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Table 1 Industrial employment (OECD definition, including manufacturing, construction, mining, and utilities) in some developed countries, from peak to 2018 (percent of total employment)

From: Two epochal turns of inequality, their significance, and their dynamics

Country

Industrial peak

2018

France

1973—40

20

Germany

1970—49 (West Germany)

25

Japan

1973—37

26

Sweden

1965—44

21

UK

1911—52

18

USA

1967—36

18

  1. Sources: peak figures: Therborn (1995:69); 2018: ILO (2019)