Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba
Cuba: Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment was 9.3% in 2014. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba, 2000–2014
Source: United Nations Industrial Development Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2014, manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba stood at 9.3%. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba peaked at 13.2% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2014.
Cuba ranks 86th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.8% | — |
| 2001 | 13.2% | +35.0% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12.3% | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 11.0% | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 10.8% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 10.5% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | -23.1% |
| 2014 | 9.3% | -2.5% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 9.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10.6%, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 9.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9.7%, 96% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +35.0% | 9.8% | 13.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.7% | 9.8% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 9.3% | 12.4% | 5 |
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More work & labour data for Cuba
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.07 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.06 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1738 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 9,101 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,722 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,757 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,821 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,577 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba?
- Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Cuba was 9.3% in 2014, according to United Nations Industrial Development Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 2001.
- What is the lowest manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2014.
- How does Cuba rank for manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment?
- Cuba ranks 86th out of 152 countries with data for 2014.
- Is manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Industrial Development Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%).