Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) in Melanesia
Melanesia: Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) was 1.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Melanesia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Melanesia is 1.9%, measured 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 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Melanesia peaked at 5.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2025.
That places Melanesia 159th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.9% | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 4.6% | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 1.9% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.9% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.4% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Melanesia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 22,582 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 11,269 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 11,313 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 11,877 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 4,878 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3999 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0708 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0506 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0607 % change on previous year (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Melanesia?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Melanesia was 1.9% 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2025.
- How does Melanesia rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Melanesia ranks 159th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia 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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