Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Northern America
Northern America: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 9.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Northern America, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 9.4% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Northern America peaked at 13.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2025.
That places Northern America 26th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.9% | — |
| 2001 | 13.5% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 12.9% | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 12.6% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 12.2% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 11.7% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 10.7% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 10.4% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 10.3% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 10.0% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 9.9% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 9.6% | -3.3% |
| 2025 | 9.4% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.4% | 10.6% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 10.1% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 9.4% | 10.0% | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 242,481 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1584 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1665 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.1499 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.33 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6023 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 47,965 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 386,690 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 474,966 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 232,485 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Northern America?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Northern America was 9.4% 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 13.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2025.
- How does Northern America rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Northern America ranks 26th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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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