Employment in services in Finland

75.7% of employed people in Finland 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
Finland, 2025 75.7% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 75.5%
European Union, 2025 72.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 72.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 35th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Finland 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 FinlandEuropean Union
2025 75.7% 72.9%
2024 75.5% 72.5%
2023 75.0% 72.1%
2022 75.2% 71.6%
2021 74.2% 71.3%
2020 75.2% 71.1%
2019 74.6% 71.0%
2018 74.6% 70.9%
2017 74.4% 70.7%
2016 73.8% 70.7%
2015 74.5% 70.4%
2014 72.9% 70.1%
2013 73.6% 69.9%
2012 73.2% 69.3%
2011 72.5% 69.0%
2010 71.4% 68.4%
2009 72.0% 67.8%
2008 70.5% 66.6%
2007 69.2% 65.7%
2006 69.5% 65.4%
2005 69.2% 65.0%
2004 68.9% 64.5%
2003 68.0% 63.8%
2002 67.3% 63.2%
2001 67.1% 62.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 75.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 74.5%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Finland has the 35th 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 Finland
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