Employment in services in Moldova

36.9% of employed people in Moldova worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2006.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Moldova, 2025 36.9% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 36.6%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 158th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Moldova 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.

Employment in services (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period MoldovaWorld
2025 36.9% 50.6%
2024 36.6% 50.3%
2023 35.6% 49.9%
2022 31.9% 49.5%
2021 31.2% 49.6%
2020 31.9% 49.5%
2019 31.3% 50.2%
2018 30.4% 49.7%
2017 30.8% 49.1%
2016 29.4% 48.6%
2015 29.9% 48.1%
2014 30.6% 47.3%
2013 32.8% 46.4%
2012 32.9% 45.6%
2011 33.8% 45.1%
2010 33.7% 44.6%
2009 35.7% 44.2%
2008 35.9% 43.7%
2007 36.0% 43.2%
2006 37.2% 42.9%
2005 36.8% 42.3%
2004 36.4% 41.8%
2003 36.3% 41.1%
2002 35.9% 40.7%
2001 35.1% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 36.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 29.9%, the figure has changed by +7.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Moldova has the 158th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Moldova
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates