Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Oceania
Oceania: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 5.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Oceania, 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 Oceania stood at 5.8%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Oceania peaked at 11.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 2025.
That places Oceania 34th out of 39 groups 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 as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Oceania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.9% | — |
| 2001 | 11.5% | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 8.5% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 6.6% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | -4.2% |
| 2025 | 5.8% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.5% | 9.2% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 6.3% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 5.8% | 6.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 31 Thailand 15.8% compare
- 32 Guatemala 15.2% compare
- 33 Republic of Korea 15.2% compare
- 33 Korea 15.2% compare
- 35 Japan 15.1% compare
- 36 Burkina Faso 14.7% compare
- 37 State of Palestine 14.5% compare
More work & labour data for Oceania
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 36,471 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3089 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.2965 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3213 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0514 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 41,160 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 15,961 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 36,475 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 72,946 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Oceania?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Oceania was 5.8% 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 Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 2025.
- How does Oceania rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Oceania ranks 34th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Oceania 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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