Employment in services in Zambia
35.2% of employed people in Zambia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Zambia, 2025
35.2%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
161st of 182
Employment in services in Zambia 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 | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.2% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 34.7% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 34.1% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 34.2% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 32.0% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 32.2% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 33.5% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 30.3% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 29.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 29.2% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 28.9% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 28.6% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 28.5% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 28.6% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 25.2% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 22.4% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 19.6% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 17.2% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 16.9% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 16.8% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 17.3% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 17.8% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 18.4% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 34.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 28.9%, the figure has changed by +6.2 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Zambia has the 161st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Zambia
All statistics for Zambia
Employment in agriculture
54.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
10.3%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
10.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
61.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
56.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT