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United Kingdom - Industry Employment 1998

Name: United Kingdom Industry Employment 1998
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Employment in industry · World Bank

26.75% −0.19% from 1997 Global rank: 146th

United Kingdom's industry employment was 26.75% in 1998, decreased +0.19% from 26.94% in 1997. This was the 146th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Industry Employment by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.90%	0.8%
2nd	Burundi	2.20%	0.0%
3rd	Lao PDR	2.62%	2.1%
4th	Chad	2.78%	6.3%
5th	Mozambique	3.00%	2.1%
6th	Equatorial Guinea	3.77%	10.8%
7th	Cambodia	4.23%	-44.4%
8th	Djibouti	4.32%	-2.2%
9th	Rwanda	4.97%	1.6%
10th	Bhutan	5.19%	2.1%
11th	Guinea	5.23%	0.3%
12th	Zambia	6.09%	-4.3%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	6.88%	-1.4%
14th	Burkina Faso	7.19%	3.7%
15th	Sierra Leone	7.36%	-2.0%
16th	Tanzania	7.45%	-0.4%
17th	Niger	7.53%	-0.6%
18th	Liberia	7.54%	1.3%
19th	Malawi	7.55%	-0.4%
20th	Timor-Leste	7.57%	-5.2%
21st	Togo	8.00%	-0.2%
22nd	Angola	8.12%	2.1%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	8.32%	-5.9%
24th	Madagascar	8.49%	-1.6%
25th	Yemen, Republic of	8.54%	-1.6%
26th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.55%	-1.1%
27th	Vanuatu	9.35%	-0.8%
28th	Oman	9.41%	9.3%
29th	Nigeria	9.45%	-0.6%
30th	Kenya	10.05%	-0.7%
31st	Gabon	10.45%	0.6%
32nd	Georgia	10.60%	-2.0%
33rd	Haiti	10.89%	-0.3%
34th	Azerbaijan	11.17%	0.0%
35th	Viet Nam	11.24%	-8.5%
36th	Sudan	11.88%	1.6%
37th	Myanmar	12.06%	3.0%
38th	Ghana	12.30%	4.7%
39th	Bangladesh	12.71%	0.6%
40th	Eritrea	12.76%	-1.0%
41st	Senegal	12.95%	0.3%
42nd	Afghanistan	13.10%	-0.9%
43rd	Mauritania	13.21%	-0.4%
44th	Cameroon	13.37%	-0.2%
45th	Côte d'Ivoire	13.81%	-0.2%
46th	Zimbabwe	13.85%	-0.2%
47th	Comoros	14.20%	-0.3%
48th	Namibia	14.43%	-4.8%
49th	Moldova	14.62%	-1.0%
50th	Armenia	14.68%	-0.1%
51st	Mongolia	14.89%	-5.2%
52nd	Albania	15.22%	-2.6%
53rd	Bahamas, The	15.29%	4.4%
54th	Tajikistan	15.65%	-0.7%
55th	India	15.79%	2.1%
56th	Kazakhstan	16.04%	-1.5%
57th	Gambia, The	16.11%	0.1%
58th	Peru	16.25%	-1.2%
59th	Indonesia	16.57%	-13.0%
60th	French Polynesia	16.66%	5.4%
61st	Central African Republic	16.78%	-0.7%
62nd	St. Lucia	16.95%	-8.2%
63rd	Lesotho	16.99%	2.8%
64th	Philippines	17.08%	-2.2%
65th	Panama	17.09%	-1.8%
66th	Nicaragua	17.15%	1.2%
67th	Thailand	17.26%	-10.9%
68th	Ecuador	17.61%	-5.2%
69th	Channel Islands	17.67%	-1.1%
70th	Belize	17.98%	-1.4%
71st	Kyrgyz Republic	18.23%	-2.5%
72nd	Uzbekistan	18.29%	0.7%
73rd	Paraguay	18.33%	-2.1%
74th	Cabo Verde	18.63%	3.6%
75th	Uganda	18.76%	-0.5%
76th	Suriname	18.85%	-19.0%
77th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	19.01%	-0.3%
78th	Mali	19.05%	-0.5%
79th	Jamaica	19.15%	-1.9%
80th	Sri Lanka	19.54%	-3.3%
81st	Botswana	19.91%	-4.1%
82nd	Cuba	20.47%	-1.1%
83rd	Solomon Islands	20.47%	-3.1%
84th	Benin	20.50%	-0.5%
85th	Kuwait	20.76%	-3.8%
86th	Pakistan	20.79%	-9.1%
87th	Colombia	20.85%	-5.2%
88th	Jordan	21.02%	-0.7%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	21.09%	-4.2%
90th	Fiji	21.34%	11.3%
91st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.39%	0.6%
92nd	Serbia	21.57%	0.0%
93rd	Luxembourg	21.61%	-7.4%
94th	Guatemala	21.65%	-0.3%
95th	Puerto Rico (US)	21.73%	1.2%
96th	Guyana	22.03%	2.0%
97th	Australia	22.05%	-1.6%
98th	Morocco	22.13%	-3.9%
99th	São Tomé and Principe	22.13%	0.4%
100th	Uruguay	22.27%	0.3%
101st	Macao SAR, China	22.33%	-3.3%
102nd	Libya	22.59%	-1.8%
103rd	Guam	22.68%	-0.6%
104th	Netherlands	22.76%	-0.5%
105th	Norway	22.81%	-2.8%
106th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	22.81%	1.3%
107th	Argentina	22.82%	-2.3%
108th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.86%	-0.2%
109th	United States	23.07%	-0.9%
110th	Costa Rica	23.09%	-2.5%
111th	Israel	23.11%	-6.4%
112th	Canada	23.12%	0.3%
113th	Hong Kong SAR, China	23.20%	-6.4%
114th	Mexico	23.30%	10.6%
115th	China	23.50%	-0.8%
116th	New Caledonia	23.65%	-1.1%
117th	Congo, Republic of	23.71%	-0.8%
118th	Samoa	23.78%	-0.3%
119th	Greece	23.82%	4.1%
120th	Virgin Islands (US)	24.18%	-0.7%
121st	Algeria	24.21%	1.2%
122nd	New Zealand	24.24%	0.8%
123rd	Brazil	24.40%	-0.3%
124th	Türkiye	24.42%	-1.5%
125th	Montenegro	24.43%	0.2%
126th	South Africa	24.49%	0.3%
127th	Iraq	24.70%	3.9%
128th	Cyprus	24.74%	-1.3%
129th	Switzerland	24.91%	-0.9%
130th	Lebanon	24.97%	-0.5%
131st	Turkmenistan	25.02%	0.2%
132nd	Maldives	25.08%	-1.7%
133rd	Barbados	25.29%	7.5%
134th	Chile	25.43%	-6.1%
135th	El Salvador	25.47%	-0.1%
136th	Eswatini	25.78%	-0.3%
137th	Saudi Arabia	25.82%	0.6%
138th	Nepal	25.87%	-0.3%
139th	Sweden	25.89%	1.3%
140th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	25.98%	-1.5%
141st	Ukraine	26.20%	-2.3%
142nd	Denmark	26.45%	0.8%
143rd	France	26.45%	-1.0%
144th	Honduras	26.46%	3.0%
145th	Iceland	26.63%	7.9%
146th	United Kingdom	26.75%	-0.7%
147th	Latvia	27.05%	4.7%
148th	Trinidad and Tobago	27.18%	6.8%
149th	Belgium	27.25%	-1.1%
150th	Dominican Republic	27.40%	1.6%
151st	West Bank and Gaza	28.01%	1.8%
152nd	Bahrain	28.20%	-0.5%
153rd	Finland	28.26%	3.1%
154th	Singapore	28.64%	-3.5%
155th	Ireland	28.68%	0.4%
156th	Austria	28.68%	-0.3%
157th	Syrian Arab Republic	28.92%	-2.0%
158th	Korea	29.00%	-10.6%
159th	Lithuania	29.07%	1.8%
160th	Russian Federation	29.17%	-3.0%
161st	Croatia	29.46%	-0.3%
162nd	Tonga	29.56%	0.0%
163rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.49%	0.9%
164th	Spain	30.51%	2.0%
165th	Japan	30.93%	-3.2%
166th	Tunisia	31.17%	0.5%
167th	European Union	31.24%	-0.1%
168th	Poland	31.50%	-0.9%
169th	Italy	32.73%	0.3%
170th	Estonia	32.95%	-1.5%
171st	Malaysia	33.04%	-5.3%
172nd	Malta	33.17%	-0.7%
173rd	Mauritius	33.40%	1.7%
174th	Romania	34.07%	-4.7%
175th	North Macedonia	34.34%	-0.6%
176th	Germany	34.39%	-0.8%
177th	Qatar	34.65%	4.2%
178th	Belarus	34.81%	-0.1%
179th	Bulgaria	34.96%	-3.8%
180th	Hungary	35.13%	4.6%
181st	Slovenia	35.51%	-3.0%
182nd	Portugal	36.65%	14.3%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	36.82%	-0.6%
184th	Slovak Republic	39.70%	-0.3%
185th	United Arab Emirates	43.10%	-0.3%
186th	Czechia	43.37%	-1.2%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's industry employment in 1998?▾

United Kingdom's industry employment in 1998 was 26.75%. This ranked 146th globally.

How did United Kingdom's industry employment change in 1998?▾

United Kingdom's industry employment decreased by 0.7% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 1998?▾

Czechia had the highest industry employment in 1998 at 43.37%.

What is the industry employment of United Kingdom in 1998?▾

The industry employment of United Kingdom in 1998 was 26.75%. This ranked 146th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for United Kingdom's industry employment?▾

United Kingdom's industry employment went from 26.94% in 1997 to 26.75% in 1998, a 0.7% decrease.

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