Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Germany
Germany: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 18.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Germany, 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 Germany stood at 18.2%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Germany peaked at 23.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 2024.
Germany ranks 16th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.8% | — |
| 2001 | 23.6% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 23.5% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 23.0% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 23.1% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 22.0% | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 22.0% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 22.6% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 20.9% | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 20.8% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 19.5% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 19.3% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 19.6% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 19.0% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 19.1% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 19.8% | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 19.7% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 18.9% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 18.2% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 18.2% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.5% | 20.8% | 23.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 18.9% | 20.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.0% | 18.2% | 19.8% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Germany?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Germany was 18.2% 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 23.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 2024.
- How does Germany rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Germany ranks 16th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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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