Trend analysis of industry digitization in EU manufacturing sector

Abstract

The combination of faster increase of labour costs than the increase of productivity, together with the dominance of low-tech sectors in the Lithuanian manufacturing structure, put significant pressure on the competitiveness of Lithuanian manufacturing sector. In order to strengthen digitalization processes, it is imperative to study existing cases of industry digitalization in other EU member states. Comparative analysis of EU countries was made. Countries were analyzed by criterions such as changes in production outputs and number of employees, changes in the share of manufacturing in GDP, share of high-tech sectors in total manufacturing output, level of capacity utilization, share of employees in manufacturing sector in total employment, personnel costs and wages. The aim of this paper is to present the outputs of selected statistical data analysis, to analyze the trends in manufacturing output and to provide insights.