Employment in services in Iran
51.7% of employed people in Iran worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Iran, 2025
51.7%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
118th of 182
Employment in services in Iran 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 | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.7% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 51.3% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 50.9% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 50.5% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 50.4% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 49.8% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 50.8% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 51.0% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 50.7% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 50.7% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 49.7% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 48.7% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 47.9% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 47.4% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 49.0% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 47.0% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 46.6% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 45.1% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 44.7% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 44.8% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 44.4% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 44.0% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 43.6% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 43.3% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 43.0% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 51.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 49.7%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Iran has the 118th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Iran
All statistics for Iran
Employment in agriculture
13.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
34.7%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
8.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
21.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
41.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
14.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT