United States - Industry Employment 2019
19.75%
+0.05% from 2018
United States's industry employment was 19.75% in 2019, increased +0.05% from 19.70% in 2018. This was the 100th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | South Sudan | 1.70% | 0.7% |
| 2nd | Burundi | 3.23% | -2.8% |
| 3rd | Djibouti | 5.92% | 2.3% |
| 4th | Angola | 6.91% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Lao PDR | 7.01% | 3.2% |
| 6th | Mozambique | 7.08% | -2.8% |
| 7th | Malawi | 7.52% | 0.3% |
| 8th | Papua New Guinea | 7.73% | 0.3% |
| 9th | Uganda | 7.75% | 7.1% |
| 10th | Solomon Islands | 7.96% | -2.8% |
| 11th | Niger | 7.99% | 1.7% |
| 12th | Tanzania | 8.04% | 0.5% |
| 13th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.32% | -2.0% |
| 14th | Liberia | 8.38% | -0.2% |
| 15th | Mali | 8.76% | 14.4% |
| 16th | Chad | 8.89% | -0.4% |
| 17th | Zambia | 9.09% | -8.6% |
| 18th | Guinea-Bissau | 9.18% | 27.4% |
| 19th | Haiti | 9.31% | -2.1% |
| 20th | Madagascar | 9.66% | 1.4% |
| 21st | Equatorial Guinea | 10.26% | -3.3% |
| 22nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.45% | 12.7% |
| 23rd | Luxembourg | 10.55% | -14.9% |
| 24th | Sierra Leone | 10.67% | 0.9% |
| 25th | Vanuatu | 10.79% | 1.6% |
| 26th | Zimbabwe | 11.20% | 0.7% |
| 27th | Moldova | 11.37% | 8.3% |
| 28th | Kenya | 11.37% | 2.0% |
| 29th | Yemen, Republic of | 11.77% | -0.1% |
| 30th | Fiji | 11.86% | -0.6% |
| 31st | Macao SAR, China | 12.51% | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Timor-Leste | 12.82% | 17.7% |
| 33rd | Eritrea | 12.90% | 0.2% |
| 34th | Nigeria | 13.32% | -0.6% |
| 35th | Georgia | 13.43% | -1.2% |
| 36th | Channel Islands | 13.56% | -1.2% |
| 37th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 13.69% | -1.9% |
| 38th | Sudan | 13.82% | -2.0% |
| 39th | Samoa | 13.94% | 2.4% |
| 40th | Mauritania | 14.16% | 0.9% |
| 41st | Guinea | 14.17% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Central African Republic | 14.42% | -0.4% |
| 43rd | Bahamas, The | 14.47% | 1.4% |
| 44th | Cameroon | 14.57% | 0.3% |
| 45th | St. Lucia | 14.69% | -0.9% |
| 46th | French Polynesia | 14.72% | 0.2% |
| 47th | Singapore | 14.97% | -6.7% |
| 48th | Azerbaijan | 15.13% | 2.8% |
| 49th | Greece | 15.32% | -0.6% |
| 50th | Bhutan | 15.45% | 18.3% |
| 51st | Comoros | 15.46% | -4.4% |
| 52nd | Belize | 15.70% | -10.2% |
| 53rd | Rwanda | 15.71% | 1.3% |
| 54th | Puerto Rico (US) | 15.78% | 0.1% |
| 55th | Tajikistan | 15.84% | 2.2% |
| 56th | Netherlands | 15.93% | -0.9% |
| 57th | Ecuador | 15.94% | -7.2% |
| 58th | Peru | 15.96% | -0.1% |
| 59th | Ghana | 16.08% | -4.1% |
| 60th | Jamaica | 16.19% | 0.4% |
| 61st | Namibia | 16.22% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Gabon | 16.27% | 2.8% |
| 63rd | Israel | 16.40% | -4.1% |
| 64th | Botswana | 16.51% | 0.5% |
| 65th | Togo | 16.54% | -8.3% |
| 66th | Myanmar | 16.64% | -2.2% |
| 67th | Panama | 16.67% | -5.4% |
| 68th | Maldives | 16.71% | -4.0% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | 16.90% | -2.4% |
| 70th | Barbados | 16.91% | -7.3% |
| 71st | Burkina Faso | 17.00% | 4.1% |
| 72nd | Cuba | 17.03% | -0.8% |
| 73rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 17.11% | 0.3% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 17.44% | -0.8% |
| 75th | Gambia, The | 17.45% | 1.6% |
| 76th | Iceland | 17.47% | 4.1% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 17.64% | -1.6% |
| 78th | Benin | 17.77% | 2.2% |
| 79th | Costa Rica | 18.09% | -4.4% |
| 80th | Paraguay | 18.14% | -2.4% |
| 81st | United Kingdom | 18.22% | 0.8% |
| 82nd | Sweden | 18.42% | 1.3% |
| 83rd | Cyprus | 18.43% | 10.6% |
| 84th | Jordan | 18.44% | -6.2% |
| 85th | Denmark | 18.55% | -1.9% |
| 86th | Afghanistan | 18.61% | -4.0% |
| 87th | Libya | 18.75% | -3.4% |
| 88th | Ireland | 18.77% | -0.2% |
| 89th | Armenia | 19.05% | 0.8% |
| 90th | Guatemala | 19.05% | -0.2% |
| 91st | Australia | 19.06% | -4.2% |
| 92nd | Canada | 19.30% | -2.0% |
| 93rd | Malta | 19.36% | 3.1% |
| 94th | Montenegro | 19.41% | 2.7% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | 19.46% | -3.9% |
| 96th | New Zealand | 19.51% | -2.5% |
| 97th | Philippines | 19.54% | 0.3% |
| 98th | Guam | 19.61% | -0.5% |
| 99th | Norway | 19.70% | 3.3% |
| 100th | United States | 19.75% | 0.3% |
| 101st | Kazakhstan | 19.76% | -0.8% |
| 102nd | Bangladesh | 19.80% | -1.2% |
| 103rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.97% | -0.8% |
| 104th | Mongolia | 20.08% | 0.7% |
| 105th | Congo, Republic of | 20.28% | -1.7% |
| 106th | France | 20.39% | 0.8% |
| 107th | Eswatini | 20.39% | -5.3% |
| 108th | Brazil | 20.40% | -0.6% |
| 109th | Switzerland | 20.41% | -0.1% |
| 110th | Colombia | 20.42% | 1.6% |
| 111th | Spain | 20.46% | 1.0% |
| 112th | Lebanon | 20.53% | -3.3% |
| 113th | Albania | 20.55% | 1.6% |
| 114th | Argentina | 20.61% | -0.8% |
| 115th | Brunei Darussalam | 20.76% | 7.0% |
| 116th | Belgium | 21.12% | 1.0% |
| 117th | Senegal | 21.14% | 17.5% |
| 118th | Finland | 21.68% | -1.2% |
| 119th | Cabo Verde | 21.80% | -0.4% |
| 120th | Chile | 21.86% | -0.8% |
| 121st | New Caledonia | 22.21% | 0.3% |
| 122nd | South Africa | 22.30% | -3.7% |
| 123rd | Indonesia | 22.40% | 0.1% |
| 124th | El Salvador | 22.51% | 1.4% |
| 125th | São Tomé and Principe | 22.65% | -0.2% |
| 126th | Morocco | 22.79% | 0.8% |
| 127th | Thailand | 22.89% | 0.2% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 23.23% | 2.5% |
| 129th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 23.36% | -0.5% |
| 130th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.39% | 5.6% |
| 131st | Mauritius | 23.51% | -0.8% |
| 132nd | Honduras | 23.68% | 4.8% |
| 133rd | Latvia | 23.91% | 4.0% |
| 134th | Portugal | 24.16% | -1.1% |
| 135th | Japan | 24.23% | -0.9% |
| 136th | Mexico | 24.31% | -1.5% |
| 137th | Pakistan | 24.33% | -2.6% |
| 138th | Saudi Arabia | 24.35% | -5.1% |
| 139th | Guyana | 24.43% | -2.1% |
| 140th | Cambodia | 24.47% | -2.2% |
| 141st | Korea | 24.58% | -2.5% |
| 142nd | Ukraine | 24.98% | 2.7% |
| 143rd | European Union | 25.04% | -0.2% |
| 144th | India | 25.25% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Austria | 25.36% | -0.3% |
| 146th | Syrian Arab Republic | 25.46% | -1.5% |
| 147th | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.51% | -1.1% |
| 148th | Kuwait | 25.53% | 2.4% |
| 149th | Lithuania | 25.70% | -0.3% |
| 150th | Suriname | 25.89% | -0.4% |
| 151st | Italy | 25.89% | -0.8% |
| 152nd | Iraq | 26.34% | 0.6% |
| 153rd | Tonga | 26.37% | 1.0% |
| 154th | Türkiye | 26.39% | -4.9% |
| 155th | Russian Federation | 26.68% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Germany | 27.15% | -0.7% |
| 157th | Kyrgyz Republic | 27.20% | 9.9% |
| 158th | Serbia | 27.29% | 2.0% |
| 159th | Sri Lanka | 27.61% | -1.2% |
| 160th | Croatia | 27.61% | 1.1% |
| 161st | West Bank and Gaza | 27.82% | -3.3% |
| 162nd | Malaysia | 27.92% | 3.0% |
| 163rd | Turkmenistan | 28.40% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 28.61% | 6.5% |
| 165th | Estonia | 29.38% | -2.6% |
| 166th | Bulgaria | 29.49% | -2.7% |
| 167th | Viet Nam | 29.59% | 10.8% |
| 168th | United Arab Emirates | 29.99% | -0.7% |
| 169th | Slovenia | 30.10% | 2.4% |
| 170th | Nepal | 30.13% | 0.8% |
| 171st | Belarus | 30.39% | -0.8% |
| 172nd | China | 30.76% | 1.3% |
| 173rd | Algeria | 31.22% | 0.3% |
| 174th | North Macedonia | 31.28% | -1.1% |
| 175th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.74% | -1.4% |
| 176th | Poland | 32.13% | 1.0% |
| 177th | Hungary | 32.14% | -1.0% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 32.82% | -0.5% |
| 179th | Romania | 33.03% | -0.3% |
| 180th | Lesotho | 34.37% | 2.6% |
| 181st | Tunisia | 34.60% | 1.9% |
| 182nd | Bahrain | 35.10% | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Slovak Republic | 36.06% | -1.3% |
| 184th | Czechia | 37.25% | -0.7% |
| 185th | Oman | 40.09% | -13.3% |
| 186th | Qatar | 54.68% | -1.2% |
FAQ
What was United States's industry employment in 2019?▾
United States's industry employment in 2019 was 19.75%. This ranked 100th globally.
How did United States's industry employment change in 2019?▾
United States's industry employment increased by 0.3% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest industry employment in 2019?▾
Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2019 at 54.68%.
What is the industry employment of United States in 2019?▾
The industry employment of United States in 2019 was 19.75%. This ranked 100th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for United States's industry employment?▾
United States's industry employment went from 19.70% in 2018 to 19.75% in 2019, a 0.3% increase.
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