Employment in services in United Kingdom
83.2% of employed people in United Kingdom worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
United Kingdom, 2025
83.2%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
73.5%
Position in 2025
12th of 182
Employment in services in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.2% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 83.0% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 83.2% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 82.5% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 82.2% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 81.8% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 80.7% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 80.8% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 80.6% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 80.4% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 80.2% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 79.8% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 80.1% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 79.8% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 79.6% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 79.6% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 79.3% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 77.2% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 76.5% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 76.6% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 76.5% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 76.2% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 75.2% | 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 83.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 80.2%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Employment in agriculture
0.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
15.9%
2025 · World Bank
Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)
4.9%
September 2020 · Eurostat
Usual weekly working hours
37.0 hours per week
2019 · Eurostat
Part-time employment
24.4%
2019 · Eurostat
Monthly youth unemployment
14.5%
September 2020 · Eurostat