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Employment in industry: compare countries

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Employment in industry by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Employment in industry: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Japan
Dec 31, 2002	22.3%	28.8%
Dec 31, 2003	22.3%	28.7%
Dec 31, 2004	22.2%	27.8%
Dec 31, 2005	22.1%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2006	22.2%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2007	22.0%	27.3%
Dec 31, 2008	21.4%	26.8%
Dec 31, 2009	19.9%	26.1%
Dec 31, 2010	19.5%	25.5%
Dec 31, 2011	19.6%	25.4%
Dec 31, 2012	19.6%	25.3%
Dec 31, 2013	19.8%	25.2%
Dec 31, 2014	19.8%	25.1%
Dec 31, 2015	19.7%	24.9%
Dec 31, 2016	19.6%	24.6%
Dec 31, 2017	19.6%	24.6%
Dec 31, 2018	19.7%	24.4%
Dec 31, 2019	19.8%	24.2%
Dec 31, 2020	19.4%	23.9%
Dec 31, 2021	19.2%	23.7%
Dec 31, 2022	19.3%	23.6%
Dec 31, 2023	19.3%	23.7%
Dec 31, 2024	19.0%	23.3%
Dec 31, 2025	18.9%	23.2%