Employment in services in Eritrea
31.8% of employed people in Eritrea worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2014.
Eritrea, 2025
31.8%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
167th of 182
Employment in services in Eritrea 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 | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.8% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 31.3% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 31.0% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 30.6% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 30.1% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 30.4% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 31.5% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 31.1% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 29.3% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 30.9% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 29.8% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 32.0% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 29.4% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 31.1% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 30.8% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 29.6% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 30.0% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 29.5% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 31.0% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 31.0% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 31.4% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 32.2% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 32.5% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 33.7% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 33.4% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 31.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 29.8%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Eritrea has the 167th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Eritrea
All statistics for Eritrea
Employment in agriculture
55.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
12.7%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
6.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
10.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
78.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
72.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT