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

Name: Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country, 2025
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Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Djibouti	92.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
2	Luxembourg	91.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Macao SAR, China	88.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Singapore	85.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Channel Islands	85.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Netherlands	84.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Bahamas, The	84.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
9	Puerto Rico (US)	84.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Israel	84.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
11	French Polynesia	83.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	United Kingdom	83.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Barbados	82.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
14	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	81.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
15	Cyprus	81.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Sweden	81.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Malta	81.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
18	Jordan	80.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
19	Canada	80.1	North America	High income
20	Belgium	79.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Norway	79.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Denmark	79.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	United States	79.6	North America	High income
24	Guam	79.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
25	Australia	78.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
26	Brunei Darussalam	78.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
27	France	78.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Switzerland	78.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Iceland	78.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Ireland	77.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Montenegro	77.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
32	New Caledonia	77.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
33	Spain	76.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	St. Lucia	76.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Finland	75.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Mauritius	74.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
37	New Zealand	74.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
38	Saudi Arabia	74.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
39	Venezuela, RB	74.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
40	Dominican Republic	74	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Japan	74	East Asia & Pacific	High income
42	South Africa	73.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
43	Kuwait	73.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Uruguay	73.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
45	Greece	73	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Germany	73	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Portugal	72.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Austria	72.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Chile	72.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
50	Brazil	72.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Argentina	71.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Maldives	71.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
53	Korea, Rep.	71.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
54	Latvia	71.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Libya	71.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
56	Trinidad and Tobago	71.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
57	Estonia	71	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Italy	70.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Costa Rica	70	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Lithuania	69.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Croatia	69.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Russian Federation	69.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Jamaica	68.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Kazakhstan	68.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
66	Belize	68.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	United Arab Emirates	68	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
68	Cabo Verde	67.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
69	Cuba	67.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Bulgaria	67.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Panama	67	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
72	Suriname	66.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Botswana	66.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
74	Colombia	65.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Sao Tome and Principe	65.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
76	Hungary	65.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Iraq	65.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
78	Paraguay	65.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Malaysia	64.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Slovenia	64.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Bahrain	64.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
82	Mexico	64.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Poland	63.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Slovak Republic	63.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	El Salvador	63	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Czechia	62.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Namibia	61.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	North Macedonia	60.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Qatar	60.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
90	Peru	60.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Philippines	59.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
92	Belarus	59.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Eswatini	58.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Syrian Arab Republic	58.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
95	Turkiye	58.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Algeria	58.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
97	Kyrgyz Republic	57.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
98	Yemen, Rep.	57.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
99	Samoa	57.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
100	Guyana	56.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
101	Romania	56.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Honduras	55.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
103	Bolivia	55.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
104	Papua New Guinea	55.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
105	Serbia	54.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Oman	54.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
107	Tunisia	54.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
108	Gambia, The	53.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Egypt, Arab Rep.	53.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
110	Tonga	53	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Mauritania	52.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Nicaragua	52.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
114	Gabon	52.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
115	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	52.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
116	Armenia	51.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Fiji	51.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
118	Iran, Islamic Rep.	51.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
119	Comoros	51.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
120	Ecuador	50.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
121	Liberia	50.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Azerbaijan	50.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
123	Uzbekistan	50.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
124	Timor-Leste	50.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
125	Indonesia	50.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Solomon Islands	50	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
127	Mongolia	49.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Turkmenistan	49.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Georgia	49.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
130	Nigeria	49.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Thailand	49.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
132	Morocco	48.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
133	Guatemala	48.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
134	Senegal	47.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Sri Lanka	47.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
136	Albania	47.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Ghana	47.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Rwanda	46.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	China	46.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
140	Nepal	45.8	South Asia	Lower middle income
141	Vanuatu	45.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Haiti	44.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
143	Togo	44.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Congo, Rep.	44.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Sierra Leone	44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	Cameroon	43.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Bhutan	41.8	South Asia	Lower middle income
148	Kenya	41.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Benin	41.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Angola	40.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Cote d'Ivoire	40.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	Viet Nam	40.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
153	Tajikistan	39.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
154	Pakistan	38.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
155	Guinea	38.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Cambodia	37.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
157	Bangladesh	37.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
158	Moldova	36.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
159	Myanmar	36.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
160	Lesotho	36.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	Zambia	35.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Equatorial Guinea	34.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
163	Zimbabwe	34.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	Congo, Dem. Rep.	33.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Ethiopia	33.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	India	32.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
167	Eritrea	31.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Burkina Faso	31.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Afghanistan	29.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
170	Guinea-Bissau	29.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Mali	28.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Uganda	27.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Malawi	27.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Tanzania	27.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Lao PDR	24	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
176	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	23.5	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
177	Madagascar	20.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Mozambique	20.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	Central African Republic	20.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
180	Chad	19.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
181	Niger	17.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Burundi	11.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

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