Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%) by country
Countries reporting
164
Highest
29.1%
China
Lowest
1.1%
Cayman Islands
Median
9.8%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,876
What the numbers show
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 29.1% in China; the lowest is 1.1% in Cayman Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.8%, and the mean is 10.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 470.4%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 66.5%).
Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 29.1% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 25.4% | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 3 | Czechia | 25.1% | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 4 | Slovenia | 22.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 5 | Vietnam | 22.0% | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 22.0% | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 7 | Slovakia | 21.9% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 8 | Hungary | 20.4% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 19.8% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 10 | Tunisia | 19.2% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Turkey | 19.2% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 11 | Türkiye | 19.2% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 13 | Poland | 19.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Belarus | 18.9% | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 15 | Romania | 18.8% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | Germany | 18.2% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 17 | Italy | 18.2% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 18 | Serbia | 17.9% | 2024 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 17.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 20 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 17.6% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.2% | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 17.2% | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 23 | Malaysia | 16.8% | 2022 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 24 | Portugal | 16.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 25 | Cambodia | 16.2% | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 16.1% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 27 | Lithuania | 16.0% | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 28 | Croatia | 15.9% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 29 | Austria | 15.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 15.8% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 31 | Thailand | 15.8% | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 32 | Guatemala | 15.2% | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 33 | South Korea | 15.2% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 33 | Republic of Korea | 15.2% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 35 | Japan | 15.1% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 14.7% | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 37 | State of Palestine | 14.5% | 2024 | up 22.9% | flat |
| 38 | Pakistan | 14.4% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 14.3% | 2022 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 40 | El Salvador | 14.3% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 41 | Russia | 14.2% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 14.2% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 43 | Benin | 14.2% | 2022 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 44 | Syria | 14.2% | 2011 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 44 | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.2% | 2011 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Indonesia | 13.7% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 47 | Honduras | 13.5% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 48 | Ukraine | 13.2% | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Oman | 13.2% | 2021 | up 134.1% | rising |
| 50 | Tonga | 12.9% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 51 | Finland | 12.9% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 52 | Kiribati | 12.7% | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 12.5% | 2024 | up 32.6% | flat |
| 54 | Latvia | 12.3% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 55 | Myanmar | 12.2% | 2020 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 56 | Egypt | 12.1% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 57 | Switzerland | 12.0% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 58 | India | 11.9% | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 11.8% | 2024 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 60 | Brazil | 11.5% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 11.5% | 2014 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 62 | Belgium | 11.3% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 63 | Albania | 11.2% | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 64 | Denmark | 11.2% | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.1% | 2023 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 66 | Morocco | 11.0% | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 10.9% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 10.9% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 69 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 10.8% | 2017 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 10.8% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 71 | France | 10.8% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 72 | Algeria | 10.7% | 2017 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritius | 10.7% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 74 | Argentina | 10.6% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 75 | Ireland | 10.2% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 76 | Senegal | 10.1% | 2024 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 10.0% | 2024 | up 61.8% | falling |
| 78 | Ecuador | 9.9% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 79 | Ghana | 9.8% | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 80 | Greece | 9.8% | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 80 | South Africa | 9.8% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 9.8% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 83 | Uruguay | 9.8% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 84 | Maldives | 9.7% | 2019 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 85 | Cabo Verde | 9.7% | 2019 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.6% | 2022 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 86 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.6% | 2022 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 88 | Cameroon | 9.6% | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 88 | United States | 9.6% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 90 | Chile | 9.6% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 91 | Sweden | 9.5% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 92 | Cuba | 9.3% | 2014 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 93 | Malta | 9.1% | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 94 | Iceland | 9.1% | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 9.0% | 2020 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 96 | Singapore | 9.0% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 8.9% | 2020 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 98 | Israel | 8.9% | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 99 | Canada | 8.8% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 99 | Nigeria | 8.8% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 101 | Armenia | 8.7% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 102 | Peru | 8.7% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 8.7% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 104 | New Zealand | 8.6% | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 105 | Jordan | 8.4% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 106 | Spain | 8.4% | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 107 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.2% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 108 | United Kingdom | 8.1% | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 108 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.1% | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 110 | Belize | 8.0% | 2019 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 111 | Mongolia | 7.9% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 112 | Panama | 7.9% | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 113 | Niger | 7.7% | 2022 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Philippines | 7.6% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 115 | Caribbean | 7.5% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 116 | Bhutan | 7.2% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 117 | Polynesia | 7.0% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 118 | Brunei | 6.9% | 2024 | up 89.9% | falling |
| 118 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.9% | 2024 | up 89.9% | falling |
| 120 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.8% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 6.8% | 2022 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 122 | Moldova | 6.8% | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 122 | Republic of Moldova | 6.8% | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8% | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 125 | Norway | 6.7% | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 126 | Mali | 6.5% | 2023 | up 59.5% | falling |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 6.4% | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 128 | Montenegro | 6.3% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 129 | Namibia | 6.2% | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 130 | Georgia | 6.1% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 131 | Cyprus | 6.1% | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 132 | Fiji | 6.0% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 133 | Samoa | 6.0% | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 134 | Australia | 5.9% | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 135 | Barbados | 5.8% | 2023 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 136 | Kuwait | 5.7% | 2017 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 5.6% | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 5.4% | 2018 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 139 | Madagascar | 5.4% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 5.3% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 141 | Rwanda | 5.2% | 2024 | up 148.8% | rising |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 5.2% | 2024 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 143 | Qatar | 5.1% | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 4.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 145 | Uganda | 4.8% | 2021 | up 109.7% | falling |
| 146 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.2% | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.1% | 2018 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 4.0% | 2020 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Grenada | 4.0% | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 150 | Zambia | 3.7% | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 151 | Jamaica | 3.5% | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 3.4% | 2020 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Angola | 3.3% | 2024 | up 166.4% | rising |
| 154 | Palau | 3.1% | 2023 | up 470.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Bahamas | 2.8% | 2019 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 156 | Seychelles | 2.5% | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 2.3% | 2024 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 158 | Jersey | 2.0% | 2013 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 159 | Melanesia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 160 | Bermuda | 1.7% | 2013 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 161 | East Timor | 1.5% | 2022 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | 1.5% | 2022 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.4% | 2008 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 1.1% | 2015 | up 18.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 20.3%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 18.7%
- Asia 15.9%
- Eastern Europe 15.5%
- Central America 15.3%
- Southern Europe 15.0%
- South-eastern Asia 14.8%
- Europe 14.0%
- Developing regions 13.9%
- Western Europe 13.9%
- World 13.7%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 12.5%
- Southern Asia 12.5%
- Central and Southern Asia 12.4%
- Europe and Northern America 12.4%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 11.7%
- Western Asia 11.5%
- Western Africa 11.4%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 11.2%
- Americas 10.8%
- Northern Africa 10.8%
- South America 10.7%
- Central Asia 10.0%
- Southern Africa 9.9%
- United States of America 9.6%
- Northern America 9.4%
- Northern Europe 8.9%
- Africa 7.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 7.4%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6.8%
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 6.8%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 6.0%
- Oceania 5.8%
- Middle Africa 5.7%
- Eastern Africa 3.9%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2.3%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 2.3%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1.6%