Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South America
South America: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 10.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South America, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South America stood at 10.7%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South America peaked at 14.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 2025.
That places South America 22nd 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 South America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.9% | — |
| 2001 | 13.8% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 13.6% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 13.8% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 13.7% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 13.9% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 13.5% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 12.1% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 12.2% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 12.0% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 11.3% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 11.3% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 11.1% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 11.0% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 10.9% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 10.8% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 10.8% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 10.7% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.8% | 13.5% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 11.0% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 10.7% | 11.0% | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 188,449 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.6536 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6333 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.6731 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.47 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.3248 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 49,401 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 450,619 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 379,097 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 190,649 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South America?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South America was 10.7% 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2025.
- How does South America rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- South America ranks 22nd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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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