Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 15.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Europe, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Europe is 15.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Europe peaked at 20.3% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2025.
That places Eastern Europe 4th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Europe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.8% | — |
| 2001 | 20.1% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 20.3% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 19.6% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 19.5% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 18.9% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 18.5% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 17.9% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 16.9% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 16.6% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 16.5% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 16.5% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 16.2% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 16.1% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 16.2% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 16.3% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 16.3% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 16.0% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 15.8% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 15.7% | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 15.5% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.0% | 16.9% | 20.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 16.1% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 15.5% | 16.1% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Europe?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Eastern Europe was 15.5% 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 Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2002.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2025.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Eastern Europe ranks 4th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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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