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Employment in services — Australia

Employment in services in Australia in 2025 — 78.5%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.4 pp.

2025 78.5% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 25of 182
Period maximum 78.6%2022
Period minimum 70.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Australia, 1991–20257072.57577.58019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 70.1%1992: 70.6%1993: 70.6%1994: 70.9%1995: 71.6%1996: 72%1997: 72.1%1998: 72.5%1999: 72.8%2000: 72.5%2001: 73.5%2002: 73.7%2003: 74.3%2004: 74.2%2005: 74.5%2006: 74.5%2007: 74.7%2008: 74.3%2009: 74.6%2010: 74.8%2011: 75.4%2012: 75.5%2013: 76%2014: 76.2%2015: 77.3%2016: 77.4%2017: 78%2018: 77.5%2019: 78.4%2020: 78%2021: 78%2022: 78.6%2023: 78.2%2024: 78.4%2025: 78.5%
Change over the period: +8.4 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Australia 78.5%
World 50.6%
East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
Australia and New Zealand computed 77.9%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 78.5 +0.1 pp
2024 78.4 +0.2 pp
2023 78.2 −0.4 pp
2022 78.6 +0.6 pp
2021 78 −0 pp
2020 78 −0.3 pp
2019 78.4 +0.9 pp
2018 77.5 −0.5 pp
2017 78 +0.6 pp
2016 77.4 +0.1 pp
2015 77.3 +1.1 pp
2014 76.2 +0.2 pp
2013 76 +0.5 pp
2012 75.5 +0.2 pp
2011 75.4 +0.6 pp
2010 74.8 +0.2 pp
2009 74.6 +0.3 pp
2008 74.3 −0.4 pp
2007 74.7 +0.2 pp
2006 74.5 −0 pp
2005 74.5 +0.3 pp
2004 74.2 −0.1 pp
2003 74.3 +0.5 pp
2002 73.7 +0.2 pp
2001 73.5 +1 pp
2000 72.5 −0.3 pp
1999 72.8 +0.2 pp
1998 72.5 +0.4 pp
1997 72.1 +0.2 pp
1996 72 +0.4 pp
1995 71.6 +0.6 pp
1994 70.9 +0.4 pp
1993 70.6 −0.1 pp
1992 70.6 +0.5 pp
1991 70.1 —

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

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

AU Australia 78.5 NZ New Zealand 74.6
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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.

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