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Employment in services — Afghanistan

Employment in services in Afghanistan in 2025 — 29.5%. Ranked 169 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.4 pp.

2025 29.5% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 169of 182
Period maximum 37.5%2019
Period minimum 21.4%1994

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Afghanistan, 1991–2025202530354019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 22.1%1992: 21.8%1993: 21.7%1994: 21.4%1995: 21.8%1996: 22.2%1997: 22.7%1998: 23%1999: 23.4%2000: 23.7%2001: 22.8%2002: 24.5%2003: 24.8%2004: 24.8%2005: 25.7%2006: 25.9%2007: 27.2%2008: 27.7%2009: 29.4%2010: 31.2%2011: 31.1%2012: 32.3%2013: 32.1%2014: 32.2%2015: 33.7%2016: 35.2%2017: 36.8%2018: 37%2019: 37.5%2020: 35.5%2021: 30.2%2022: 29.4%2023: 29.5%2024: 29.5%2025: 29.5%
Change over the period: +7.4 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 29.5%
World 50.6%
South Asia 33.4%
Southern Asia computed 34.6%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 29.5 −0 pp
2024 29.5 +0 pp
2023 29.5 +0.1 pp
2022 29.4 −0.7 pp
2021 30.2 −5.4 pp
2020 35.5 −2 pp
2019 37.5 +0.5 pp
2018 37 +0.2 pp
2017 36.8 +1.6 pp
2016 35.2 +1.5 pp
2015 33.7 +1.5 pp
2014 32.2 +0.2 pp
2013 32.1 −0.2 pp
2012 32.3 +1.2 pp
2011 31.1 −0 pp
2010 31.2 +1.8 pp
2009 29.4 +1.7 pp
2008 27.7 +0.4 pp
2007 27.2 +1.3 pp
2006 25.9 +0.2 pp
2005 25.7 +0.9 pp
2004 24.8 +0.1 pp
2003 24.8 +0.3 pp
2002 24.5 +1.6 pp
2001 22.8 −0.8 pp
2000 23.7 +0.3 pp
1999 23.4 +0.3 pp
1998 23 +0.3 pp
1997 22.7 +0.5 pp
1996 22.2 +0.5 pp
1995 21.8 +0.4 pp
1994 21.4 −0.3 pp
1993 21.7 −0.1 pp
1992 21.8 −0.3 pp
1991 22.1 —

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MV Maldives 71.8 IR Iran 51.7 LK Sri Lanka 47.8 NP Nepal 45.8 BT Bhutan 41.8 PK Pakistan 38.5 BD Bangladesh 37.7 IN India 32.6 AF Afghanistan 29.5
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

Other indicators for Afghanistan

Economy Services share of GDP

The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

Afghanistan by year Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Afghanistan by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Afghanistan by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Afghanistan by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Afghanistan by year
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