- Name
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment.
- Indicator purpose
- Share of manufacturing employment in total employment.
- Abstract
- This indicator measures the contribution of manufacturing to total employment. Employment comprises all persons of working age, who during a specified brief period, such as one week or one day, were in either paid employment or self-employed. Manufacturing employment as a percentage of total employment measures the ability of the manufacturing sector to absorb surplus labour forces from agricultural and other traditional sectors towards production labour with higher wages, when monitored over time.
- Contact organization / person
- Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB)
- Unit of measure
- Percentage (%)
- Other characteristics
- Manufacturing employment as a percentage of total employment is measured using the labour force survey. It measures the level of contribution that the manufacturing sector provides to total employment. Sectoral economic activity is useful in identifying shifts in employment and stages of development. In developing countries, the shift towards the manufacturing sector is favourable but in developed countries more capital-intensive industries is promoted.
- Classification used
- Employment comprises all persons of working age who during a short reference period (one week), were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit. The working-age population is usually defined as all persons aged 14 and above. No distinction is made between persons employed full time and those working less than full time. Manufacturing sector is defined according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC) revision 4 (2008, the latest) or revision 3 (1990). It refers to industries belonging to sector C in revision 4 or sector D in revision 3.
- Disaggregation
- is by sex and occupation.
- Key statistical concepts
- This indicator is calculated using the following formula:
Manufacturing employment as a percentage of total employment= (Total employment in manufacturing activities/Total employment in all economic activities) ∗ 100.
- Recommended uses
- The indicator is used by policy makers as a guide to design skills and training programs where labour supply can complement demand.
- Other comments
- The Statistical Institute of Belize collects this indicator through its labour force survey which is carried out April and September of each year.
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- Target 2030
- 2. Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry�s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries
