Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Botswana
Botswana: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 5.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Botswana, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Botswana stood at 5.3%.
The figure is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Botswana peaked at 9.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2010.
Botswana ranks 139th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Botswana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.8% | — |
| 2001 | 8.7% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 9.6% | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | -29.8% |
| 2009 | 6.5% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | -62.1% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | +206.5% |
| 2019 | 6.7% | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 5.3% | -18.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.1% | 6.5% | 9.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 2.5% | 7.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 5.3% | 7.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Botswana?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Botswana was 5.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 9.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2010.
- How does Botswana rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Botswana ranks 139th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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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