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Employment in services in World

Employment in services in the World was 50.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.2 pts from 2024.

202550.6%
Change on 2024+0.2 pts
Series high50.62025
Series low35.41991

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Employment in services in World, 1991 to 2025

3540455055199119962001200620112016202120251991: 35.4 %1992: 35.7 %1993: 36.5 %1994: 37.2 %1995: 38 %1996: 38.6 %1997: 39.1 %1998: 39.4 %1999: 39.6 %2000: 39.3 %2001: 40.2 %2002: 40.7 %2003: 41.1 %2004: 41.8 %2005: 42.3 %2006: 42.9 %2007: 43.2 %2008: 43.7 %2009: 44.2 %2010: 44.6 %2011: 45.1 %2012: 45.6 %2013: 46.4 %2014: 47.3 %2015: 48.1 %2016: 48.6 %2017: 49.1 %2018: 49.7 %2019: 50.2 %2020: 49.5 %2021: 49.6 %2022: 49.5 %2023: 49.9 %2024: 50.3 %2025: 50.6 %354045505519912003201520251991: 35.4 %1992: 35.7 %1993: 36.5 %1994: 37.2 %1995: 38 %1996: 38.6 %1997: 39.1 %1998: 39.4 %1999: 39.6 %2000: 39.3 %2001: 40.2 %2002: 40.7 %2003: 41.1 %2004: 41.8 %2005: 42.3 %2006: 42.9 %2007: 43.2 %2008: 43.7 %2009: 44.2 %2010: 44.6 %2011: 45.1 %2012: 45.6 %2013: 46.4 %2014: 47.3 %2015: 48.1 %2016: 48.6 %2017: 49.1 %2018: 49.7 %2019: 50.2 %2020: 49.5 %2021: 49.6 %2022: 49.5 %2023: 49.9 %2024: 50.3 %2025: 50.6 %
%. Source: World Bank (modelled estimate), Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 35 values
Period%
202550.6
202450.3
202349.9
202249.5
202149.6
202049.5
201950.2
201849.7
201749.1
201648.6
201548.1
201447.3
201346.4
201245.6
201145.1
201044.6
200944.2
200843.7
200743.2
200642.9
200542.3
200441.8
200341.1
200240.7
200140.2
200039.3
199939.6
199839.4
199739.1
199638.6
199538
199437.2
199336.5
199235.7
199135.4

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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.

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.

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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.

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World Bank. (2026). Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS) (Employment in services, World, 1991 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS

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Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS), Employment in services, World, 1991 to 2025. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/world. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). Employment in services, World, 1991 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/world.

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World Bank (2026) Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS), Employment in services, World, 1991 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/world (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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@misc{world_employment_in_services_world_2025,
  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{Employment in services (\% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS): Employment in services, World, 1991 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/world. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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Employment in services in the World was 50.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.2 pts from 2024.

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50.6% in 2025, the highest value since 1991 in this series.

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