Employment in services in Cabo Verde
67.7% of employed people in Cabo Verde worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Cabo Verde, 2025
67.7%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
68th of 182
Employment in services in Cabo Verde 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 | Cabo Verde | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.7% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 67.5% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 67.4% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 67.2% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 67.2% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 67.3% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 67.6% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 66.3% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 64.6% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 64.3% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 64.0% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 63.7% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 63.5% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 63.3% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 63.1% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 62.9% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 62.6% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 62.4% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 62.2% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 62.0% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 61.8% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 61.6% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 61.4% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 61.1% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 60.8% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 67.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 64.0%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Cabo Verde has the 68th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Cabo Verde
All statistics for Cabo Verde
Employment in agriculture
9.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
23.1%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
11.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
28.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
57.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
50.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT