Employment in services in Zimbabwe
34.2% of employed people in Zimbabwe worked in services in 2025.
Zimbabwe, 2025
34.2%
Change from 2024
+0.8percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
163rd of 182
Employment in services in Zimbabwe 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 | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.2% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 33.4% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 33.2% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 34.4% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 32.9% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 29.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 26.4% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 25.9% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 25.7% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 25.6% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 25.4% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 25.4% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 25.8% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 24.9% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 24.7% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 22.7% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 21.0% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 21.9% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 22.6% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 23.8% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 25.3% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 27.9% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 31.4% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 34.7% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 33.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 25.6%, the figure has changed by +8.5 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Zimbabwe has the 163rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Zimbabwe
All statistics for Zimbabwe
Employment in agriculture
54.3%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
11.5%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
9.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
15.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
67.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
62.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT