Employment in services in Cameroon
43.5% of employed people in Cameroon worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Cameroon, 2025
43.5%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
146th of 182
Employment in services in Cameroon 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 | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.5% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 43.0% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 42.5% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 42.1% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 41.6% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 41.4% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 42.4% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 41.6% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 40.8% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 39.9% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 39.1% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 38.3% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 36.9% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 35.5% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 34.2% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 32.8% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 31.5% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 30.3% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 29.0% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 28.5% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 26.7% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 23.3% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 43.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.1%, the figure has changed by +4.4 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Cameroon has the 146th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Cameroon
All statistics for Cameroon
Employment in agriculture
41.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
14.6%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
65.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
56.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT