Employment in services in Colombia
65.8% of employed people in Colombia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Colombia, 2025
65.8%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
73.5%
Position in 2025
74th of 182
Employment in services in Colombia 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 | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.8% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 65.7% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 65.6% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 65.0% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 64.9% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 64.4% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 64.4% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 63.9% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 64.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 65.2% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 64.8% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 64.4% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 64.1% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 62.4% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 62.0% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 62.2% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 61.8% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 62.2% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 61.8% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 60.6% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 59.9% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 60.2% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 60.3% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 60.3% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 60.5% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 65.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 64.8%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Colombia has the 74th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Colombia
All statistics for Colombia
Employment in agriculture
14.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
20.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
8.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
17.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
63.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
51.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT