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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 92.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 91.5% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 3 | Macau, China | 88.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 85.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 5 | Hong Kong, China | 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 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 of America | 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 Darussalam | 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, Bolivarian Republic of | 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 | Republic of 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 | Russian Federation | 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, State of | 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 | Syrian Arab Republic | 58.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 97 | Türkiye | 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, Plurinational State of | 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, Islamic Republic of | 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 | Timor-Leste | 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 | Côte d'Ivoire | 40.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 155 | Viet Nam | 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 | Republic of 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 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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, United Republic of | 27.3% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 179 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 24.0% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 180 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 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.
- Chagai 85.3%
- North America 79.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 76.7%
- Euro area 74.8%
- High income 74.9%
- European Union 72.9%
- OECD members 74.0%
- Caribbean Small States 70.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
- Other small states 68.7%
- Small states 66.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 66.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 66.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 63.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 62.1%
- Arab World 60.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 56.1%
- Upper middle income 52.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 51.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.7%
- Pacific island small states 50.6%
- World 50.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
- IBRD only 48.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 47.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 47.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 47.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 47.0%
- Middle income 46.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 45.6%
- IDA blend 44.6%
- Low & middle income 44.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 43.4%
- Africa Western and Central 43.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 38.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 38.5%
- IDA total 38.3%
- Lower middle income 37.8%
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).