Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Spain
Spain: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th was 8.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Spain, 2014–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 8.4% 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 30.2% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Spain peaked at 13.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2025.
Spain ranks 48th of 67 countries on this measure, 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12.1% | — |
| 2015 | 12.8% | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 13.1% | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 12.6% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 12.4% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 12.0% | -3.4% |
| 2025 | 8.4% | -30.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.6% | 12.1% | 12.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 8.4% | 13.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 45 Canada 8.8% compare
- 46 New Zealand 8.6% compare
- 47 Jordan 8.4% compare
- 49 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 8.2% compare
- 50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.1% compare
- 50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.1% compare
More work & labour data for Spain
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.527 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5576 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.4982 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1207 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 39,073 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,322 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 17,076 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 16,051 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 33,128 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Spain?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Spain was 8.4% 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2025.
- How does Spain rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th?
- Spain ranks 48th out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested).