Global Manufacturing Employment Database (GMED)

This dataset contains the share of employment in manufacturing for 126 countries from the 1950s to 2022. The data provides a truly global and historical perspective on the importance of manufacturing and potential deindustrialisation trends. Data is combined from the ILOSTAT database and the GGDC-10 sector database, 2014 release. The database contains a total of 126 countries; 4,810 observations, with an average of 38 observations per country, a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 75 observations. In a broad sense, the data covers 9 main regions. 30% of the dataset consists of European economies, 20% of Asia, 20% of Latin America and 15% of Africa, with the remainder being China, North America, Australia and New Zealand, island economies and other economies.