Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Argentina

Employment in services in Argentina in 2025 — 71.8%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13.5 pp.

2025 71.8% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 51of 182
Period maximum 71.8%2025
Period minimum 58.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Argentina, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 58.3%1992: 59.2%1993: 61.9%1994: 63.1%1995: 64.4%1996: 64.9%1997: 64.7%1998: 65.5%1999: 66.7%2000: 67.6%2001: 68.3%2002: 69.7%2003: 68.5%2004: 68.7%2005: 68.6%2006: 68.6%2007: 68.7%2008: 68.7%2009: 69.6%2010: 69.7%2011: 69.1%2012: 69.5%2013: 69.3%2014: 69%2015: 69.7%2016: 70.5%2017: 71.1%2018: 71.5%2019: 71.8%2020: 71.3%2021: 71.8%2022: 71.3%2023: 71.2%2024: 71.6%2025: 71.8%
Change over the period: +13.5 pp Annual average: 0.4 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Argentina 71.8%
World 50.6%
South America computed 68.9%
Employment in services — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71.8 +0.2 pp
2024 71.6 +0.4 pp
2023 71.2 −0.1 pp
2022 71.3 −0.4 pp
2021 71.8 +0.5 pp
2020 71.3 −0.5 pp
2019 71.8 +0.3 pp
2018 71.5 +0.4 pp
2017 71.1 +0.6 pp
2016 70.5 +0.8 pp
2015 69.7 +0.6 pp
2014 69 −0.3 pp
2013 69.3 −0.2 pp
2012 69.5 +0.4 pp
2011 69.1 −0.6 pp
2010 69.7 +0.1 pp
2009 69.6 +0.9 pp
2008 68.7 +0.1 pp
2007 68.7 +0.1 pp
2006 68.6 +0 pp
2005 68.6 −0.1 pp
2004 68.7 +0.2 pp
2003 68.5 −1.2 pp
2002 69.7 +1.4 pp
2001 68.3 +0.7 pp
2000 67.6 +0.9 pp
1999 66.7 +1.2 pp
1998 65.5 +0.8 pp
1997 64.7 −0.2 pp
1996 64.9 +0.5 pp
1995 64.4 +1.4 pp
1994 63.1 +1.1 pp
1993 61.9 +2.7 pp
1992 59.2 +0.9 pp
1991 58.3

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.