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Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and...

Countries reporting
186
Highest
92.2%
Djibouti
Lowest
11.6%
Burundi
Median
59.5%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176

What the numbers show

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 92.2% in Djibouti; the lowest is 11.6% in Burundi.

The median across all reporting countries is 59.5%, and the mean is 58.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 164 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 44.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 12.6%).

Employment in services (% of total employment): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Djibouti 92.2% 2025 down 1.2% flat
2 Luxembourg 91.5% 2025 up 6.1% rising
3 Macao 88.6% 2025 up 4.2% rising
4 Singapore 85.9% 2025 up 4.0% rising
5 Hong Kong 85.8% 2025 down 0.3% rising
6 Netherlands 84.5% 2025 up 4.0% rising
7 Bahamas 84.4% 2025 down 0.1% rising
8 Puerto Rico 84.1% 2025 up 1.9% rising
9 Israel 84.1% 2025 up 3.3% rising
10 French Polynesia 83.7% 2025 up 1.6% flat
11 United Kingdom 83.2% 2025 up 3.8% rising
12 Barbados 82.6% 2025 up 6.2% rising
13 United States Virgin Islands 81.9% 2025 up 3.6% rising
14 Cyprus 81.6% 2025 up 2.3% rising
15 Sweden 81.4% 2025 up 2.2% rising
16 Malta 81.4% 2025 up 3.6% rising
17 Jordan 80.8% 2025 up 7.1% rising
18 Canada 80.1% 2025 up 2.3% rising
19 Belgium 79.8% 2025 up 3.1% rising
20 Norway 79.7% 2025 up 2.2% rising
21 Denmark 79.6% 2025 up 1.9% rising
22 United States 79.6% 2025 up 1.5% rising
23 Guam 79.2% 2025 up 1.8% rising
24 Australia 78.5% 2025 up 1.6% rising
25 Brunei 78.4% 2025 down 3.6% flat
26 France 78.3% 2025 up 1.9% rising
27 Switzerland 78.2% 2025 up 3.0% rising
28 Iceland 78.1% 2025 up 0.3% rising
29 Ireland 77.9% 2025 up 1.8% rising
30 Montenegro 77.6% 2025 up 3.7% rising
31 New Caledonia 77.6% 2025 up 6.3% rising
32 Spain 76.8% 2025 up 1.4% rising
33 Lebanon 76.4% 2023 up 4.3% rising
34 Saint Lucia 76.3% 2025 up 5.1% rising
35 Finland 75.7% 2025 up 1.5% rising
36 Mauritius 74.7% 2025 up 10.0% rising
37 New Zealand 74.6% 2025 up 3.8% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 74.4% 2025 up 7.1% rising
39 Venezuela 74.4% 2025 up 3.0% rising
40 Dominican Republic 74.0% 2025 up 4.0% rising
41 Japan 74.0% 2025 up 3.7% rising
42 South Africa 73.8% 2025 up 4.6% rising
43 Kuwait 73.5% 2025 up 0.8% falling
44 Uruguay 73.2% 2025 up 2.2% rising
45 Greece 73.0% 2025 up 0.8% rising
46 Germany 73.0% 2025 up 2.8% rising
47 Portugal 72.7% 2025 up 1.1% rising
48 Austria 72.6% 2025 up 4.1% rising
49 Chile 72.4% 2025 up 5.0% rising
50 Brazil 72.2% 2025 up 6.4% rising
51 Argentina 71.8% 2025 up 3.1% rising
52 Maldives 71.8% 2025 up 0.0% rising
53 South Korea 71.5% 2025 up 2.9% rising
54 Latvia 71.5% 2025 up 4.5% rising
55 Libya 71.4% 2025 up 2.2% rising
56 Trinidad and Tobago 71.3% 2025 up 4.6% rising
57 Estonia 71.0% 2025 up 9.8% rising
58 Italy 70.2% 2025 up 0.8% rising
59 Costa Rica 70.0% 2025 up 6.5% rising
60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.8% 2025 up 2.1% rising
61 Lithuania 69.4% 2025 up 5.4% rising
62 Croatia 69.3% 2025 up 7.9% rising
63 Russia 69.1% 2025 up 4.4% rising
64 Jamaica 68.9% 2025 up 2.4% rising
65 Kazakhstan 68.8% 2025 up 12.0% rising
66 Belize 68.5% 2025 up 3.0% rising
67 United Arab Emirates 68.0% 2025 up 2.8% rising
68 Cape Verde 67.7% 2025 up 5.8% rising
69 Cuba 67.6% 2025 up 4.6% rising
70 Bulgaria 67.4% 2025 up 7.2% rising
71 Panama 67.0% 2025 up 1.3% rising
72 Suriname 66.9% 2025 up 0.1% falling
73 Botswana 66.2% 2025 down 1.5% flat
74 Colombia 65.8% 2025 up 1.7% rising
75 Sao Tome and Principe 65.4% 2025 up 1.7% rising
76 Hungary 65.4% 2025 up 0.9% rising
77 Iraq 65.3% 2025 up 0.9% rising
78 Paraguay 65.1% 2025 up 7.5% rising
79 Malaysia 64.9% 2025 up 8.1% rising
80 Slovenia 64.4% 2025 down 0.6% rising
81 Bahrain 64.3% 2025 up 0.8% falling
82 Mexico 64.1% 2025 up 2.7% rising
83 Palestine 63.8% 2022 up 0.1% rising
84 Poland 63.8% 2025 up 10.1% rising
85 Slovakia 63.3% 2025 up 5.6% rising
86 El Salvador 63.0% 2025 up 5.5% rising
87 Czechia 62.4% 2025 up 5.7% rising
88 Namibia 61.1% 2025 up 4.3% rising
89 North Macedonia 60.9% 2025 up 17.8% rising
90 Ukraine 60.7% 2021 up 4.7% rising
91 Qatar 60.4% 2025 up 35.3% falling
92 Peru 60.1% 2025 up 3.9% rising
93 Philippines 59.5% 2025 up 8.1% rising
94 Belarus 59.5% 2025 up 2.4% rising
95 Eswatini 58.7% 2025 down 5.0% rising
96 Syria 58.5% 2025 up 1.3% rising
97 Turkey 58.5% 2025 up 14.3% rising
98 Algeria 58.3% 2025 down 2.9% rising
99 Kyrgyzstan 57.7% 2025 up 7.4% rising
100 Yemen 57.3% 2025 up 1.2% rising
101 Samoa 57.2% 2025 up 2.9% rising
102 Guyana 56.7% 2025 down 2.1% rising
103 Romania 56.5% 2025 up 8.3% rising
104 Honduras 55.9% 2025 up 1.3% rising
105 Bolivia 55.5% 2025 up 13.9% rising
106 Papua New Guinea 55.3% 2025 down 11.7% falling
107 Serbia 54.9% 2025 up 8.5% rising
108 Oman 54.6% 2025 down 4.6% falling
109 Tunisia 54.3% 2025 up 4.1% rising
110 Gambia 53.6% 2025 up 1.3% flat
111 Egypt 53.1% 2025 up 9.1% rising
112 Tonga 53.0% 2025 up 25.5% rising
113 Mauritania 52.8% 2025 up 6.0% rising
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7% 2025 up 2.3% rising
115 Nicaragua 52.6% 2025 up 2.7% rising
116 Gabon 52.3% 2025 down 2.5% rising
117 Somalia 52.2% 2025 down 1.9% rising
118 Armenia 51.7% 2025 up 6.1% rising
119 Fiji 51.7% 2025 up 9.0% rising
120 Iran 51.7% 2025 up 4.0% rising
121 Comoros 51.6% 2025 up 17.6% rising
122 Ecuador 50.9% 2025 down 6.4% flat
123 Liberia 50.5% 2025 up 0.0% rising
124 Azerbaijan 50.2% 2025 up 1.3% rising
125 Uzbekistan 50.2% 2025 up 1.4% rising
126 East Timor 50.2% 2025 up 18.9% rising
127 Indonesia 50.2% 2025 up 11.2% rising
128 Solomon Islands 50.0% 2025 up 0.2% rising
129 Mongolia 49.9% 2025 up 9.0% rising
130 Turkmenistan 49.5% 2025 up 8.6% rising
131 Georgia 49.5% 2025 up 16.0% rising
132 Nigeria 49.5% 2025 up 7.5% rising
133 Thailand 49.2% 2025 up 12.0% rising
134 Morocco 48.3% 2025 up 15.4% rising
135 Guatemala 48.2% 2025 down 2.0% rising
136 Senegal 47.9% 2025 down 10.7% rising
137 Sri Lanka 47.8% 2025 up 5.0% rising
138 Albania 47.2% 2025 up 18.5% rising
139 Ghana 47.2% 2025 up 20.3% rising
140 Rwanda 46.5% 2025 up 44.7% rising
141 China 46.5% 2025 up 9.7% rising
142 Sudan 46.2% 2022 up 4.3% rising
143 Nepal 45.8% 2025 up 2.7% rising
144 Vanuatu 45.4% 2025 up 13.1% rising
145 Haiti 44.6% 2025 up 1.4% rising
146 Togo 44.2% 2025 down 4.2% rising
147 Congo 44.2% 2025 up 4.5% rising
148 Sierra Leone 44.0% 2025 up 20.3% rising
149 Cameroon 43.5% 2025 up 11.4% rising
150 Bhutan 41.8% 2025 up 29.0% rising
151 Kenya 41.7% 2025 up 12.6% rising
152 Benin 41.4% 2025 up 2.4% rising
153 Angola 40.9% 2025 up 1.3% falling
154 Cote d'Ivoire 40.3% 2025 down 1.5% rising
155 Vietnam 40.1% 2025 up 20.7% rising
156 Tajikistan 39.1% 2025 up 8.5% rising
157 Pakistan 38.5% 2025 up 10.1% flat
158 Guinea 38.5% 2025 up 10.8% rising
159 Cambodia 37.7% 2025 up 15.7% rising
160 Bangladesh 37.7% 2025 up 4.8% rising
161 Moldova 36.9% 2025 up 23.5% falling
162 Myanmar 36.9% 2025 up 16.9% rising
163 Lesotho 36.1% 2025 down 3.5% falling
164 Zambia 35.2% 2025 up 21.6% rising
165 Equatorial Guinea 34.7% 2025 up 3.9% rising
166 South Sudan 34.6% 2023 up 0.1% rising
167 Zimbabwe 34.2% 2025 up 33.2% falling
168 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.5% 2025 up 6.8% rising
169 Ethiopia 33.4% 2025 up 38.2% rising
170 India 32.6% 2025 up 5.8% rising
171 Eritrea 31.8% 2025 up 6.7% flat
172 Burkina Faso 31.6% 2025 up 13.2% rising
173 Afghanistan 29.5% 2025 down 12.6% rising
174 Guinea-Bissau 29.2% 2025 up 5.9% rising
175 Mali 28.4% 2025 down 3.7% rising
176 Uganda 27.9% 2025 up 30.0% rising
177 Malawi 27.7% 2025 up 1.8% rising
178 Tanzania 27.3% 2025 up 6.3% rising
179 Laos 24.0% 2025 up 15.6% rising
180 North Korea 23.5% 2025 up 4.1% rising
181 Madagascar 20.9% 2025 up 29.4% rising
182 Mozambique 20.6% 2025 up 2.1% rising
183 Central African Republic 20.5% 2025 up 0.9% rising
184 Chad 19.8% 2025 up 0.4% rising
185 Niger 17.7% 2025 down 1.5% flat
186 Burundi 11.6% 2025 up 14.4% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 8,176 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).