Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 14.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South-Eastern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
South-Eastern Asia recorded 14.8% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 14.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 2000.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 7th of 39 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.8% | — |
| 2001 | 12.0% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11.9% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 11.8% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 12.3% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 12.4% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 12.6% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 13.8% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 14.1% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 14.4% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 14.7% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 14.8% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 14.8% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.2% | 11.8% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 12.6% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South-Eastern Asia?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in South-Eastern Asia was 14.8% 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 South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 2000.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 7th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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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