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

This indicator measures the proportion of total employment represented by individuals engaged in the services sector, encompassing diverse activities that yield goods and provide essential services. It reflects a dynamic range of industries, including retail, hospitality, transportation, finance, and community services, which are instrumental in shaping economic structure and employment opportunities. Service employment tends to drive growth in modern economies, highlighting trends in consumer behavior and technological advancement. Additionally, it serves as a critical indicator of labor market health, illustrating shifts in workforce allocation and the increasing significance of service-oriented roles in responding to changing economic demands and societal needs. Source:

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2022

#	Country	Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)	Year
1	Djibouti	92.86	2022
2	Luxembourg	89.81	2022
3	Puerto Rico	86.36	2022
4	Guam	86.36	2022
5	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.79	2022
6	Singapore	85.65	2022
7	Bahamas, The	85.17	2022
8	Macao SAR, China	85	2022
9	Netherlands	84.06	2022
10	Israel	83.52	2022
11	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	83.51	2022
12	French Polynesia	83.31	2022
13	Malta	82.03	2022
14	United Kingdom	80.94	2022
15	Sweden	80.89	2022
16	Barbados	80.77	2022
17	Cyprus	80.47	2022
18	Saudi Arabia	80.23	2022
19	Belgium	80.03	2022
20	Canada	79.55	2022
21	Channel Islands	79.46	2022
22	Australia	79.16	2022
23	United States	79.1	2022
24	Denmark	78.81	2022
25	Jordan	78.57	2022
26	Norway	78.46	2022
27	France	78.16	2022
28	Iceland	77.91	2022
29	Switzerland	77.43	2022
30	Ireland	76.75	2022
31	Spain	76.13	2022
32	Lebanon	76.05	2022
33	New Caledonia	75.8	2022
34	Finland	74.84	2022
35	Brunei Darussalam	74.44	2022
36	Montenegro	74.35	2022
37	Uruguay	73.57	2022
38	Mauritius	73.39	2022
39	Japan	73.35	2022
40	Greece	73.29	2022
41	New Zealand	73.2	2022
42	Kuwait	72.89	2022
43	Argentina	72.84	2022
44	St. Lucia	72.66	2022
45	Dominican Republic	72.02	2022
46	Germany	71.88	2022
47	Portugal	70.96	2022
48	Chile	70.88	2022
49	Brazil	70.78	2022
50	Venezuela, RB	70.61	2022
51	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.37	2022
52	Trinidad and Tobago	70.31	2022
53	Korea, Rep.	70.11	2022
54	Austria	70.1	2022
55	Papua New Guinea	70.01	2022
56	Latvia	69.54	2022
57	Italy	69.34	2022
58	United Arab Emirates	69.03	2022
59	Lithuania	68.8	2022
60	Estonia	68.78	2022
61	Libya	68.02	2022
62	Panama	68	2022
63	Cabo Verde	67.89	2022
64	Russian Federation	67.77	2022
65	Costa Rica	67.62	2022
66	Jamaica	67.52	2022
67	Maldives	67.49	2022
68	Botswana	66.66	2022
69	Cuba	66.28	2022
70	Suriname	66.02	2022
71	Croatia	65.71	2022
72	Kazakhstan	65.63	2022
73	Slovenia	65.5	2022
74	Colombia	65.03	2022
75	Bahrain	64.28	2022
76	Hungary	64.26	2022
77	Iraq	64.12	2022
78	Paraguay	63.84	2022
79	Belize	63.64	2022
80	Samoa	63.6	2022
81	Bulgaria	63.53	2022
82	Sao Tome and Principe	62.81	2022
83	Guyana	62.71	2022
84	South Africa	62.66	2022
85	Eswatini	62.57	2022
86	Mexico	62.33	2022
87	Malaysia	61.87	2022
88	Namibia	61.86	2022
89	Syrian Arab Republic	61.84	2022
90	El Salvador	61.6	2022
91	Slovak Republic	61.58	2022
92	West Bank and Gaza	61.17	2022
93	Czechia	61.03	2022
94	Poland	60.91	2022
95	North Macedonia	59.9	2022
96	Algeria	59.41	2022
97	Yemen, Rep.	59.03	2022
98	Belarus	59.01	2022
99	Qatar	58.67	2022
100	Philippines	57.38	2022
101	Serbia	57.35	2022
102	Fiji	56.97	2022
103	Peru	56.85	2022
104	Somalia	56.28	2022
105	Senegal	55.85	2022
106	Turkiye	55.61	2022
107	Gabon	54.52	2022
108	Nicaragua	54.12	2022
109	Egypt, Arab Rep.	52.98	2022
110	Tunisia	52.63	2022
111	Bolivia	52.43	2022
112	Liberia	52.39	2022
113	Honduras	52.34	2022
114	Mauritania	52.25	2022
115	Kenya	51.79	2022
116	Mongolia	51.59	2022
117	Solomon Islands	51.31	2022
118	Ecuador	51.11	2022
119	Kyrgyz Republic	50.86	2022
120	Guatemala	50.85	2022
121	Iran, Islamic Rep.	50.68	2022
122	Comoros	50.4	2022
123	Uzbekistan	49.92	2022
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.64	2022
125	Azerbaijan	49.46	2022
126	Benin	49.32	2022
127	Togo	49.19	2022
128	Romania	49.16	2022
129	Timor-Leste	49.03	2022
130	Indonesia	48.85	2022
131	Nigeria	47.45	2022
132	Thailand	47.34	2022
133	Oman	47.05	2022
134	Sri Lanka	46.55	2022
135	Vanuatu	46.42	2022
136	Georgia	46.27	2022
137	Congo, Rep.	45.57	2022
138	Tonga	45.48	2022
139	Morocco	45.29	2022
140	China	45.28	2022
141	Sudan	45.04	2022
142	Gambia, The	44.97	2022
143	Sierra Leone	44.65	2022
144	Cote d'Ivoire	43.96	2022
145	Albania	43.67	2022
146	Turkmenistan	43.61	2022
147	Cameroon	42.45	2022
148	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	42.37	2022
149	Haiti	42.17	2022
150	Ghana	41.39	2022
151	Bangladesh	41.26	2022
152	Bhutan	40.8	2022
153	Guinea-Bissau	39.09	2022
154	Pakistan	38.05	2022
155	Angola	38.01	2022
156	Cambodia	36.79	2022
157	Viet Nam	35.78	2022
158	Tajikistan	35.73	2022
159	Myanmar	35.67	2022
160	Lesotho	35.57	2022
161	Afghanistan	35.07	2022
162	Congo, Dem. Rep.	33.74	2022
163	Zimbabwe	33.64	2022
164	Armenia	33.54	2022
165	Guinea	32.44	2022
166	Zambia	32.34	2022
167	Moldova	31.94	2022
168	Equatorial Guinea	31.33	2022
169	India	31.02	2022
170	Ethiopia	30.69	2022
171	Malawi	29.77	2022
172	Rwanda	29.57	2022
173	Eritrea	26.98	2022
174	Uganda	26.44	2022
175	Tanzania	26.02	2022
176	South Sudan	25.98	2022
177	Lao PDR	23.26	2022
178	Central African Republic	22.89	2022
179	Mali	21.88	2022
180	Niger	21.74	2022
181	Chad	21.22	2022
182	Nepal	21.15	2022
183	Mozambique	20.79	2022
184	Madagascar	20.07	2022
185	Burkina Faso	18.78	2022
186	Burundi	11.82	2022

Rank	Country	Value	Year
1	Djibouti	92.8585456330806	2022
2	Luxembourg	89.8127665681775	2022
3	Puerto Rico	86.3616130233741	2022
4	Guam	86.3592265266795	2022
5	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.7862372367625	2022
6	Singapore	85.6538334322121	2022
7	Bahamas, The	85.1749067164179	2022
8	Macao SAR, China	84.9999105936327	2022
9	Netherlands	84.0580159953652	2022
10	Israel	83.5231450002911	2022
11	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	83.5132738747197	2022
12	French Polynesia	83.306085679968	2022
13	Malta	82.0305077313399	2022
14	United Kingdom	80.9389417503734	2022
15	Sweden	80.8925388036296	2022
16	Barbados	80.7657884642865	2022
17	Cyprus	80.4705694413339	2022
18	Saudi Arabia	80.2327085256875	2022
19	Belgium	80.0268364742965	2022
20	Canada	79.5518941071305	2022
21	Channel Islands	79.4554031922955	2022
22	Australia	79.1638038564417	2022
23	United States	79.1026776348679	2022
24	Denmark	78.8055627605497	2022
25	Jordan	78.5724243691621	2022
26	Norway	78.4589513637395	2022
27	France	78.1563765607434	2022
28	Iceland	77.9103158824829	2022
29	Switzerland	77.4258991344261	2022
30	Ireland	76.7548249491963	2022
31	Spain	76.1305486006941	2022
32	Lebanon	76.0453930707945	2022
33	New Caledonia	75.7978165022045	2022
34	Finland	74.8417817753911	2022
35	Brunei Darussalam	74.4409242518559	2022
36	Montenegro	74.3495744116266	2022
37	Uruguay	73.5676925099141	2022
38	Mauritius	73.3898754306918	2022
39	Japan	73.3474508250245	2022
40	Greece	73.2851747971478	2022
41	New Zealand	73.2022211397686	2022
42	Kuwait	72.8920444709052	2022
43	Argentina	72.8391896059628	2022
44	St. Lucia	72.6622186884226	2022
45	Dominican Republic	72.0247041079782	2022
46	Germany	71.8848308805623	2022
47	Portugal	70.9590765395318	2022
48	Chile	70.8763751490154	2022
49	Brazil	70.7768565818982	2022
50	Venezuela, RB	70.6087825074345	2022
51	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.3671452106378	2022
52	Trinidad and Tobago	70.3148527351388	2022
53	Korea, Rep.	70.1109176196546	2022
54	Austria	70.0972412180436	2022
55	Papua New Guinea	70.0088363176879	2022
56	Latvia	69.5441227540771	2022
57	Italy	69.3411877393651	2022
58	United Arab Emirates	69.0339890594821	2022
59	Lithuania	68.797939863177	2022
60	Estonia	68.7775074391995	2022
61	Libya	68.020585978252	2022
62	Panama	67.999585450371	2022
63	Cabo Verde	67.8945554477267	2022
64	Russian Federation	67.7696686152877	2022
65	Costa Rica	67.6234806770731	2022
66	Jamaica	67.5248920240861	2022
67	Maldives	67.4890832320851	2022
68	Botswana	66.6614458051712	2022
69	Cuba	66.2778104841931	2022
70	Suriname	66.0150142834998	2022
71	Croatia	65.7144417157379	2022
72	Kazakhstan	65.6298601706238	2022
73	Slovenia	65.495087703778	2022
74	Colombia	65.0280221977347	2022
75	Bahrain	64.2815720373018	2022
76	Hungary	64.2589858571643	2022
77	Iraq	64.1159183131871	2022
78	Paraguay	63.8435322612806	2022
79	Belize	63.6415808780026	2022
80	Samoa	63.5984681101782	2022
81	Bulgaria	63.5344424425717	2022
82	Sao Tome and Principe	62.807757697878	2022
83	Guyana	62.707454317541	2022
84	South Africa	62.662349477654	2022
85	Eswatini	62.5723076923077	2022
86	Mexico	62.3348037513325	2022
87	Malaysia	61.869957877501	2022
88	Namibia	61.8641825697652	2022
89	Syrian Arab Republic	61.8360155396745	2022
90	El Salvador	61.5965030110657	2022
91	Slovak Republic	61.5798840388577	2022
92	West Bank and Gaza	61.169767512069	2022
93	Czechia	61.0268075610315	2022
94	Poland	60.9120961247868	2022
95	North Macedonia	59.896397616468	2022
96	Algeria	59.4057713545929	2022
97	Yemen, Rep.	59.0270808691687	2022
98	Belarus	59.0112234169668	2022
99	Qatar	58.673614693224	2022
100	Philippines	57.3764662561213	2022
101	Serbia	57.3521612105776	2022
102	Fiji	56.9678688452729	2022
103	Peru	56.8490791946513	2022
104	Somalia	56.2771278347988	2022
105	Senegal	55.8455542701355	2022
106	Turkiye	55.6092047193729	2022
107	Gabon	54.5166122004357	2022
108	Nicaragua	54.1204205173496	2022
109	Egypt, Arab Rep.	52.9829230398973	2022
110	Tunisia	52.62863001221	2022
111	Bolivia	52.4291950956628	2022
112	Liberia	52.3948239388563	2022
113	Honduras	52.3409694863227	2022
114	Mauritania	52.2518971221835	2022
115	Kenya	51.7857974029911	2022
116	Mongolia	51.5881925490193	2022
117	Solomon Islands	51.311017139231	2022
118	Ecuador	51.113421610714	2022
119	Kyrgyz Republic	50.8555094928095	2022
120	Guatemala	50.8457695201056	2022
121	Iran, Islamic Rep.	50.6768942511229	2022
122	Comoros	50.3983786591474	2022
123	Uzbekistan	49.9223807496234	2022
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.6423255798535	2022
125	Azerbaijan	49.4607321222346	2022
126	Benin	49.3235748562065	2022
127	Togo	49.1902643641222	2022
128	Romania	49.1557897865282	2022
129	Timor-Leste	49.0262830817452	2022
130	Indonesia	48.8471687400821	2022
131	Nigeria	47.4544623205846	2022
132	Thailand	47.3414841212733	2022
133	Oman	47.0478379736738	2022
134	Sri Lanka	46.5461134412819	2022
135	Vanuatu	46.4222340008757	2022
136	Georgia	46.2676366600886	2022
137	Congo, Rep.	45.5722260549251	2022
138	Tonga	45.4806390468454	2022
139	Morocco	45.29371815121	2022
140	China	45.276874466274	2022
141	Sudan	45.0432694857928	2022
142	Gambia, The	44.9695972019611	2022
143	Sierra Leone	44.6462672485049	2022
144	Cote d'Ivoire	43.9639896533325	2022
145	Albania	43.6731368659677	2022
146	Turkmenistan	43.60641508709	2022
147	Cameroon	42.4465705619479	2022
148	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	42.374525759439	2022
149	Haiti	42.1740626388525	2022
150	Ghana	41.3938641800196	2022
151	Bangladesh	41.2628288253737	2022
152	Bhutan	40.8044039995506	2022
153	Guinea-Bissau	39.0923649704981	2022
154	Pakistan	38.0526557470473	2022
155	Angola	38.0077715369541	2022
156	Cambodia	36.7916733108157	2022
157	Viet Nam	35.7787341615815	2022
158	Tajikistan	35.7295729136473	2022
159	Myanmar	35.6721932900588	2022
160	Lesotho	35.569572329303	2022
161	Afghanistan	35.0708566065285	2022
162	Congo, Dem. Rep.	33.743287494735	2022
163	Zimbabwe	33.6390502042226	2022
164	Armenia	33.5448793467907	2022
165	Guinea	32.4441703962466	2022
166	Zambia	32.3393180735478	2022
167	Moldova	31.9395417157525	2022
168	Equatorial Guinea	31.3250153546493	2022
169	India	31.018738541353	2022
170	Ethiopia	30.6852248019249	2022
171	Malawi	29.7706669549503	2022
172	Rwanda	29.5701321787501	2022
173	Eritrea	26.9831108582087	2022
174	Uganda	26.4398785264021	2022
175	Tanzania	26.0219440271063	2022
176	South Sudan	25.980425080478	2022
177	Lao PDR	23.2556388234471	2022
178	Central African Republic	22.8911491767279	2022
179	Mali	21.8763760422243	2022
180	Niger	21.7369339527641	2022
181	Chad	21.2238186940616	2022
182	Nepal	21.1547647196552	2022
183	Mozambique	20.78917428315	2022
184	Madagascar	20.074094868795	2022
185	Burkina Faso	18.7764390348301	2022
186	Burundi	11.8227133199767	2022