Employment in services in Panama
67.0% of employed people in Panama worked in services in 2025.
Panama, 2025
67.0%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
71st of 182
Employment in services in Panama 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 | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.0% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 66.6% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 67.8% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 67.9% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 67.5% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 67.2% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 67.3% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 66.5% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 66.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 65.7% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 66.1% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 63.7% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 62.9% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 64.4% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 64.1% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 63.2% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 62.1% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 62.3% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 65.4% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 65.3% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 66.4% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 65.6% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 64.4% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 64.8% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 63.7% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 66.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 66.1%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Panama has the 71st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Panama
All statistics for Panama
Employment in agriculture
16.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
17.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
8.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
19.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
66.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
54.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT