Employment in services in Macao SAR, China
88.6% of employed people in Macao SAR, China worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Macao SAR, China, 2025
88.6%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
3rd of 182
Employment in services in Macao SAR, China 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 | Macao SAR, China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88.6% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 88.5% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 88.3% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 87.9% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 87.5% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 87.5% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 87.1% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 86.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 85.8% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 85.0% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 85.2% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 85.5% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 85.2% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 84.8% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 84.4% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 83.4% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 81.6% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 80.7% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 80.4% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 80.9% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 81.3% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 80.7% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 80.3% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 79.7% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 88.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 85.0%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Macao SAR, China has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Macao SAR, China
All statistics for Macao SAR, China
Employment in agriculture
0.4%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
11.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
67.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
63.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT