Employment in services in Togo

44.2% of employed people in Togo worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Togo, 2025 44.2% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.6percentage points 2024: 43.6%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 143rd of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Togo 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 TogoWorld
2025 44.2% 50.6%
2024 43.6% 50.3%
2023 43.0% 49.9%
2022 42.1% 49.5%
2021 40.7% 49.6%
2020 40.2% 49.5%
2019 40.9% 50.2%
2018 43.5% 49.7%
2017 46.9% 49.1%
2016 46.5% 48.6%
2015 46.2% 48.1%
2014 45.7% 47.3%
2013 45.4% 46.4%
2012 44.8% 45.6%
2011 44.3% 45.1%
2010 42.2% 44.6%
2009 40.1% 44.2%
2008 39.1% 43.7%
2007 37.7% 43.2%
2006 37.2% 42.9%
2005 36.9% 42.3%
2004 37.7% 41.8%
2003 38.0% 41.1%
2002 37.3% 40.7%
2001 37.2% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 43.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 46.2%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Togo has the 143rd 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 Togo
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