Employment in services in Indonesia

50.2% of employed people in Indonesia 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
Indonesia, 2025 50.2% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 49.8%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 72.2% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 125th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Indonesia 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 IndonesiaWorld
2025 50.2% 50.6%
2024 49.8% 50.3%
2023 49.3% 49.9%
2022 48.8% 49.5%
2021 49.3% 49.6%
2020 49.1% 49.5%
2019 49.1% 50.2%
2018 48.2% 49.7%
2017 47.4% 49.1%
2016 46.6% 48.6%
2015 45.1% 48.1%
2014 44.5% 47.3%
2013 44.2% 46.4%
2012 43.8% 45.6%
2011 43.6% 45.1%
2010 43.0% 44.6%
2009 42.0% 44.2%
2008 41.2% 43.7%
2007 41.1% 43.2%
2006 40.5% 42.9%
2005 38.4% 42.3%
2004 39.8% 41.8%
2003 37.0% 41.1%
2002 38.0% 40.7%
2001 38.6% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 49.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 45.1%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Indonesia has the 125th 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 Indonesia
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