Employment in services in Maldives
71.8% of employed people in Maldives worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2016.
Maldives, 2025
71.8%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
52nd of 182
Employment in services in Maldives 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 | Maldives | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.8% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 71.4% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 71.0% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 70.7% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 70.3% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 70.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 70.0% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 70.8% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 71.5% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 72.0% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 71.8% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 71.6% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 71.3% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 70.8% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 70.4% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 70.0% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 69.7% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 68.0% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 66.3% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 64.3% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 62.2% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 60.3% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 58.2% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 57.8% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 57.3% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 71.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 71.8%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Maldives has the 52nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Maldives
All statistics for Maldives
Employment in agriculture
11.3%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
16.9%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
4.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
15.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
63.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
40.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT