Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Switzerland
Switzerland: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 12.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Switzerland, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 12.0% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Switzerland peaked at 15.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 12.0%, in 2024.
Switzerland ranks 57th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.5% | — |
| 2001 | 15.9% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 14.8% | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 14.0% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 13.9% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 14.1% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 14.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 12.9% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 12.6% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 12.7% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 12.1% | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 12.2% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 12.0% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.5% | 13.9% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 12.6% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.3% | 12.0% | 12.7% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Switzerland?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Switzerland was 12.0% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 15.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.0% in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Switzerland ranks 57th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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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