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.