Employment in services in Ethiopia
33.4% of employed people in Ethiopia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Ethiopia, 2025
33.4%
Change from 2024
+0.8percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
165th of 182
Employment in services in Ethiopia 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 | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.4% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 32.6% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 31.5% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 30.7% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 30.2% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 29.7% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 31.3% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 29.5% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 27.9% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 25.9% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 24.2% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 22.3% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 20.6% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 19.2% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 18.2% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 17.1% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 15.9% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 15.2% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 14.9% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 14.6% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 15.8% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 16.6% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 32.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 24.2%, the figure has changed by +9.2 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Ethiopia has the 165th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Ethiopia
All statistics for Ethiopia
Employment in agriculture
60.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
6.4%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
5.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
68.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
58.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT