Note: In the right-side chart, the numbers above the lines or points indicate the change in the proportion (in percentage points) between 2015 and 2023 for each country group. For China, the graph shows data for 2016 and 2023 due to data availability. Over the same period, the share of manufacturing in total employment declined slightly,from 14.3 to 14.1 per cent. This suggests that, despite its substantial job-creation potential, the manufacturing sector has the share of manufacturing employment across most country groups. ing China), where the share modestly increased by 0.63 percentage points between 2015 and 2023. While China saw a slight decline of 0.17 percentage points over the same period, it still maintained the highest share of manufacturing employment at 29.1 per cent in 2023, well above all income groups, which remained below the 20 per cent mark. The lowest share was recorded in low-income economies, where manufacturing employment gradually declined from 6.0 per cent in 2015 to 5.7 per cent in 2023. This underscores the persistent dis- parity between low-income and industrial economies. Furthermore, given the limited growth in manufacturing output in these economies,