Employment in services in Romania

56.5% of employed people in Romania 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
Romania, 2025 56.5% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 56.1%
European Union, 2025 72.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 72.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 101st of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Romania 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 RomaniaEuropean Union
2025 56.5% 72.9%
2024 56.1% 72.5%
2023 54.9% 72.1%
2022 55.9% 71.6%
2021 55.3% 71.3%
2020 55.2% 71.1%
2019 54.2% 71.0%
2018 53.3% 70.9%
2017 52.8% 70.7%
2016 52.8% 70.7%
2015 52.2% 70.4%
2014 49.1% 70.1%
2013 49.0% 69.9%
2012 48.7% 69.3%
2011 48.7% 69.0%
2010 47.3% 68.4%
2009 47.2% 67.8%
2008 45.8% 66.6%
2007 45.2% 65.7%
2006 45.0% 65.4%
2005 43.6% 65.0%
2004 42.7% 64.5%
2003 39.6% 63.8%
2002 39.1% 63.2%
2001 36.3% 62.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 56.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 52.2%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Romania has the 101st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 72.9%.

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 Romania
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