic of	19.52%	-0.5%
99th	France	19.54%	1.5%
100th	Kazakhstan	19.84%	0.2%
101st	Switzerland	19.85%	-0.3%
102nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	19.95%	-0.8%
103rd	Colombia	20.02%	0.1%
104th	New Zealand	20.05%	-2.4%
105th	Spain	20.09%	0.3%
106th	Brazil	20.30%	0.6%
107th	Brunei Darussalam	20.45%	0.0%
108th	South Africa	20.81%	1.1%
109th	Armenia	20.90%	2.1%
110th	Finland	20.97%	-1.8%
111th	Mauritius	20.98%	-0.8%
112th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.07%	0.3%
113th	New Caledonia	21.09%	-3.6%
114th	Argentina	21.11%	-1.4%
115th	Chile	21.67%	-2.0%
116th	Honduras	21.78%	0.0%
117th	Albania	21.80%	0.7%
118th	Latvia	21.98%	-5.8%
119th	Thailand	22.25%	1.5%
120th	Senegal	22.26%	0.0%
121st	Indonesia	22.29%	1.5%
122nd	São Tomé and Principe	22.47%	-0.5%
123rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	22.52%	-0.6%
124th	Guatemala	22.53%	0.1%
125th	Cabo Verde	22.88%	0.7%
126th	Mongolia	22.93%	1.3%
127th	Saudi Arabia	23.06%	0.0%
128th	El Salvador	23.27%	-0.1%
129th	Tonga	23.29%	1.1%
130th	Japan	23.34%	-1.5%
131st	Morocco	23.64%	1.7%
132nd	Korea	23.66%	-1.4%
133rd	European Union	24.18%	-0.3%
134th	Trinidad and Tobago	24.22%	-2.4%
135th	Uzbekistan	24.38%	1.0%
136th	Mexico	24.70%	-1.3%
137th	Kuwait	24.72%	-1.9%
138th	Portugal	24.76%	-2.8%
139th	Austria	24.83%	-3.5%
140th	Pakistan	25.18%	0.1%
141st	India	25.37%	1.4%
142nd	Syrian Arab Republic	25.43%	-1.2%
143rd	Russian Federation	25.97%	0.1%
144th	Lithuania	25.99%	0.7%
145th	Malaysia	26.00%	0.0%
146th	Sri Lanka	26.07%	-0.8%
147th	Eswatini	26.08%	-0.1%
148th	Suriname	26.12%	-0.1%
149th	Germany	26.29%	-0.4%
150th	Estonia	26.45%	-3.4%
151st	Kyrgyz Republic	26.49%	1.9%
152nd	Croatia	26.66%	-2.8%
153rd	Italy	26.68%	0.2%
154th	Iraq	26.76%	0.5%
155th	Serbia	27.09%	-1.9%
156th	Türkiye	27.37%	-0.8%
157th	Bulgaria	28.13%	-4.9%
158th	Cambodia	28.43%	3.2%
159th	Turkmenistan	28.69%	-1.3%
160th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	29.21%	0.0%
161st	Poland	30.20%	2.2%
162nd	Guyana	30.45%	7.5%
163rd	United Arab Emirates	30.58%	-0.7%
164th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.64%	0.0%
165th	North Macedonia	30.66%	-1.2%
166th	Hungary	30.81%	-0.7%
167th	Nepal	31.03%	0.6%
168th	Belarus	31.04%	0.2%
169th	China	31.63%	0.7%
170th	Slovenia	32.06%	-0.2%
171st	Algeria	32.12%	0.5%
172nd	Romania	32.65%	-1.5%
173rd	Lesotho	33.11%	0.4%
174th	Tunisia	33.25%	-0.2%
175th	Viet Nam	34.32%	2.5%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	34.95%	-0.2%
177th	Slovak Republic	34.95%	0.8%
178th	Bahrain	35.04%	-0.3%
179th	Czechia	35.33%	-3.2%
180th	Qatar	38.23%	-1.9%
181st	Oman	39.50%	-0.5%

FAQ

What was Switzerland's industry employment in 2024?▾

Switzerland's industry employment in 2024 was 19.85%. This ranked 101st globally.

How did Switzerland's industry employment change in 2024?▾

Switzerland's industry employment decreased by 0.3% in 2024 compared to 2023.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2024?▾

Oman had the highest industry employment in 2024 at 39.50%.

What is the industry employment of Switzerland in 2024?▾

The industry employment of Switzerland in 2024 was 19.85%. This ranked 101st globally.

How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Switzerland's industry employment?▾

Switzerland's industry employment went from 19.91% in 2023 to 19.85% in 2024, a 0.3% decrease.

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