Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Canada
Canada: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th was 8.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Canada, 2014–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Canada recorded 8.8% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Canada peaked at 9.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2025.
That places Canada 45th out of 67 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Canada, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9.7% | — |
| 2015 | 9.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9.5% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 9.1% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 8.8% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.5% | 9.2% | 9.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Canada?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Canada was 8.8% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2025.
- How does Canada rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th?
- Canada ranks 45th out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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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