Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Algeria

Employment in services in Algeria in 2025 — 58.3%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 4 pp.

2025 58.3% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 96of 182
Period maximum 60.1%2016
Period minimum 51.9%2004

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Algeria, 1991–20255052.55557.56062.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 54.2%1992: 54.3%1993: 54.2%1994: 54.1%1995: 54%1996: 53.9%1997: 53.7%1998: 53.8%1999: 53.7%2000: 53.3%2001: 53.3%2002: 53.5%2003: 53.6%2004: 51.9%2005: 52.7%2006: 53.7%2007: 54.8%2008: 55.7%2009: 56.9%2010: 57.6%2011: 58.4%2012: 59.1%2013: 59.7%2014: 59.6%2015: 60%2016: 60.1%2017: 58.9%2018: 58.8%2019: 58.8%2020: 58.3%2021: 58.2%2022: 58.1%2023: 58.2%2024: 58.2%2025: 58.3%
Change over the period: +4 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Algeria 58.3%
World 50.6%
Northern Africa computed 54%
Employment in services — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.3 +0 pp
2024 58.2 +0 pp
2023 58.2 +0.1 pp
2022 58.1 −0.2 pp
2021 58.2 −0.1 pp
2020 58.3 −0.5 pp
2019 58.8 +0 pp
2018 58.8 −0.1 pp
2017 58.9 −1.3 pp
2016 60.1 +0.1 pp
2015 60 +0.4 pp
2014 59.6 −0.1 pp
2013 59.7 +0.6 pp
2012 59.1 +0.7 pp
2011 58.4 +0.8 pp
2010 57.6 +0.8 pp
2009 56.9 +1.1 pp
2008 55.7 +1 pp
2007 54.8 +1 pp
2006 53.7 +1 pp
2005 52.7 +0.9 pp
2004 51.9 −1.7 pp
2003 53.6 +0.1 pp
2002 53.5 +0.2 pp
2001 53.3 −0 pp
2000 53.3 −0.4 pp
1999 53.7 −0.1 pp
1998 53.8 +0.1 pp
1997 53.7 −0.2 pp
1996 53.9 −0.1 pp
1995 54 −0.1 pp
1994 54.1 −0.1 pp
1993 54.2 −0.1 pp
1992 54.3 +0 pp
1991 54.2

Northern Africa, 2025

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

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.