Employment in services in Russia

69.1% of employed people in Russia 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
Russia, 2025 69.1% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 68.8%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 72.2% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 63rd of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Russia 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 RussiaWorld
2025 69.1% 50.6%
2024 68.8% 50.3%
2023 68.6% 49.9%
2022 67.9% 49.5%
2021 67.6% 49.6%
2020 67.5% 49.5%
2019 67.4% 50.2%
2018 67.4% 49.7%
2017 67.2% 49.1%
2016 66.4% 48.6%
2015 66.2% 48.1%
2014 65.9% 47.3%
2013 65.4% 46.4%
2012 65.0% 45.6%
2011 65.0% 45.1%
2010 64.6% 44.6%
2009 64.4% 44.2%
2008 63.0% 43.7%
2007 62.5% 43.2%
2006 61.4% 42.9%
2005 60.8% 42.3%
2004 60.5% 41.8%
2003 59.1% 41.1%
2002 58.7% 40.7%
2001 58.0% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 68.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 66.2%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Russia has the 63rd 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 Russia
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