Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
94
Highest
0.3%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Malawi
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,370

What the numbers show

Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 2,326.3%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 83.9%).

Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 0.3% 2016 down 4.1% rising
2 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 up 1.6% falling
3 Slovenia 0.3% 2016 down 17.6% falling
4 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 down 0.8% flat
5 Hungary 0.2% 2016 down 5.1% flat
6 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 0.0% flat
7 Romania 0.2% 2016 down 14.6% falling
8 Poland 0.2% 2019 down 10.7% rising
9 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 12.9% falling
10 Germany 0.2% 2011 down 14.6% falling
11 Estonia 0.2% 2016 down 20.2% falling
12 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 4.6% flat
13 Portugal 0.2% 2016 down 9.3% falling
14 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 1.7% flat
15 Turkey 0.2% 2019 up 1.0% flat
16 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 down 14.4% falling
17 Austria 0.2% 2016 down 26.1% falling
18 China 0.2% 2013 up 10.4% rising
19 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 3.9% rising
20 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 61.9% rising
21 South Korea 0.2% 2017 down 2.4% falling
22 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 34.4% falling
23 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 44.5% rising
24 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 18.8% rising
25 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 7.2% falling
26 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 20.1% rising
27 Latvia 0.2% 2016 down 17.4% falling
28 Iceland 0.2% 2013 up 4.9% flat
29 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 7.7% rising
30 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 14.8% falling
31 Guatemala 0.1% 2011 up 4.6% flat
32 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 16.8% falling
33 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 25.6% falling
34 Honduras 0.1% 2017 down 8.3% falling
35 Belgium 0.1% 2016 down 25.2% falling
36 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 16.4% falling
37 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 15.5% falling
38 Venezuela 0.1% 2006 down 8.5% falling
39 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 12.3% falling
40 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 93.8% rising
41 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 2.5% rising
42 Palestine 0.1% 2017 up 0.6% falling
43 Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 55.5% falling
44 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 6.3% flat
45 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 1.1% falling
46 India 0.1% 2019 up 3.8% rising
47 Brazil 0.1% 2021 down 6.9% falling
48 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 18.5% flat
49 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 down 2.7% flat
50 Argentina 0.1% 2021 down 16.7% falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 35.6% volatile
52 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 34.9% falling
53 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 3.7% falling
54 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 up 1.5% falling
55 United Kingdom 0.1% 2016 down 20.7% falling
56 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 14.6% falling
57 Bolivia 0.1% 2021 down 0.5% falling
58 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 18.4% falling
59 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 19.9% flat
59 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 19.9% flat
61 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 23.9% falling
62 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 33.0% falling
63 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 down 28.7% falling
64 United States 0.1% 2018 down 11.6% falling
65 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 23.9% falling
66 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 20.8% falling
67 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 31.3% falling
68 Armenia 0.1% 2020 up 46.7% volatile
69 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 13.6% falling
70 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 2.9% falling
71 France 0.1% 2016 down 47.9% falling
72 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 21.1% falling
73 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 27.2% flat
74 Australia 0.1% 2015 down 26.2% falling
75 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 4.9% falling
76 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 up 2,326.3% volatile
77 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 59.6% falling
78 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 40.8% falling
79 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 2.1% rising
80 Georgia 0.1% 2013 down 1.9% flat
81 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 up 1.6% rising
82 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 down 19.4% rising
83 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 20.9% volatile
84 Tanzania 0.1% 2020 up 2.7% rising
85 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 50.3% falling
86 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 up 271.0% volatile
87 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 18.9% rising
88 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 428.6% rising
89 Uganda 0.0% 2016 down 12.7% falling
90 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 up 65.9% flat
91 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 down 1.6% falling
92 Ukraine 0.0% 2013 down 83.9% falling
93 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 77.3% falling
94 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 81.9% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,370 data points, 1970–2021
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