Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Belgium
Belgium: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th was 11.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Belgium, 2014–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Belgium is 11.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Belgium peaked at 12.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 11.3%, in 2024.
That places Belgium 26th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12.8% | — |
| 2015 | 12.9% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 12.3% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 12.5% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 11.3% | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 11.7% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 11.3% | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.5% | 12.1% | 12.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 11.3% | 12.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 23 Latvia 12.3% compare
- 24 Switzerland 12.0% compare
- 25 Brazil 11.5% compare
- 27 Republic of Moldova 11.3% compare
- 27 Republic of Moldova 11.3% compare
- 29 Denmark 11.2% compare
More work & labour data for Belgium
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.1652 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.1676 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1614 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.59 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1395 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 12,349 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 139 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,498 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,563 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,061 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Belgium?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Belgium was 11.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 12.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.3% in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th?
- Belgium ranks 26th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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 - 19th ICLS(%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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