Employment in industry — all countries

Employment in industry — BRICS

Employment in industry in BRICS in 2025 — 27.9%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.1 pp.

2025 27.9% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 27.9%2025
Period minimum 20.7%2002

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in industry — BRICS, 1991–2025202224262819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 20.8%1992: 20.9%1993: 21.2%1994: 21.2%1995: 21.3%1996: 21.6%1997: 21.6%1998: 21.4%1999: 21.2%2000: 22%2001: 21.1%2002: 20.7%2003: 20.9%2004: 21.6%2005: 22.5%2006: 23.3%2007: 24.3%2008: 24.7%2009: 25.1%2010: 25.8%2011: 26.6%2012: 27.4%2013: 27.3%2014: 27.2%2015: 26.9%2016: 27%2017: 27.2%2018: 27.3%2019: 27.4%2020: 27%2021: 27.5%2022: 27.7%2023: 27.5%2024: 27.7%2025: 27.9%
Change over the period: +7.1 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 27.9%
World 23.7%
Employment in industry — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.9 +0.2 pp
2024 27.7 +0.2 pp
2023 27.5 −0.2 pp
2022 27.7 +0.2 pp
2021 27.5 +0.5 pp
2020 27 −0.4 pp
2019 27.4 +0.1 pp
2018 27.3 +0.2 pp
2017 27.2 +0.2 pp
2016 27 +0.1 pp
2015 26.9 −0.3 pp
2014 27.2 −0.1 pp
2013 27.3 −0.1 pp
2012 27.4 +0.8 pp
2011 26.6 +0.8 pp
2010 25.8 +0.7 pp
2009 25.1 +0.4 pp
2008 24.7 +0.4 pp
2007 24.3 +1 pp
2006 23.3 +0.8 pp
2005 22.5 +0.9 pp
2004 21.6 +0.7 pp
2003 20.9 +0.2 pp
2002 20.7 −0.3 pp
2001 21.1 −0.9 pp
2000 22 +0.8 pp
1999 21.2 −0.2 pp
1998 21.4 −0.3 pp
1997 21.6 +0 pp
1996 21.6 +0.3 pp
1995 21.3 +0.1 pp
1994 21.2 +0 pp
1993 21.2 +0.3 pp
1992 20.9 +0.1 pp
1991 20.8

About the indicator

The share of total employment in industry (mining, manufacturing, electricity, water supply) and in construction. The peak is in countries in the middle of the industrial transition; in postindustrial economies the share declines even as industrial output grows, because of automation.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.