Employment in services
People employed in services (ISIC Rev. 4 sections G to U), including trade, transport, hotels and restaurants, finance, public administration, education and health, as a percentage of total employment. ILO modelled estimates, ages 15 and over.
ILO modelled estimates: model outputs that fill years without a survey, not survey results. The latest year is a nowcast and is revised as surveys arrive. Sectors follow ISIC; where a country counts the armed forces, they are in services.
Key facts
- Employment in services in the World was 50.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- Employment in services in the United States was 79.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- Djibouti had the highest employment in services of 181 countries in 2025, at 92.2%, and Burundi the lowest, at 11.6%. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 187 places, with figures from 1991 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by employment in services, 2025
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Panama
- Peru
- Kenya
- French Polynesia
- Papua New Guinea
- Kyrgyzstan
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest employment in services? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"employment_services_share","level":"country"}
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