Employment in services in Malaysia
64.9% of employed people in Malaysia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Malaysia, 2025
64.9%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
79th of 182
Employment in services in Malaysia 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 | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.9% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 64.6% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 64.3% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 63.9% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 63.8% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 63.4% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 61.9% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 62.3% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 61.0% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 61.1% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 60.0% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 59.7% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 59.4% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 59.2% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 59.7% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 59.1% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 59.5% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 57.4% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 56.8% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 55.1% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 55.6% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 55.3% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 53.7% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 53.1% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 51.8% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 64.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 60.0%, the figure has changed by +4.8 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Malaysia has the 79th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Malaysia
All statistics for Malaysia
Employment in agriculture
9.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
26.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
12.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
66.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
51.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT