Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 6.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Small island developing States (SIDS), 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 Small island developing States (SIDS) is 6.8%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 12.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2025.
Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 32nd 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 Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.3% | — |
| 2001 | 11.8% | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 11.2% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 10.8% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 10.4% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 10.2% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 10.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 9.1% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 8.9% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 8.2% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 8.0% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 7.8% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 6.9% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 9.4% | 12.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 7.6% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.8% | 7.3% | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 78,184 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 38,621 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 39,563 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 26,715 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 58,910 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6001 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3213 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.3468 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.3383 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.3428 % change on previous year (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 6.8% 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 Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2025.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 32nd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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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