Employment in services in Gambia

53.6% of employed people in Gambia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Gambia, 2025 53.6% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.6percentage points 2024: 53.0%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 108th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Gambia 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 GambiaWorld
2025 53.6% 50.6%
2024 53.0% 50.3%
2023 52.3% 49.9%
2022 52.3% 49.5%
2021 52.0% 49.6%
2020 52.6% 49.5%
2019 54.1% 50.2%
2018 53.6% 49.7%
2017 53.0% 49.1%
2016 52.7% 48.6%
2015 53.0% 48.1%
2014 53.0% 47.3%
2013 53.5% 46.4%
2012 53.6% 45.6%
2011 53.3% 45.1%
2010 54.1% 44.6%
2009 53.7% 44.2%
2008 53.2% 43.7%
2007 53.0% 43.2%
2006 52.7% 42.9%
2005 52.6% 42.3%
2004 53.0% 41.8%
2003 52.6% 41.1%
2002 52.2% 40.7%
2001 52.6% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 53.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 53.0%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Gambia has the 108th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.

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 Gambia
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