Employment in services in Yemen
57.3% of employed people in Yemen worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.
Yemen, 2025
57.3%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
98th of 182
Employment in services in Yemen 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 | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.3% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 56.8% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 56.4% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 56.0% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 55.6% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 56.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 57.9% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 57.5% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 57.1% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 56.8% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 56.6% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 56.3% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 55.9% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 55.5% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 55.0% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 54.8% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 54.1% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 53.5% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 52.8% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 52.0% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 51.0% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 50.0% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 46.2% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 42.5% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 38.8% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 56.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 56.6%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Yemen has the 98th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Yemen
All statistics for Yemen
Employment in agriculture
31.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
11.1%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
17.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
32.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
33.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
4.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT