Employment in services in Philippines
59.5% of employed people in Philippines worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Philippines, 2025
59.5%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
91st of 182
Employment in services in Philippines 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 | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.5% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 59.3% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 59.0% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 58.7% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 56.8% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 56.8% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 57.9% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 56.5% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 56.2% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 55.4% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 55.1% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 54.1% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 53.9% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 53.1% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 52.6% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 52.1% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 51.6% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 51.0% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 50.6% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 50.2% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 49.8% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 49.2% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 48.9% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 48.4% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 48.0% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 59.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 55.1%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Philippines has the 91st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Philippines
All statistics for Philippines
Employment in agriculture
20.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
20.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
7.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
61.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
50.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT