Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Spain
Spain: Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment was 8.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Spain, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Industrial Development Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Spain is 8.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.2% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Spain peaked at 18.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2025.
Spain ranks 100th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.7% | — |
| 2001 | 18.8% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 18.2% | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 17.6% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 16.9% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 16.4% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 13.2% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 12.8% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | -4.0% |
| 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% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 8.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.5%, 88% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Spain's 8.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12.2%, 69% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -30.2% | 12.0% | 8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.6% | 13.4% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.7% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 8.4% | 13.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 97 Saudi Arabia 8.7% compare
- 98 New Zealand 8.6% compare
- 99 Jordan 8.4% compare
- 101 Netherlands 8.2% compare
- 102 United Kingdom 8.1% compare
- 103 Belize 8.0% 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 jobs as a share of total employment in Spain?
- Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Spain was 8.4% in 2025, 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 18.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2025.
- How does Spain rank for manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment?
- Spain ranks 100th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 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 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 (%).