# Employment in services in Malaysia

Employment in services in Malaysia was 64.9% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `employment_services_share`
- Place id: `my`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: World Bank, Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/malaysia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employment_services_share&place=my

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 64.9 |
| 2024 | 64.6 |
| 2023 | 64.3 |
| 2022 | 63.9 |
| 2021 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 63.4 |
| 2019 | 61.9 |
| 2018 | 62.3 |
| 2017 | 61 |
| 2016 | 61.1 |
| 2015 | 60 |
| 2014 | 59.7 |
| 2013 | 59.4 |
| 2012 | 59.2 |
| 2011 | 59.7 |
| 2010 | 59.1 |
| 2009 | 59.5 |
| 2008 | 57.4 |
| 2007 | 56.8 |
| 2006 | 55.1 |
| 2005 | 55.6 |
| 2004 | 55.3 |
| 2003 | 53.7 |
| 2002 | 53.1 |
| 2001 | 51.8 |
| 2000 | 51.3 |
| 1999 | 51.8 |
| 1998 | 51.3 |
| 1997 | 50.8 |
| 1996 | 50.3 |
| 1995 | 49.6 |
| 1994 | 49.2 |
| 1993 | 48.8 |
| 1992 | 48.6 |
| 1991 | 48.3 |