Employment in services in Argentina

71.8% of employed people in Argentina worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Argentina, 2025 71.8% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 71.6%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 72.2% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 51st of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Argentina over time

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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment in services (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period ArgentinaWorld
2025 71.8% 50.6%
2024 71.6% 50.3%
2023 71.2% 49.9%
2022 71.3% 49.5%
2021 71.8% 49.6%
2020 71.3% 49.5%
2019 71.8% 50.2%
2018 71.5% 49.7%
2017 71.1% 49.1%
2016 70.5% 48.6%
2015 69.7% 48.1%
2014 69.0% 47.3%
2013 69.3% 46.4%
2012 69.5% 45.6%
2011 69.1% 45.1%
2010 69.7% 44.6%
2009 69.6% 44.2%
2008 68.7% 43.7%
2007 68.7% 43.2%
2006 68.6% 42.9%
2005 68.6% 42.3%
2004 68.7% 41.8%
2003 68.5% 41.1%
2002 69.7% 40.7%
2001 68.3% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 71.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 69.7%, the figure has changed by +2.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Argentina has the 51st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Argentina
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates