Employment in services
People working in trade, transport, hospitality, finance, public administration and other services as a share of all employed people. ILO modelled estimates.
Highest in 2025
92.2%
Djibouti
Lowest in 2025
11.6%
Burundi
Euro area, 2025
74.8%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
182
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
182 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.6% | 79.6% | 46.5% | 32.6% |
| 2024 | 50.3% | 79.4% | 46.2% | 32.3% |
| 2023 | 49.9% | 79.1% | 45.8% | 31.5% |
| 2022 | 49.5% | 79.1% | 45.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021 | 49.6% | 79.2% | 45.6% | 31.5% |
| 2020 | 49.5% | 78.8% | 45.3% | 31.6% |
| 2019 | 50.2% | 78.5% | 44.5% | 34.1% |
| 2018 | 49.7% | 78.5% | 43.9% | 33.3% |
| 2017 | 49.1% | 78.6% | 43.3% | 32.5% |
| 2016 | 48.6% | 78.5% | 42.9% | 31.6% |
| 2015 | 48.1% | 78.4% | 42.4% | 30.8% |
| 2014 | 47.3% | 78.4% | 40.6% | 29.8% |
| 2013 | 46.4% | 78.5% | 38.5% | 29.0% |
| 2012 | 45.6% | 78.6% | 36.1% | 28.2% |
| 2011 | 45.1% | 78.6% | 35.7% | 27.4% |
| 2010 | 44.6% | 78.7% | 34.6% | 26.6% |
| 2009 | 44.2% | 78.4% | 34.1% | 26.5% |
| 2008 | 43.7% | 76.9% | 33.2% | 26.4% |
| 2007 | 43.2% | 76.3% | 32.4% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 42.9% | 76.0% | 32.2% | 26.2% |
| 2005 | 42.3% | 76.1% | 31.4% | 26.0% |
| 2004 | 41.8% | 75.9% | 30.6% | 25.6% |
| 2003 | 41.1% | 75.8% | 29.3% | 25.1% |
| 2002 | 40.7% | 75.6% | 28.6% | 24.7% |
| 2001 | 40.2% | 75.3% | 27.7% | 24.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 182 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Djibouti (92.2%) and the lowest Burundi (11.6%).
- Half of the countries are above 59.5% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 176 countries and fell in 6.
- The figure for the world was 50.6% in 2025, against 49.5% in 2020 (+1.1 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Djibouti 92.2%
- 2 Luxembourg 91.5%
- 3 Macao SAR, China 88.6%
- 4 Singapore 85.9%
- 5 Hong Kong SAR, China 85.8%
- 6 Channel Islands 85.3%
- 7 Netherlands 84.5%
- 8 Bahamas 84.4%
- 9 Puerto Rico (US) 84.1%
- 10 Israel 84.1%
- 11 French Polynesia 83.7%
- 12 United Kingdom 83.2%
- 13 Barbados 82.6%
- 14 US Virgin Islands 81.9%
- 15 Cyprus 81.6%
- 16 Sweden 81.4%
- 17 Malta 81.4%
- 18 Jordan 80.8%
- 19 Canada 80.1%
- 20 Belgium 79.8%
- 21 Norway 79.7%
- 22 Denmark 79.6%
- 23 United States 79.6%
- 24 Guam 79.2%
- 25 Australia 78.5%
- 26 Brunei 78.4%
- 27 France 78.3%
- 28 Switzerland 78.2%
- 29 Iceland 78.1%
- 30 Ireland 77.9%
- 31 Montenegro 77.6%
- 32 New Caledonia 77.6%
- 33 Spain 76.8%
- 34 Saint Lucia 76.3%
- 35 Finland 75.7%
- 36 Mauritius 74.7%
- 37 New Zealand 74.6%
- 38 Saudi Arabia 74.4%
- 39 Venezuela 74.4%
- 40 Dominican Republic 74.0%
- 41 Japan 74.0%
- 42 South Africa 73.8%
- 43 Kuwait 73.5%
- 44 Uruguay 73.2%
- 45 Greece 73.0%
- 46 Germany 73.0%
- 47 Portugal 72.7%
- 48 Austria 72.6%
- 49 Chile 72.4%
- 50 Brazil 72.2%
- 51 Argentina 71.8%
- 52 Maldives 71.8%
- 53 South Korea 71.5%
- 54 Latvia 71.5%
- 55 Libya 71.4%
- 56 Trinidad and Tobago 71.3%
- 57 Estonia 71.0%
- 58 Italy 70.2%
- 59 Costa Rica 70.0%
- 60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.8%
- 61 Lithuania 69.4%
- 62 Croatia 69.3%
- 63 Russia 69.1%
- 64 Jamaica 68.9%
- 65 Kazakhstan 68.8%
- 66 Belize 68.5%
- 67 United Arab Emirates 68.0%
- 68 Cabo Verde 67.7%
- 69 Cuba 67.6%
- 70 Bulgaria 67.4%
- 71 Panama 67.0%
- 72 Suriname 66.9%
- 73 Botswana 66.2%
- 74 Colombia 65.8%
- 75 São Tomé and Príncipe 65.4%
- 76 Hungary 65.4%
- 77 Iraq 65.3%
- 78 Paraguay 65.1%
- 79 Malaysia 64.9%
- 80 Slovenia 64.4%
- 81 Bahrain 64.3%
- 82 Mexico 64.1%
- 83 Poland 63.8%
- 84 Slovakia 63.3%
- 85 El Salvador 63.0%
- 86 Czechia 62.4%
- 87 Namibia 61.1%
- 88 North Macedonia 60.9%
- 89 Qatar 60.4%
- 90 Peru 60.1%
- 91 Philippines 59.5%
- 92 Belarus 59.5%
- 93 Eswatini 58.7%
- 94 Syria 58.5%
- 95 Türkiye 58.5%
- 96 Algeria 58.3%
- 97 Kyrgyzstan 57.7%
- 98 Yemen 57.3%
- 99 Samoa 57.2%
- 100 Guyana 56.7%
- 101 Romania 56.5%
- 102 Honduras 55.9%
- 103 Bolivia 55.5%
- 104 Papua New Guinea 55.3%
- 105 Serbia 54.9%
- 106 Oman 54.6%
- 107 Tunisia 54.3%
- 108 Gambia 53.6%
- 109 Egypt 53.1%
- 110 Tonga 53.0%
- 111 Mauritania 52.8%
- 112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7%
- 113 Nicaragua 52.6%
- 114 Gabon 52.3%
- 115 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 52.2%
- 116 Armenia 51.7%
- 117 Fiji 51.7%
- 118 Iran 51.7%
- 119 Comoros 51.6%
- 120 Ecuador 50.9%
- 121 Liberia 50.5%
- 122 Azerbaijan 50.2%
- 123 Uzbekistan 50.2%
- 124 Timor-Leste 50.2%
- 125 Indonesia 50.2%
- 126 Solomon Islands 50.0%
- 127 Mongolia 49.9%
- 128 Turkmenistan 49.5%
- 129 Georgia 49.5%
- 130 Nigeria 49.5%
- 131 Thailand 49.2%
- 132 Morocco 48.3%
- 133 Guatemala 48.2%
- 134 Senegal 47.9%
- 135 Sri Lanka 47.8%
- 136 Albania 47.2%
- 137 Ghana 47.2%
- 138 Rwanda 46.5%
- 139 China 46.5%
- 140 Nepal 45.8%
- 141 Vanuatu 45.4%
- 142 Haiti 44.6%
- 143 Togo 44.2%
- 144 Republic of the Congo 44.2%
- 145 Sierra Leone 44.0%
- 146 Cameroon 43.5%
- 147 Bhutan 41.8%
- 148 Kenya 41.7%
- 149 Benin 41.4%
- 150 Angola 40.9%
- 151 Côte d'Ivoire 40.3%
- 152 Viet Nam 40.1%
- 153 Tajikistan 39.1%
- 154 Pakistan 38.5%
- 155 Guinea 38.5%
- 156 Cambodia 37.7%
- 157 Bangladesh 37.7%
- 158 Moldova 36.9%
- 159 Myanmar 36.9%
- 160 Lesotho 36.1%
- 161 Zambia 35.2%
- 162 Equatorial Guinea 34.7%
- 163 Zimbabwe 34.2%
- 164 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.5%
- 165 Ethiopia 33.4%
- 166 India 32.6%
- 167 Eritrea 31.8%
- 168 Burkina Faso 31.6%
- 169 Afghanistan 29.5%
- 170 Guinea-Bissau 29.2%
- 171 Mali 28.4%
- 172 Uganda 27.9%
- 173 Malawi 27.7%
- 174 Tanzania 27.3%
- 175 Laos 24.0%
- 176 North Korea 23.5%
- 177 Madagascar 20.9%
- 178 Mozambique 20.6%
- 179 Central African Republic 20.5%
- 180 Chad 19.8%
- 181 Niger 17.7%
- 182 Burundi 11.6%
- East Asia and Pacific 49.9%
- Euro area 74.8%
- Europe and Central Asia 69.7%
- European Union 72.9%
- Latin America and Caribbean 66.8%
- Middle East and North Africa 51.7%
- North America 79.6%
- OECD members 74.0%
- South Asia 33.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
- World 50.6%
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