Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 3.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Africa stood at 3.9%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Africa peaked at 6.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2025.
Eastern Africa ranks 36th of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2% | — |
| 2001 | 6.2% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 6.0% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 5.8% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 5.7% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 5.1% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 4.7% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 4.1% | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 4.0% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 4.0% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 3.9% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 33 Republic of Korea 15.2% compare
- 33 Korea 15.2% compare
- 35 Japan 15.1% compare
- 36 Burkina Faso 14.7% compare
- 37 State of Palestine 14.5% compare
- 38 Pakistan 14.4% compare
- 39 Togo 14.3% compare
More work & labour data for Eastern Africa
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 682,632 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4373 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4374 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4375 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5671 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 469,912 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 418,217 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1.38 million 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 699,973 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Africa?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Africa was 3.9% 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2025.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Eastern Africa ranks 36th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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