Employment in services in Montenegro

77.6% of employed people in Montenegro worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2013.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2025 77.6% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 77.4%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 31st of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Montenegro 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 MontenegroWorld
2025 77.6% 50.6%
2024 77.4% 50.3%
2023 77.1% 49.9%
2022 76.7% 49.5%
2021 76.7% 49.6%
2020 74.1% 49.5%
2019 73.4% 50.2%
2018 73.1% 49.7%
2017 75.0% 49.1%
2016 74.8% 48.6%
2015 74.8% 48.1%
2014 76.8% 47.3%
2013 77.7% 46.4%
2012 76.9% 45.6%
2011 75.5% 45.1%
2010 75.9% 44.6%
2009 75.4% 44.2%
2008 74.5% 43.7%
2007 73.8% 43.2%
2006 73.0% 42.9%
2005 72.1% 42.3%
2004 69.7% 41.8%
2003 67.4% 41.1%
2002 66.8% 40.7%
2001 66.4% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 77.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 74.8%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Montenegro has the 31st 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 Montenegro
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