Americas vs Malaysia: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th
Americas
10.8%
in 2025
Malaysia
16.8%
in 2022
Americas rank
20th
Malaysia rank
23rd
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th over time
- Americas
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 16.8% against 10.8% in Americas, a difference of 6.0%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.6 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malaysia ahead.
Americas ranks 20th and Malaysia ranks 23rd of 39 groups.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.5% | 20.3% | 6.9% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 16.3% | 4.6% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 16.7% | 5.5% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th, Americas or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 16.8% against 10.8% in Americas as of 2022.
- What is the difference in manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th between Americas and Malaysia?
- 6.0%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Malaysia?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Americas and Malaysia rank globally for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Americas ranks 20th and Malaysia ranks 23rd of 39 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.