Employment in services in Czechia

62.4% of employed people in Czechia 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
Czechia, 2025 62.4% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 61.9%
European Union, 2025 72.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 72.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 86th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Czechia 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 CzechiaEuropean Union
2025 62.4% 72.9%
2024 61.9% 72.5%
2023 60.6% 72.1%
2022 60.4% 71.6%
2021 60.6% 71.3%
2020 60.1% 71.1%
2019 60.1% 71.0%
2018 59.7% 70.9%
2017 59.1% 70.7%
2016 59.0% 70.7%
2015 59.0% 70.4%
2014 59.2% 70.1%
2013 59.5% 69.9%
2012 58.8% 69.3%
2011 58.6% 69.0%
2010 58.9% 68.4%
2009 58.3% 67.8%
2008 56.3% 66.6%
2007 55.9% 65.7%
2006 55.5% 65.4%
2005 55.2% 65.0%
2004 55.0% 64.5%
2003 54.7% 63.8%
2002 54.2% 63.2%
2001 53.5% 62.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 61.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 59.0%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 86th 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 Czechia
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