Employment in services in Vanuatu

45.4% of employed people in Vanuatu worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2025 45.4% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 45.1%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 141st of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2025 45.4% 50.6%
2024 45.1% 50.3%
2023 44.8% 49.9%
2022 44.6% 49.5%
2021 44.1% 49.6%
2020 44.7% 49.5%
2019 46.3% 50.2%
2018 44.8% 49.7%
2017 43.3% 49.1%
2016 41.8% 48.6%
2015 40.2% 48.1%
2014 38.6% 47.3%
2013 37.4% 46.4%
2012 36.0% 45.6%
2011 34.6% 45.1%
2010 33.2% 44.6%
2009 37.3% 44.2%
2008 37.0% 43.7%
2007 37.0% 43.2%
2006 37.0% 42.9%
2005 36.8% 42.3%
2004 36.7% 41.8%
2003 36.5% 41.1%
2002 36.3% 40.7%
2001 36.2% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 45.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 40.2%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Vanuatu has the 141st 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 Vanuatu
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