Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 5.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Middle Africa, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Middle Africa stood at 5.7%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Middle Africa peaked at 7.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 2025.
Middle Africa ranks 35th 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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.4% | — |
| 2001 | 7.3% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 7.1% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 7.0% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 6.8% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 6.7% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 6.7% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 6.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 6.5% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 6.1% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 32 Guatemala 15.2% compare
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- 35 Japan 15.1% compare
- 36 Burkina Faso 14.7% compare
- 37 State of Palestine 14.5% compare
- 38 Pakistan 14.4% compare
More work & labour data for Middle Africa
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 790,423 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 388,193 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 402,230 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 126,751 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 257,254 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.89 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5434 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.6718 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.6299 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.6511 % change on previous year (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Middle Africa?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Middle Africa was 5.7% 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 2025.
- How does Middle Africa rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Middle Africa ranks 35th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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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