World Bank · Labor
Malawi: Employment in industry
7.34percent · 2025-1.6% since 2015
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4). Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Malawi from 1991 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.343 | |
| 2024 | 7.327 | |
| 2023 | 7.329 | |
| 2022 | 7.318 | |
| 2021 | 7.354 | |
| 2020 | 7.413 | |
| 2019 | 7.525 | |
| 2018 | 7.503 | |
| 2017 | 7.476 | |
| 2016 | 7.463 | |
| 2015 | 7.462 | |
| 2014 | 7.457 | |
| 2013 | 7.433 | |
| 2012 | 7.412 | |
| 2011 | 7.43 | |
| 2010 | 7.41 | |
| 2009 | 7.383 | |
| 2008 | 7.351 | |
| 2007 | 7.34 | |
| 2006 | 7.286 | |
| 2005 | 7.291 | |
| 2004 | 7.313 | |
| 2003 | 7.324 | |
| 2002 | 7.326 | |
| 2001 | 7.374 | |
| 2000 | 7.469 | |
| 1999 | 7.514 | |
| 1998 | 7.551 | |
| 1997 | 7.578 | |
| 1996 | 7.609 | |
| 1995 | 7.613 | |
| 1994 | 7.607 | |
| 1993 | 7.769 | |
| 1992 | 7.799 | |
| 1991 | 7.884 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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