Employment in services in Malawi
27.7% of employed people in Malawi worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.
Malawi, 2025
27.7%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
173rd of 182
Employment in services in Malawi 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 | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.7% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 27.4% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 27.4% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 27.3% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 27.4% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 27.7% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 28.6% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 28.1% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 27.7% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 27.4% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 27.2% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 26.9% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 26.5% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 26.0% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 25.9% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 25.5% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 24.1% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 23.4% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 22.5% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 22.0% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 21.8% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 21.3% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 20.8% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 27.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 27.2%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Malawi has the 173rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Malawi
All statistics for Malawi
Employment in agriculture
65.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
7.3%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
62.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
58.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT