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Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of total employment, employment, services, total, modeled, ilo, estimate, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

58.4% of total employment

Median: 59.5% of total employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Djibouti

92.2% of total employment

Lowest

Burundi

11.6% of total employment

Top 5 Countries

1Djibouti92.2% of total employment

2Luxembourg91.5% of total employment

3Macao88.6% of total employment

4Singapore85.9% of total employment

5Hong Kong85.8% of total employment

By Region

Oceania76.6% of total employment(2 countries)

Europe72.7% of total employment(32 countries)

North America68.0% of total employment(4 countries)

South America66.6% of total employment(7 countries)

Asia60.5% of total employment(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (11.6% of total employment)High (92.2% of total employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 58.4% of total employment)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

Other (106)

Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Djibouti	92.2% of total employment
2	Luxembourg	91.5% of total employment
3	Macao	88.6% of total employment
4	Singapore	85.9% of total employment
5	Hong Kong	85.8% of total employment
6	Netherlands	84.5% of total employment
7	Bahamas	84.4% of total employment
8	Puerto Rico	84.1% of total employment
9	Israel	84.1% of total employment
10	French Polynesia	83.7% of total employment
11	United Kingdom	83.2% of total employment
12	Barbados	82.6% of total employment
13	Virgin Islands, U.S.	81.9% of total employment
14	Cyprus	81.6% of total employment
15	Sweden	81.4% of total employment
16	Malta	81.4% of total employment
17	Jordan	80.8% of total employment
18	Canada	80.1% of total employment
19	Belgium	79.8% of total employment
20	Norway	79.7% of total employment
21	Denmark	79.6% of total employment
22	United States of America	79.6% of total employment
23	Guam	79.2% of total employment
24	Australia	78.5% of total employment
25	Brunei Darussalam	78.4% of total employment
26	France	78.3% of total employment
27	Switzerland	78.2% of total employment
28	Iceland	78.1% of total employment
29	Ireland	77.9% of total employment
30	Montenegro	77.6% of total employment
31	New Caledonia	77.6% of total employment
32	Spain	76.8% of total employment
33	Lebanon	76.4% of total employment
34	Saint Lucia	76.3% of total employment
35	Finland	75.7% of total employment
36	Mauritius	74.7% of total employment
37	New Zealand	74.6% of total employment
38	Saudi Arabia	74.4% of total employment
39	Venezuela	74.4% of total employment
40	Dominican Republic	74.0% of total employment
41	Japan	74.0% of total employment
42	South Africa	73.8% of total employment
43	Kuwait	73.5% of total employment
44	Uruguay	73.2% of total employment
45	Greece	73.0% of total employment
46	Germany	73.0% of total employment
47	Portugal	72.7% of total employment
48	Austria	72.6% of total employment
49	Chile	72.4% of total employment
50	Brazil	72.2% of total employment
51	Argentina	71.8% of total employment
52	Maldives	71.8% of total employment
53	South Korea	71.5% of total employment
54	Latvia	71.5% of total employment
55	Libya	71.4% of total employment
56	Trinidad and Tobago	71.3% of total employment
57	Estonia	71.0% of total employment
58	Italy	70.2% of total employment
59	Costa Rica	70.0% of total employment
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	69.8% of total employment
61	Lithuania	69.4% of total employment
62	Croatia	69.3% of total employment
63	Russian Federation	69.1% of total employment
64	Jamaica	68.9% of total employment
65	Kazakhstan	68.8% of total employment
66	Belize	68.5% of total employment
67	United Arab Emirates	68.0% of total employment
68	Cape Verde	67.7% of total employment
69	Cuba	67.6% of total employment
70	Bulgaria	67.4% of total employment
71	Panama	67.0% of total employment
72	Suriname	66.9% of total employment
73	Botswana	66.2% of total employment
74	Colombia	65.8% of total employment
75	Sao Tome and Principe	65.4% of total employment
76	Hungary	65.4% of total employment
77	Iraq	65.3% of total employment
78	Paraguay	65.1% of total employment
79	Malaysia	64.9% of total employment
80	Slovenia	64.4% of total employment
81	Bahrain	64.3% of total employment
82	Mexico	64.1% of total employment
83	State of Palestine	63.8% of total employment
84	Poland	63.8% of total employment
85	Slovakia	63.3% of total employment
86	El Salvador	63.0% of total employment
87	Czech Republic	62.4% of total employment
88	Namibia	61.1% of total employment
89	The Republic of North Macedonia	60.9% of total employment
90	Ukraine	60.7% of total employment
91	Qatar	60.4% of total employment
92	Peru	60.1% of total employment
93	Philippines	59.5% of total employment
94	Belarus	59.5% of total employment
95	Eswatini	58.7% of total employment
96	Syrian Arab Republic	58.5% of total employment
97	Türkiye	58.5% of total employment
98	Algeria	58.3% of total employment
99	Kyrgyzstan	57.7% of total employment
100	Yemen	57.3% of total employment
101	Samoa	57.2% of total employment
102	Guyana	56.7% of total employment
103	Romania	56.5% of total employment
104	Honduras	55.9% of total employment
105	Bolivia	55.5% of total employment
106	Papua New Guinea	55.3% of total employment
107	Serbia	54.9% of total employment
108	Oman	54.6% of total employment
109	Tunisia	54.3% of total employment
110	Republic of The Gambia	53.6% of total employment
111	Egypt	53.1% of total employment
112	Tonga	53.0% of total employment
113	Mauritania	52.8% of total employment
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.7% of total employment
115	Nicaragua	52.6% of total employment
116	Gabon	52.3% of total employment
117	Somalia	52.2% of total employment
118	Armenia	51.7% of total employment
119	Fiji	51.7% of total employment
120	Islamic Republic of Iran	51.7% of total employment
121	Comoros	51.6% of total employment
122	Ecuador	50.9% of total employment
123	Liberia	50.5% of total employment
124	Azerbaijan	50.2% of total employment
125	Uzbekistan	50.2% of total employment
126	Timor-Leste	50.2% of total employment
127	Indonesia	50.2% of total employment
128	Solomon Islands	50.0% of total employment
129	Mongolia	49.9% of total employment
130	Turkmenistan	49.5% of total employment
131	Georgia	49.5% of total employment
132	Nigeria	49.5% of total employment
133	Thailand	49.2% of total employment
134	Morocco	48.3% of total employment
135	Guatemala	48.2% of total employment
136	Senegal	47.9% of total employment
137	Sri Lanka	47.8% of total employment
138	Albania	47.2% of total employment
139	Ghana	47.2% of total employment
140	Rwanda	46.5% of total employment
141	People's Republic of China	46.5% of total employment
142	Sudan	46.2% of total employment
143	Nepal	45.8% of total employment
144	Vanuatu	45.4% of total employment
145	Haiti	44.6% of total employment
146	Togo	44.2% of total employment
147	Republic of the Congo	44.2% of total employment
148	Sierra Leone	44.0% of total employment
149	Cameroon	43.5% of total employment
150	Bhutan	41.8% of total employment
151	Kenya	41.7% of total employment
152	Benin	41.4% of total employment
153	Angola	40.9% of total employment
154	Cote d'Ivoire	40.3% of total employment
155	Vietnam	40.1% of total employment
156	Tajikistan	39.1% of total employment
157	Pakistan	38.5% of total employment
158	Guinea	38.5% of total employment
159	Cambodia	37.7% of total employment
160	Bangladesh	37.7% of total employment
161	Moldova, Republic of	36.9% of total employment
162	Myanmar	36.9% of total employment
163	Lesotho	36.1% of total employment
164	Zambia	35.2% of total employment
165	Equatorial Guinea	34.7% of total employment
166	South Sudan	34.6% of total employment
167	Zimbabwe	34.2% of total employment
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33.5% of total employment
169	Ethiopia	33.4% of total employment
170	India	32.6% of total employment
171	Eritrea	31.8% of total employment
172	Burkina Faso	31.6% of total employment
173	Afghanistan	29.5% of total employment
174	Guinea-Bissau	29.2% of total employment
175	Mali	28.4% of total employment
176	Uganda	27.9% of total employment
177	Malawi	27.7% of total employment
178	United Republic of Tanzania	27.3% of total employment
179	Lao People's Democratic Republic	24.0% of total employment
180	North Korea	23.5% of total employment
181	Madagascar	20.9% of total employment
182	Mozambique	20.6% of total employment
183	Central African Republic	20.5% of total employment
184	Chad	19.8% of total employment
185	Niger	17.7% of total employment
186	Burundi	11.6% of total employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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