Caribbean vs Panama: Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%)
Caribbean
7.5%
in 2025
Panama
7.9%
in 2024
Caribbean rank
115th
Panama rank
112th
Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) over time
- Caribbean
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 7.9% against 7.5% in Caribbean, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 115th and Panama ranks 112th of 164 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 2 and Panama in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 8.9% | 2.1% | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 8.5% | 7.5% | 1.1% | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 8.0% | 0.3% | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th, Caribbean or Panama?
- Panama, at 7.9% against 7.5% in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th between Caribbean and Panama?
- 0.4%, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Panama?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Panama rank globally for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Caribbean ranks 115th and Panama ranks 112th of 164 countries.
- 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.