Employment in services in Switzerland
78.2% of employed people in Switzerland worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Switzerland, 2025
78.2%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
73.5%
Position in 2025
28th of 182
Employment in services in Switzerland 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 | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.2% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 77.9% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 77.8% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 77.7% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 77.5% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 77.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 77.0% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 76.6% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 76.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 76.2% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 75.9% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 75.4% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 74.8% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 74.9% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 74.4% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 74.3% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 74.5% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 73.6% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 73.4% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 73.5% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 73.8% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 73.7% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 73.3% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 72.2% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 71.0% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 77.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 75.9%, the figure has changed by +2.3 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 28th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Employment in agriculture
2.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
19.6%
2025 · World Bank
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
4.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
8.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
1.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
82.4%
2025 · Eurostat