Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 15.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Southern Europe, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 15.0% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Southern Europe peaked at 20.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2025.
That places Southern Europe 6th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.1% | — |
| 2001 | 19.9% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 19.6% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 19.2% | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 18.7% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 18.2% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 17.9% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 16.9% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 15.5% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 15.3% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 15.5% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 16.0% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 15.7% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 15.5% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 15.2% | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 15.0% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.5% | 16.2% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 15.3% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 15.0% | 16.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Southern Europe?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Southern Europe was 15.0% 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2025.
- How does Southern Europe rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Southern Europe ranks 6th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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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