Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Albania

Employment in services in Albania in 2025 — 47.2%. Ranked 136 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.2 pp.

2025 47.2% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 136of 182
Period maximum 47.2%2025
Period minimum 35.8%2011

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Albania, 1991–20253540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 41%1992: 41.6%1993: 41.3%1994: 41.2%1995: 40.6%1996: 39%1997: 40%1998: 39.3%1999: 37.2%2000: 37.3%2001: 37.3%2002: 37.5%2003: 37.6%2004: 36.5%2005: 36.4%2006: 37.1%2007: 37.3%2008: 37.5%2009: 36.6%2010: 38%2011: 35.8%2012: 36.8%2013: 38.7%2014: 39.7%2015: 39.9%2016: 40.2%2017: 42.2%2018: 42.7%2019: 43.2%2020: 43.2%2021: 44.4%2022: 44%2023: 46.3%2024: 46.8%2025: 47.2%
Change over the period: +6.2 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Albania 47.2%
World 50.6%
Southern Europe computed 71.3%
Employment in services — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.2 +0.5 pp
2024 46.8 +0.5 pp
2023 46.3 +2.3 pp
2022 44 −0.4 pp
2021 44.4 +1.2 pp
2020 43.2 +0 pp
2019 43.2 +0.5 pp
2018 42.7 +0.5 pp
2017 42.2 +2 pp
2016 40.2 +0.4 pp
2015 39.9 +0.2 pp
2014 39.7 +1 pp
2013 38.7 +1.9 pp
2012 36.8 +1 pp
2011 35.8 −2.2 pp
2010 38 +1.5 pp
2009 36.6 −1 pp
2008 37.5 +0.2 pp
2007 37.3 +0.2 pp
2006 37.1 +0.7 pp
2005 36.4 −0.1 pp
2004 36.5 −1.2 pp
2003 37.6 +0.1 pp
2002 37.5 +0.2 pp
2001 37.3 −0 pp
2000 37.3 +0.1 pp
1999 37.2 −2 pp
1998 39.3 −0.8 pp
1997 40 +1 pp
1996 39 −1.6 pp
1995 40.6 −0.6 pp
1994 41.2 −0.1 pp
1993 41.3 −0.4 pp
1992 41.6 +0.6 pp
1991 41

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.