Employment in services, male (% of male 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
187
Highest
89.9%
Djibouti
Lowest
17.2%
Burundi
Median
52.1%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 89.9% in Djibouti; the lowest is 17.2% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 52.1%, and the mean is 52.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 159 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 43.1%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 16.2%).
Employment in services, male (% of male employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 89.9% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 86.5% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 82.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Macau, China | 80.9% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 5 | Jordan | 78.0% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 6 | Channel Islands | 77.4% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 77.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 8 | Netherlands | 76.7% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 9 | Israel | 75.9% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 10 | Hong Kong, China | 75.4% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 75.3% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 12 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 74.9% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 13 | Malta | 73.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 14 | Barbados | 73.1% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 15 | Bahamas | 72.9% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Maldives | 72.5% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 17 | Brunei Darussalam | 72.1% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 71.7% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 71.7% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 71.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 21 | Lebanon | 70.8% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | United States Virgin Islands | 70.7% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 23 | Canada | 70.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 24 | Denmark | 70.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 25 | United States of America | 70.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium | 69.5% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 27 | Guam | 69.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 68.8% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 68.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 30 | France | 68.3% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 31 | Montenegro | 68.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 32 | Kuwait | 67.7% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 33 | Australia | 67.7% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 34 | Ireland | 67.6% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritius | 67.5% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 36 | Iceland | 67.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 67.4% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 66.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 39 | New Caledonia | 66.3% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 65.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 41 | Japan | 65.3% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 42 | South Africa | 64.8% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 64.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 44 | New Zealand | 64.0% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 45 | Saint Lucia | 63.4% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 46 | Libya | 63.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 48 | Finland | 62.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 62.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 62.5% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.3% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 52 | Chile | 62.1% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 53 | Korea | 62.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 61.9% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 61.6% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 61.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 57 | Germany | 61.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 58 | Uruguay | 61.1% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 59 | Austria | 60.9% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 60 | Argentina | 60.8% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 61 | Palestine, State of | 59.9% | 2022 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 62 | Italy | 59.9% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 59.0% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 64 | Belize | 58.5% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 58.3% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 66 | Latvia | 58.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 67 | Yemen | 58.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 68 | Panama | 58.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 57.8% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 57.5% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 71 | Malaysia | 57.4% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 72 | Croatia | 57.4% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 73 | Estonia | 57.3% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 74 | Bahrain | 57.1% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 56.4% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 76 | Algeria | 55.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 77 | Colombia | 55.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Türkiye | 55.5% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 55.5% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 80 | Suriname | 55.4% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 55.1% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54.9% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 54.4% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 84 | Jamaica | 54.3% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 85 | Paraguay | 53.9% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 86 | Syrian Arab Republic | 53.8% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 87 | Hungary | 53.1% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 88 | Slovenia | 52.8% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 89 | Somalia | 52.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 90 | Peru | 52.7% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 91 | Qatar | 52.5% | 2025 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 92 | Botswana | 52.1% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 52.1% | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 94 | Tunisia | 52.1% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 95 | Eswatini | 51.9% | 2025 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 96 | Namibia | 51.8% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 97 | Gambia | 51.3% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 51.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 99 | Poland | 51.2% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 50.7% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 101 | Czechia | 50.1% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 102 | Oman | 50.0% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 103 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 104 | Liberia | 49.3% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritania | 49.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 106 | Slovakia | 49.2% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 107 | Morocco | 48.9% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 108 | Fiji | 48.8% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 109 | Comoros | 48.8% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 110 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 48.8% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 111 | Timor-Leste | 48.8% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 48.7% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 113 | Ukraine | 48.6% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 114 | Egypt | 48.4% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 115 | Samoa | 47.9% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 47.1% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 47.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 118 | Philippines | 46.9% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 46.8% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 120 | Romania | 46.8% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 121 | Tonga | 46.6% | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 122 | Albania | 46.6% | 2025 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 123 | Rwanda | 46.5% | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 46.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 46.1% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 126 | Sudan | 46.1% | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.6% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 128 | Armenia | 45.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 129 | Nepal | 45.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 130 | Belarus | 45.2% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 131 | Gabon | 45.0% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 132 | Ecuador | 44.6% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 133 | Indonesia | 44.6% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 134 | Bhutan | 44.3% | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 135 | Pakistan | 44.2% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 136 | Honduras | 44.1% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 137 | Cameroon | 43.8% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 138 | Georgia | 43.6% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 139 | Congo | 43.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 140 | Thailand | 43.2% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 141 | Togo | 43.1% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 42.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 42.1% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 144 | Senegal | 41.8% | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 145 | Kenya | 41.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 41.3% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 147 | Mongolia | 40.7% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 148 | Guatemala | 39.9% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 149 | Nigeria | 39.8% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 150 | Guyana | 39.6% | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 151 | Angola | 39.4% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 152 | Ghana | 39.2% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 153 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 38.5% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 38.3% | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 155 | China | 38.1% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 156 | Cambodia | 36.9% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 157 | Guinea | 36.5% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 158 | India | 35.9% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 159 | Viet Nam | 35.8% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 160 | South Sudan | 35.8% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 161 | Benin | 35.8% | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 35.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 163 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.7% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 32.9% | 2025 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 165 | Zambia | 32.4% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 166 | Myanmar | 32.4% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.8% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 168 | Republic of Moldova | 31.8% | 2025 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 169 | Burkina Faso | 31.4% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.1% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 171 | Afghanistan | 31.1% | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 172 | Malawi | 30.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 173 | Uganda | 29.9% | 2025 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 174 | Lesotho | 29.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 175 | Haiti | 29.7% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 176 | Eritrea | 29.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 177 | Mali | 26.4% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 178 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 25.7% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 179 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 25.1% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 180 | Ethiopia | 24.7% | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 181 | Mozambique | 24.3% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 182 | Niger | 23.8% | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 183 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.3% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 21.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 185 | Chad | 20.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 186 | Madagascar | 19.4% | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 187 | Burundi | 17.2% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 77.4%
- North America 70.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 67.0%
- High income 65.0%
- OECD members 64.3%
- Euro area 64.1%
- Other small states 62.7%
- European Union 62.0%
- Small states 60.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 59.7%
- Caribbean Small States 59.2%
- Arab World 57.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 56.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 56.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 53.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 51.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 51.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 48.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 48.7%
- Pacific island small states 47.3%
- World 45.5%
- Upper middle income 45.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 43.6%
- IBRD only 42.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 42.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 42.2%
- Middle income 42.1%
- IDA blend 42.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 41.7%
- Low & middle income 41.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 39.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 39.6%
- Lower middle income 38.9%
- IDA total 38.1%
- South Asia 37.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 37.4%
- Africa Western and Central 37.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 35.8%
About this data
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).