Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 6.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 6.8%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 8.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2025.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 31st 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.5% | — |
| 2001 | 7.7% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 7.9% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 8.4% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 8.4% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 8.2% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 8.2% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 8.0% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 7.9% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.2% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3.05 million 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1.51 million 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1.54 million 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 910,247 1000 No (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3044 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3859 % change on previous year (2100)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3791 % change on previous year (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 6.8% 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2025.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 31st out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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