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Latest figures

Employment, manufacturing

Latest, 20251,239.2thousand peopleAnnual release
vs 2024+7.3%1,155.3
High since 19811,239.2thousand people2025 · ILO
Low since 1981300.5thousand people1981 · ILO

Over time

thousand people2016 - 2025

Recent years

  1. 20251,239.2thousand people+7.3% (better)
  2. 20241,155.3thousand people+7.2% (better)
  3. 20231,077.43thousand people+13.3% (better)
  4. 2022951.15thousand people−1.5% (worse)
  5. 2021966.02thousand people+16.7% (better)
  6. 2019827.47thousand people−6.2% (worse)
  7. 2018882.58thousand people+3.6% (better)
  8. 2017851.62thousand people−2.5% (worse)
Full table
PeriodValue
20251,239.2 thousand people
20241,155.3 thousand people
20231,077.43 thousand people
2022951.15 thousand people
2021966.02 thousand people
2019827.47 thousand people
2018882.58 thousand people
2017851.62 thousand people
2016873.65 thousand people
2015800.02 thousand people
2014846.35 thousand people
2013676.74 thousand people
2012811.43 thousand people
2011760.89 thousand people
2010819.15 thousand people
2006854.78 thousand people
2004620.59 thousand people
2003762.28 thousand people
2002686.3 thousand people
1998655.82 thousand people
1989388.3 thousand people
1987334.72 thousand people
1982313.5 thousand people
1981300.5 thousand people