Employment in services in Croatia

69.3% of employed people in Croatia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Croatia, 2025 69.3% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 68.9%
European Union, 2025 72.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 72.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 62nd of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Croatia 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 CroatiaEuropean Union
2025 69.3% 72.9%
2024 68.9% 72.5%
2023 67.9% 72.1%
2022 66.5% 71.6%
2021 64.8% 71.3%
2020 65.7% 71.1%
2019 66.3% 71.0%
2018 66.5% 70.9%
2017 66.9% 70.7%
2016 65.8% 70.7%
2015 64.2% 70.4%
2014 63.8% 70.1%
2013 62.3% 69.9%
2012 60.6% 69.3%
2011 57.5% 69.0%
2010 58.3% 68.4%
2009 57.7% 67.8%
2008 56.3% 66.6%
2007 57.0% 65.7%
2006 56.4% 65.4%
2005 54.1% 65.0%
2004 53.4% 64.5%
2003 52.9% 63.8%
2002 54.6% 63.2%
2001 54.3% 62.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 68.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 64.2%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Croatia has the 62nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 72.9%.

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 Croatia
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