Employment in services in Singapore
85.9% of employed people in Singapore worked in services in 2025.
Singapore, 2025
85.9%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
4th of 182
Employment in services in Singapore 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 | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.9% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 85.7% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 86.1% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 85.3% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 85.4% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 85.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 84.9% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 83.8% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 84.0% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 83.7% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 82.6% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 82.3% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 80.2% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 79.5% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 79.1% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 78.1% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 77.3% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 76.1% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 76.3% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 76.6% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 76.0% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 75.4% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 75.1% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 74.4% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 73.7% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 85.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 82.6%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Singapore has the 4th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Singapore
All statistics for Singapore
Employment in agriculture
0.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
14.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
69.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
63.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT