Employment in services in Venezuela

74.4% of employed people in Venezuela worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Venezuela, 2025 74.4% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 73.9%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 39th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Venezuela 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 VenezuelaWorld
2025 74.4% 50.6%
2024 73.9% 50.3%
2023 73.5% 49.9%
2022 73.1% 49.5%
2021 72.6% 49.6%
2020 72.7% 49.5%
2019 73.3% 50.2%
2018 72.5% 49.7%
2017 71.8% 49.1%
2016 72.8% 48.6%
2015 72.2% 48.1%
2014 71.8% 47.3%
2013 71.2% 46.4%
2012 71.0% 45.6%
2011 70.2% 45.1%
2010 69.5% 44.6%
2009 68.9% 44.2%
2008 68.6% 43.7%
2007 68.0% 43.2%
2006 68.4% 42.9%
2005 69.1% 42.3%
2004 68.7% 41.8%
2003 68.9% 41.1%
2002 68.9% 40.7%
2001 67.8% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 73.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 72.2%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Venezuela has the 39th 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 Venezuela
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