Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Caribbean
Caribbean: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 7.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Caribbean, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 7.5% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Caribbean peaked at 12.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 2025.
Caribbean ranks 29th of 39 groups 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.4% | — |
| 2001 | 11.8% | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 11.4% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 11.4% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 11.3% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 10.5% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 10.1% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 8.9% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 8.3% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 8.1% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 8.1% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 7.7% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 7.6% | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 7.5% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 9.2% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.5% | 8.1% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Caribbean?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Caribbean was 7.5% 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 12.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 2025.
- How does Caribbean rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Caribbean ranks 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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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