Employment in industry — all countries

Employment in industry — Suriname

Employment in industry in Suriname in 2025 — 26.1%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.1 pp.

2025 26.1% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 34of 182
Period maximum 26.4%2022
Period minimum 15.1%1999

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in industry — Suriname, 1991–20251520253019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 19%1992: 19.1%1993: 19.3%1994: 19.7%1995: 22.2%1996: 24.7%1997: 23.3%1998: 18.9%1999: 15.1%2000: 16.3%2001: 18.1%2002: 19.7%2003: 22%2004: 24.1%2005: 24.3%2006: 24.7%2007: 24.8%2008: 25.2%2009: 24.9%2010: 25.1%2011: 25.5%2012: 25.3%2013: 25.4%2014: 25.4%2015: 25.4%2016: 25.6%2017: 25.6%2018: 26%2019: 25.9%2020: 26.1%2021: 26.3%2022: 26.4%2023: 26.1%2024: 26.1%2025: 26.1%
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: Suriname

Suriname 26.1%
World 23.7%
South America computed 19.7%
Employment in industry — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26.1 −0 pp
2024 26.1 −0 pp
2023 26.1 −0.2 pp
2022 26.4 +0.1 pp
2021 26.3 +0.2 pp
2020 26.1 +0.2 pp
2019 25.9 −0.1 pp
2018 26 +0.3 pp
2017 25.6 +0.1 pp
2016 25.6 +0.2 pp
2015 25.4 +0 pp
2014 25.4 +0 pp
2013 25.4 +0 pp
2012 25.3 −0.2 pp
2011 25.5 +0.4 pp
2010 25.1 +0.1 pp
2009 24.9 −0.2 pp
2008 25.2 +0.4 pp
2007 24.8 +0.1 pp
2006 24.7 +0.3 pp
2005 24.3 +0.2 pp
2004 24.1 +2.1 pp
2003 22 +2.2 pp
2002 19.7 +1.6 pp
2001 18.1 +1.8 pp
2000 16.3 +1.2 pp
1999 15.1 −3.8 pp
1998 18.9 −4.4 pp
1997 23.3 −1.4 pp
1996 24.7 +2.5 pp
1995 22.2 +2.5 pp
1994 19.7 +0.4 pp
1993 19.3 +0.2 pp
1992 19.1 +0.1 pp
1991 19

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.