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Countries in Asia by jobs in industry

The share of people in work who work in industry: mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities. 47 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Jobs in industry — Asia
Highest
39.4%
Oman
Median country
23.1%
half above, half below
Lowest
3.8%
Timor-Leste
#Country% of jobsYearRegion
1Oman39.4%2025Western Asia
2Qatar38.0%2025Western Asia
3Bahrain34.9%2025Western Asia
4Vietnam34.8%2025South-Eastern Asia
5Iran34.7%2025Southern Asia
6China31.8%2025Eastern Asia
7Nepal31.3%2025Southern Asia
8United Arab Emirates30.6%2025Western Asia
9Cambodia28.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
10Turkmenistan28.6%2025Central Asia
11Turkey27.3%2025Western Asia
12Kyrgyzstan26.8%2025Central Asia
13Iraq26.5%2025Western Asia
14Sri Lanka26.3%2025Southern Asia
15Malaysia26.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
16India25.8%2025Southern Asia
17Pakistan25.3%2025Southern Asia
18Syria25.2%2025Western Asia
=19Kuwait24.6%2025Western Asia
=19Uzbekistan24.6%2025Central Asia
21South Korea23.4%2025Eastern Asia
22Japan23.2%2025Eastern Asia
=23Mongolia23.1%2025Eastern Asia
=23Saudi Arabia23.1%2025Western Asia
25Indonesia22.5%2025South-Eastern Asia
26North Korea22.4%2025Eastern Asia
27Thailand22.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
28Armenia21.3%2025Western Asia
29Brunei20.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
30Lebanon20.1%2023Western Asia
31Philippines20.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
32Kazakhstan19.9%2025Central Asia
33Afghanistan18.9%2025Southern Asia
34Myanmar18.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
35Bangladesh18.0%2025Southern Asia
36Tajikistan17.7%2025Central Asia
37Maldives16.9%2025Southern Asia
38Georgia16.6%2025Western Asia
39Cyprus16.3%2025Western Asia
40Jordan16.1%2025Western Asia
41Bhutan15.9%2025Southern Asia
42Azerbaijan15.5%2025Western Asia
43Israel15.1%2025Western Asia
44Singapore14.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
45Yemen11.1%2025Western Asia
46Laos7.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
47Timor-Leste3.8%2025South-Eastern Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place% of jobsStatus
Palestine29.9%Status disputed
Hong Kong14.0%Territory of China
Macao11.0%Territory of China

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most jobs in industry?
Oman has the most jobs in industry in Asia: 39.4% of jobs (2025). Next come Qatar (38.0% of jobs) and Bahrain (34.9% of jobs).
Which country in Asia has the fewest jobs in industry?
Timor-Leste, with 3.8% of jobs (2025).
What is the typical jobs in industry of a country in Asia?
The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 23.1% 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.