Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Singapore
Singapore: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 9.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Singapore, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Singapore stood at 9.0%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Singapore peaked at 20.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 2024.
That places Singapore 96th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.7% | — |
| 2001 | 19.4% | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 19.0% | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 18.3% | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 16.8% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 16.9% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 16.8% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 14.1% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | -13.0% |
| 2015 | 11.1% | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 10.5% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9.6% | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 9.0% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.2% | 16.7% | 20.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.8% | 9.6% | 14.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 9.3% | 9.0% | 9.6% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Singapore?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Singapore was 9.0% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 20.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 2024.
- How does Singapore rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Singapore ranks 96th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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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