Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Western Asia
Western Asia: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 11.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Western Asia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Western Asia is 11.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Western Asia peaked at 13.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 2025.
Western Asia ranks 17th of 39 groups on this measure, 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.8% | — |
| 2001 | 12.6% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 12.8% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 12.6% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 13.1% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 13.3% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 13.2% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 13.3% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 12.6% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 12.2% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 12.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 12.0% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 11.8% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 11.9% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12.0% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 11.8% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 11.7% | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 11.5% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.9% | 12.5% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.1% | 11.8% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 11.5% | 12.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Western Asia?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Western Asia was 11.5% 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2005.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 2025.
- How does Western Asia rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Western Asia ranks 17th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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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