Employment in services in Israel
84.1% of employed people in Israel worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Israel, 2025
84.1%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
73.5%
Position in 2025
10th of 182
Employment in services in Israel 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 | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.1% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 83.9% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 83.8% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 83.5% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 83.3% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 83.3% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 82.7% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 82.0% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 81.6% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 81.5% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 81.4% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 81.2% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 81.0% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 81.4% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 81.2% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 80.8% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 80.7% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 79.4% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 79.3% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 79.5% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 79.2% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 78.7% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 78.6% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 78.5% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 77.7% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 83.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 81.4%, the figure has changed by +2.7 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Israel has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Israel
All statistics for Israel
Employment in agriculture
0.8%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
15.1%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
65.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
62.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT