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.