Employment in services in Samoa
57.2% of employed people in Samoa worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Samoa, 2025
57.2%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
99th of 182
Employment in services in Samoa 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 | Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.2% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 56.9% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 56.6% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 56.4% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 56.0% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 56.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 56.9% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 56.7% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 56.1% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 55.7% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 55.6% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 55.3% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 54.5% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 54.3% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 53.9% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 52.7% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 51.3% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 50.1% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 48.9% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 47.1% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 45.7% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 44.5% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 43.4% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 42.0% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 40.8% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 56.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 55.6%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Samoa has the 99th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Samoa
All statistics for Samoa
Employment in agriculture
26.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
15.9%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
13.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
42.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
30.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT