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Countries in Africa by jobs in industry

The share of people in work who work in industry: mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities. 53 countries in Africa, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Jobs in industry — Africa
Highest
33.3%
Tunisia
Median country
14.6%
half above, half below
Lowest
1.7%
South Sudan
#Country% of jobsYearRegion
1Tunisia33.3%2025Northern Africa
2Lesotho33.0%2025Southern Africa
3Algeria32.3%2025Northern Africa
4Egypt29.4%2025Northern Africa
5Eswatini26.7%2025Southern Africa
6Morocco23.8%2025Northern Africa
7Cabo Verde23.1%2025Western Africa
=8São Tomé and Principe22.5%2025Middle Africa
=8Senegal22.5%2025Western Africa
10South Africa20.8%2025Southern Africa
11Mauritius20.6%2025Eastern Africa
12Congo19.5%2025Middle Africa
13Gabon18.9%2025Middle Africa
14Gambia18.8%2025Western Africa
15Libya18.6%2025Northern Africa
16Rwanda18.4%2025Eastern Africa
=17Benin18.3%2025Western Africa
=17Ghana18.3%2025Western Africa
19Togo18.2%2025Western Africa
20Somalia17.8%2025Eastern Africa
21Nigeria17.0%2025Western Africa
22Burkina Faso16.7%2025Western Africa
23Namibia16.5%2025Southern Africa
24Botswana15.8%2025Southern Africa
25Mauritania15.0%2025Western Africa
26Comoros14.8%2025Eastern Africa
27Cameroon14.6%2025Middle Africa
28Côte d'Ivoire14.3%2025Western Africa
29Guinea14.2%2025Western Africa
30Sudan14.0%2022Northern Africa
31Central African Republic13.4%2025Middle Africa
32Eritrea12.7%2025Eastern Africa
33Kenya12.5%2025Eastern Africa
=34Sierra Leone11.5%2025Western Africa
=34Zimbabwe11.5%2025Eastern Africa
36Zambia10.3%2025Eastern Africa
=37Equatorial Guinea9.9%2025Middle Africa
=37Madagascar9.9%2025Eastern Africa
39Guinea-Bissau9.7%2025Western Africa
40Niger9.3%2025Western Africa
41Mali8.6%2025Western Africa
42Chad8.5%2025Middle Africa
43Liberia8.3%2025Western Africa
44Tanzania8.1%2025Eastern Africa
45DR Congo8.0%2025Middle Africa
=46Malawi7.3%2025Eastern Africa
=46Uganda7.3%2025Eastern Africa
48Angola7.2%2025Middle Africa
49Djibouti6.7%2025Eastern Africa
=50Ethiopia6.4%2025Eastern Africa
=50Mozambique6.4%2025Eastern Africa
52Burundi3.1%2025Eastern Africa
53South Sudan1.7%2023Eastern Africa

No World Bank figure for Seychelles.

Questions

Which country in Africa has the most jobs in industry?
Tunisia has the most jobs in industry in Africa: 33.3% of jobs (2025). Next come Lesotho (33.0% of jobs) and Algeria (32.3% of jobs).
Which country in Africa has the fewest jobs in industry?
The South Sudan, with 1.7% of jobs (2023).
What is the typical jobs in industry of a country in Africa?
The median of the 53 countries in Africa is 14.6% of jobs: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
The share of people in work who work in industry: mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.