SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) by country

Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of employment in manufacturing. Employment in manufacturing is defined based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of All...

Countries reporting
73
Highest
26.43
Taiwan
Lowest
1.61
Macao
Median
9.71
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
725

What the numbers show

SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 26.43 in Taiwan; the lowest is 1.61 in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.71, and the mean is 11.51.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 75.7%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 76.8%).

SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Taiwan 26.43 2020 down 2.6% flat
2 Czechia 23.96 2025 down 12.3% falling
3 Vietnam 23.62 2024 flat
4 Slovenia 22.21 2025 down 5.1% falling
5 Slovakia 22.09 2025 up 18.2% rising
6 Cambodia 19.84 2025 up 18.9% rising
7 Hungary 19.77 2025 down 7.7% falling
8 Poland 19.23 2025 flat
9 Serbia 18.95 2025 flat
10 Romania 18.37 2025 up 1.1% flat
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.23 2025 flat
12 Italy 17.89 2025 down 2.5% flat
13 Germany 17.89 2025 down 7.3% falling
14 Bulgaria 16.07 2025 down 19.1% falling
15 Portugal 15.85 2025 down 5.8% flat
16 Lithuania 15.49 2025 up 1.9% flat
17 Croatia 15.46 2025 down 6.7% flat
18 Estonia 15.4 2025 down 19.5% falling
19 South Korea 15.17 2025 down 13.2% falling
20 Japan 15.13 2025 down 7.0% falling
21 Austria 14.83 2025 down 7.2% flat
22 El Salvador 14.51 2025 down 9.6% falling
23 Russia 14.28 2025 up 1.0% flat
24 Finland 12.85 2025 down 2.9% falling
25 Latvia 12.35 2025 down 4.9% falling
26 Switzerland 11.84 2025 down 8.4% falling
27 Brazil 11.58 2025 down 9.3% falling
28 Belgium 11.34 2025 down 12.4% falling
29 Denmark 11.23 2025 down 6.1% falling
30 Ghana 11.01 2024 down 13.4% falling
31 France 10.98 2025 down 10.1% falling
32 Costa Rica 10.86 2025 up 4.0% rising
33 United Arab Emirates 10.85 2025 up 75.7% rising
34 Ireland 10.79 2025 down 5.3% falling
35 Kosovo 10.6 2024 up 2.2% falling
36 Greece 9.74 2025 up 4.4% rising
37 Armenia 9.71 2024 up 15.6% rising
38 Uruguay 9.66 2025 down 6.4% falling
39 United States 9.65 2025 down 10.9% falling
40 Moldova 9.63 2025 down 13.8% flat
41 Malta 9.62 2025 down 22.3% falling
42 Chile 9.57 2025 down 14.2% falling
43 Sweden 9.38 2025 down 9.9% falling
44 Belize 9.01 2025 down 11.9% falling
45 Iceland 9.01 2025 down 12.0% falling
46 Israel 8.9 2024 down 23.1% falling
47 Jordan 8.85 2024 down 18.6% falling
48 Singapore 8.85 2025 down 20.4% falling
49 Canada 8.78 2025 down 9.6% falling
50 Guyana 8.77 2024 down 18.3% falling
51 Mongolia 8.71 2025 up 14.7% rising
52 Saudi Arabia 8.66 2024 up 2.5% flat
53 New Zealand 8.59 2025 down 23.2% falling
54 Spain 8.4 2025 down 34.3% falling
55 Georgia 8.23 2025 up 1.8% flat
56 Netherlands 8.04 2025 down 15.4% falling
57 United Kingdom 7.82 2025 down 18.6% falling
58 Barbados 7.66 2024 down 0.3% falling
59 Zimbabwe 7.57 2024 up 0.4% flat
60 Panama 7.53 2025 down 2.0% falling
61 Trinidad and Tobago 6.75 2024 down 12.8% falling
62 Zambia 6.69 2024 down 13.0% flat
63 Norway 6.59 2025 down 22.7% falling
64 Australia 6.38 2025 down 18.7% falling
65 Botswana 6.04 2024 down 17.7% falling
66 Cyprus 5.96 2025 down 23.5% falling
67 Rwanda 5.58 2025 up 5.6% falling
68 Qatar 5.03 2024 down 27.6% falling
69 Angola 4.1 2025 up 38.7% rising
70 New Caledonia 3.36 2020 down 76.8% volatile
71 Luxembourg 2.72 2025 down 37.3% falling
72 Hong Kong 2.4 2025 down 20.1% falling
73 Macao 1.61 2020 down 15.4% falling

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Indicator
SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
73 places, 725 data points, 2014–2025
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Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of employment in manufacturing. Employment in manufacturing is defined based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC). Employment refers to all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were in paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work) or in self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). This indicator is calculated based on data on employment by sex and economic activity. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.