Employment in services in Paraguay

65.1% of employed people in Paraguay worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2025 65.1% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 64.9%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 78th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Paraguay 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 ParaguayWorld
2025 65.1% 50.6%
2024 64.9% 50.3%
2023 64.8% 49.9%
2022 63.8% 49.5%
2021 60.8% 49.6%
2020 59.6% 49.5%
2019 63.1% 50.2%
2018 61.3% 49.7%
2017 59.9% 49.1%
2016 59.3% 48.6%
2015 60.6% 48.1%
2014 58.8% 47.3%
2013 59.7% 46.4%
2012 57.0% 45.6%
2011 56.7% 45.1%
2010 55.2% 44.6%
2009 54.4% 44.2%
2008 55.6% 43.7%
2007 53.1% 43.2%
2006 52.8% 42.9%
2005 52.2% 42.3%
2004 50.6% 41.8%
2003 52.7% 41.1%
2002 50.6% 40.7%
2001 51.1% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 64.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 60.6%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Paraguay has the 78th 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 Paraguay
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