Employment in services in Brunei

78.4% of employed people in Brunei worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Brunei, 2025 78.4% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 78.3%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 26th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Brunei 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 BruneiWorld
2025 78.4% 50.6%
2024 78.3% 50.3%
2023 78.3% 49.9%
2022 77.0% 49.5%
2021 75.0% 49.6%
2020 74.9% 49.5%
2019 77.3% 50.2%
2018 79.5% 49.7%
2017 82.5% 49.1%
2016 82.0% 48.6%
2015 81.3% 48.1%
2014 80.7% 47.3%
2013 80.5% 46.4%
2012 80.2% 45.6%
2011 80.1% 45.1%
2010 80.3% 44.6%
2009 80.2% 44.2%
2008 79.7% 43.7%
2007 79.6% 43.2%
2006 79.1% 42.9%
2005 79.1% 42.3%
2004 78.9% 41.8%
2003 78.7% 41.1%
2002 78.8% 40.7%
2001 78.8% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 78.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 81.3%, the figure has changed by −2.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Brunei has the 26th 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 Brunei
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