China has the highest Total manufacturing (2024) of any country, at 32,707,972 employees. It is followed by Vietnam (4,225,189) and Indonesia (2,813,527).
| 1 | China | 32,707,972 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 4,225,189 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 2,813,527 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 2,399,531 |
| 5 | Thailand | 2,277,855 |
| 6 | Japan | 2,154,888 |
| 7 | Mexico | 1,755,926 |
| 8 | India | 1,573,826 |
| 9 | Taiwan | 1,140,895 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 746,004 |
| 11 | South Korea | 676,595 |
| 12 | Egypt | 546,941 |
| 13 | Philippines | 534,651 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 495,994 |
| 15 | Belarus | 289,367 |
| 16 | Iran | 263,961 |
| 17 | Colombia | 255,947 |
| 18 | Russia | 252,211 |
| 19 | Peru | 238,084 |
| 20 | Ghana | 236,878 |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 233,643 |
| 22 | Serbia | 217,900 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 215,149 |
| 24 | Dominican Rep. | 128,206 |
| 25 | Chile | 116,386 |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 94,417 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 93,781 |
| 28 | Lithuania | 93,101 |
| 29 | Nepal | 76,369 |
| 30 | Croatia | 70,838 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 67,622 |
| 32 | Ecuador | 61,688 |
| 33 | Albania | 61,218 |
| 34 | Laos | 45,909 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 45,211 |
| 36 | Moldova | 43,227 |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 40,219 |
| 38 | Jordan | 39,779 |
| 39 | Tanzania | 39,494 |
| 40 | Georgia | 37,435 |
| 41 | Armenia | 35,671 |
| 42 | Mongolia | 34,445 |
| 43 | Malawi | 22,634 |
| 44 | MUS | 21,271 |
| 45 | Namibia | 16,848 |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 13,199 |
| 47 | Cyprus | 12,473 |
| 48 | Cameroon | 10,817 |
| 49 | Panama | 10,534 |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10,260 |
| 51 | Myanmar | 9,327 |
| 52 | Fiji | 8,049 |
| 53 | eSwatini | 7,967 |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 6,743 |
| 55 | Oman | 5,438 |
| 56 | Montenegro | 5,018 |
| 57 | Qatar | 3,511 |
| 58 | Iraq | 587 |
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