Employment in services in Belize
68.5% of employed people in Belize worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Belize, 2025
68.5%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
66th of 182
Employment in services in Belize 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.
| Period | Belize | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.5% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 68.2% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 67.8% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 67.2% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 66.6% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 66.6% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 67.4% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 65.1% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 66.9% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 65.7% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 66.5% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 65.4% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 65.2% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 64.9% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 64.6% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 64.3% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 63.8% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 63.4% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 63.2% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 62.8% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 62.6% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 60.4% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 59.1% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 57.9% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 68.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 66.5%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Belize has the 66th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Belize
All statistics for Belize
Employment in agriculture
16.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
15.3%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
8.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
19.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
59.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
46.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT