Employment in services in Poland
63.8% of employed people in Poland worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Poland, 2025
63.8%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
72.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
72.7%
Position in 2025
83rd of 182
Employment in services in Poland 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 | Poland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.8% | 72.9% |
| 2024 | 63.3% | 72.5% |
| 2023 | 62.0% | 72.1% |
| 2022 | 60.5% | 71.6% |
| 2021 | 60.2% | 71.3% |
| 2020 | 58.7% | 71.1% |
| 2019 | 58.7% | 71.0% |
| 2018 | 58.6% | 70.9% |
| 2017 | 58.1% | 70.7% |
| 2016 | 58.0% | 70.7% |
| 2015 | 57.9% | 70.4% |
| 2014 | 57.4% | 70.1% |
| 2013 | 56.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | 56.4% | 69.3% |
| 2011 | 55.8% | 69.0% |
| 2010 | 56.1% | 68.4% |
| 2009 | 55.0% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | 53.5% | 66.6% |
| 2007 | 53.9% | 65.7% |
| 2006 | 53.5% | 65.4% |
| 2005 | 52.6% | 65.0% |
| 2004 | 52.4% | 64.5% |
| 2003 | 51.8% | 63.8% |
| 2002 | 51.2% | 63.2% |
| 2001 | 50.4% | 62.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 63.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 57.9%, the figure has changed by +5.8 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 83rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 72.9%.
More for Poland
All statistics for Poland
Employment in agriculture
6.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
30.0%
2025 · World Bank
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
3.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
12.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
0.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
78.8%
2025 · Eurostat