International Yearbook ofIndustrial StatisticsEdition 2024UNIDO Statistics AcknowledgementsThe 2024 edition of theInternational Yearbook of Industrial Statisticswas prepared by Fernando CantúBazaldúa and Martin Haitzmann, with contributions from Nina Goltsch, Kateryna Gumeniuk, Dong Guo,Rita Liang, Vladimir Lukić, Manveer Mangat and Jürgen Muth. The team worked under the supervision ofFernando Cantú Bazaldúa, Chief Statistician of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO). Martin Haitzmann was central for the design, coordination and technical implementation of theYearbook.The team members would like to extend their gratitute to Cecilia Ugaz Estrada, Deputy to the Direc-tor General and Managing Director of the Directorate of Strategic Planning, Programming and Policy,and Nobuya Haraguchi, Director a.i. of the Division of Industrial Policy Research and Statistics, for theirsupport and guidance in the preparation of this publication, as well as other UNIDO staff members fortheir valuable feedback and suggestions.We also gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of national statistical offices, the United Nations StatisticsDivision, the United Nations Population Division, United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD), theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Statistical Office of the EuropeanUnion (Eurostat), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international and regional agencies inproviding relevant information that has served as the basis of this publication. In addition, we sincerelythank the co-custodian organizations of Sustainable Development Goal 9 indicators, namely, the Inter-national Energy Agency (IEA), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank, for theirvaluable support and collaboration.In this 30thedition of theInternational Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, we recognize the contribu-tions and efforts of all past and present collaborators involved in this publication.Copyright ©2024 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)This publication and all underlying statistics are published in the UNIDO Statistics Portal. In accordancewith UNIDO’s open data policy, which was introduced in 2022, users have free online access to all UNIDO’sstatistical products. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy pages in the statistics portalfor further information.This document has been produced without formal United Nations editing. The designations employed andthe presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoeveron the part of the Secretariat of UNIDO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area orof its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or its economic system ordegree of development. Designations such as ”industrial”, ”industrializing” or ”developing” are intendedfor statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by aparticular country or area in the development process. Mention of firm names or commercial productsdoes not constitute an endorsement by UNIDO.All photos and icons © UN, UNIDO, Canva, FontAwesome unless otherwise stated.This document may be freely quoted or reprinted but acknowledgment is required.The production of this fully-reproducible report relied on open-source software, such as git, LaTeX, R andR Studio. UNIDO Statistics extends its gratitude to all contributors of these open source projects.The full report is available online at https://stat.unido.org.Original: ENGLISH.ISBN 978-92-11065-40-4 (PDF)ISSN 3005-2408 (Online) ContentsProgress by innovation with reliable industrial statistics1Introduction1.1Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.2What is industrial statistics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.3Why is industry important? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Industrial Statistics: Data and Visualizations2Global industrial statistics2.1Recent trends in industrial sectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.2SDG 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.3Competitive industrial performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Spotlight on manufacturing3.1Current trends and distribution of world manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . .3.2Structure and transformation of manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . .3.3The manufacturing sector trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.4Manufacturing employment and labour productivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.5Women in manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.6Environmental impact of manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Mining and utilities in the spotlight4.1Current trends and distribution of world mining and utilities . . . . . . . . .