Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 11.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 11.7% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 14.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2025.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 16th 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 Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.7% | — |
| 2001 | 14.5% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 14.3% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 14.2% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 14.3% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 14.1% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 12.8% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 12.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 12.0% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 12.0% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 11.9% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 11.9% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 11.7% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.2% | 13.6% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 12.0% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.9% | 11.7% | 12.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
More work & labour data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 198,545 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 62.53 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 331,299 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.1 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.9209 % change on previous year (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.34 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.15 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 20,218 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 44,022 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 59.34 (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Latin America and the Caribbean was 11.7% 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 Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 14.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2025.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 16th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America and the 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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