Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Sweden
Sweden: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th was 9.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Sweden, 2014–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Sweden stood at 9.5%.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Sweden peaked at 10.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2022.
That places Sweden 40th 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10.7% | — |
| 2015 | 10.4% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 10.0% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 9.4% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 9.8% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 9.5% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.2% | 10.0% | 10.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 9.6% | 9.4% | 9.9% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Sweden?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Sweden was 9.5% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2022.
- How does Sweden rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th?
- Sweden ranks 40th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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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