Employment in industry — all countries

Employment in industry — Middle Africa

Employment in industry in Middle Africa in 2025 — 9.5%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 0.5 pp.

2025 9.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 10%1991
Period minimum 9.1%2021

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in industry — Middle Africa, 1991–202599.39.59.81010.319911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 10%1992: 9.9%1993: 9.7%1994: 9.7%1995: 9.6%1996: 9.8%1997: 9.6%1998: 9.6%1999: 9.6%2000: 9.5%2001: 9.5%2002: 9.4%2003: 9.4%2004: 9.4%2005: 9.3%2006: 9.2%2007: 9.1%2008: 9.2%2009: 9.1%2010: 9.4%2011: 9.5%2012: 9.6%2013: 9.7%2014: 9.8%2015: 9.8%2016: 9.7%2017: 9.7%2018: 9.8%2019: 9.7%2020: 9.4%2021: 9.1%2022: 9.5%2023: 9.5%2024: 9.5%2025: 9.5%
Change over the period: −0.5 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Middle Africa 9.5%
World 23.7%
Employment in industry — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.5 +0 pp
2024 9.5 +0 pp
2023 9.5 −0 pp
2022 9.5 +0.4 pp
2021 9.1 −0.3 pp
2020 9.4 −0.3 pp
2019 9.7 −0.1 pp
2018 9.8 +0.1 pp
2017 9.7 −0 pp
2016 9.7 −0.1 pp
2015 9.8 +0 pp
2014 9.8 +0.1 pp
2013 9.7 +0.1 pp
2012 9.6 +0.2 pp
2011 9.5 +0.1 pp
2010 9.4 +0.2 pp
2009 9.1 −0.1 pp
2008 9.2 +0.1 pp
2007 9.1 −0.1 pp
2006 9.2 −0.1 pp
2005 9.3 −0.1 pp
2004 9.4 +0 pp
2003 9.4 −0.1 pp
2002 9.4 −0.1 pp
2001 9.5 −0 pp
2000 9.5 −0 pp
1999 9.6 −0.1 pp
1998 9.6 −0 pp
1997 9.6 −0.1 pp
1996 9.8 +0.1 pp
1995 9.6 −0 pp
1994 9.7 −0 pp
1993 9.7 −0.2 pp
1992 9.9 −0.1 pp
1991 10

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.