Employment in industry — all countries

Employment in industry — Zimbabwe

Employment in industry in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 11.5%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.7 pp.

2025 11.5% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 155of 182
Period maximum 14.3%1992
Period minimum 10.6%2016

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in industry — Zimbabwe, 1991–202510111213141519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 14.2%1992: 14.3%1993: 14.2%1994: 14.2%1995: 14%1996: 13.9%1997: 13.9%1998: 13.9%1999: 13.7%2000: 13.6%2001: 13.5%2002: 13.3%2003: 13.2%2004: 13.3%2005: 14.1%2006: 13.7%2007: 13.8%2008: 12.9%2009: 12.9%2010: 13.1%2011: 13.1%2012: 12.2%2013: 11.4%2014: 10.6%2015: 10.6%2016: 10.6%2017: 11.1%2018: 11.1%2019: 11.2%2020: 12.3%2021: 13.5%2022: 12.3%2023: 11.4%2024: 11.4%2025: 11.5%
Change over the period: −2.7 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 11.5%
World 23.7%
Eastern Africa computed 8.6%
Employment in industry — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.5 +0.1 pp
2024 11.4 +0 pp
2023 11.4 −0.9 pp
2022 12.3 −1.2 pp
2021 13.5 +1.2 pp
2020 12.3 +1.1 pp
2019 11.2 +0.1 pp
2018 11.1 −0 pp
2017 11.1 +0.5 pp
2016 10.6 −0 pp
2015 10.6 −0 pp
2014 10.6 −0.8 pp
2013 11.4 −0.8 pp
2012 12.2 −0.8 pp
2011 13.1 −0 pp
2010 13.1 +0.2 pp
2009 12.9 −0 pp
2008 12.9 −1 pp
2007 13.8 +0.1 pp
2006 13.7 −0.4 pp
2005 14.1 +0.8 pp
2004 13.3 +0 pp
2003 13.2 −0.1 pp
2002 13.3 −0.2 pp
2001 13.5 −0.1 pp
2000 13.6 −0.1 pp
1999 13.7 −0.1 pp
1998 13.9 −0 pp
1997 13.9 −0.1 pp
1996 13.9 −0.1 pp
1995 14 −0.2 pp
1994 14.2 −0 pp
1993 14.2 −0.1 pp
1992 14.3 +0.1 pp
1991 14.2

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.