Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 6.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Australia and New Zealand, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Australia and New Zealand stood at 6.8%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 13.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2025.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 119th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.2% | — |
| 2001 | 12.8% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 12.7% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 12.1% | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 12.0% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 11.4% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 11.0% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 10.8% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 9.2% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 9.1% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 8.5% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 7.2% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | -4.3% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.7% | 10.4% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 7.3% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 116 Polynesia 7.0% compare
- 117 Brunei Darussalam 6.9% compare
- 117 Brunei Darussalam 6.9% compare
- 120 Kazakhstan 6.8% compare
- 121 Republic of Moldova 6.8% compare
- 121 Republic of Moldova 6.8% compare
More work & labour data for Australia and New Zealand
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 48,956 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 24,496 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 24,460 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 3,512 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 35,386 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.8335 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4509 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4218 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4364 % change on previous year (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Australia and New Zealand?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Australia and New Zealand was 6.8% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2025.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 119th out of 163 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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