Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Austria

Employment in services in Austria in 2025 — 72.6%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13.3 pp.

2025 72.6% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 48of 182
Period maximum 72.6%2025
Period minimum 59.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Austria, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 59.3%1992: 60.8%1993: 61.4%1994: 61.7%1995: 62%1996: 63.7%1997: 64.8%1998: 65.3%1999: 65.4%2000: 65.3%2001: 66.1%2002: 66.7%2003: 66.9%2004: 67.3%2005: 67.2%2006: 66.6%2007: 67.1%2008: 68.5%2009: 69.7%2010: 69.8%2011: 69%2012: 69.2%2013: 69.5%2014: 69.4%2015: 69.7%2016: 70.1%2017: 71.1%2018: 70.9%2019: 71%2020: 71.3%2021: 70.6%2022: 70.1%2023: 71.2%2024: 72.3%2025: 72.6%
Change over the period: +13.3 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Austria 72.6%
World 50.6%
Western Europe computed 76.5%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Austria, by year Austria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.6 +0.2 pp
2024 72.3 +1.2 pp
2023 71.2 +1.1 pp
2022 70.1 −0.5 pp
2021 70.6 −0.6 pp
2020 71.3 +0.3 pp
2019 71 +0.1 pp
2018 70.9 −0.3 pp
2017 71.1 +1.1 pp
2016 70.1 +0.4 pp
2015 69.7 +0.3 pp
2014 69.4 −0.1 pp
2013 69.5 +0.3 pp
2012 69.2 +0.2 pp
2011 69 −0.8 pp
2010 69.8 +0.2 pp
2009 69.7 +1.2 pp
2008 68.5 +1.4 pp
2007 67.1 +0.6 pp
2006 66.6 −0.6 pp
2005 67.2 −0.2 pp
2004 67.3 +0.4 pp
2003 66.9 +0.2 pp
2002 66.7 +0.6 pp
2001 66.1 +0.9 pp
2000 65.3 −0.1 pp
1999 65.4 +0 pp
1998 65.3 +0.5 pp
1997 64.8 +1.2 pp
1996 63.7 +1.7 pp
1995 62 +0.2 pp
1994 61.7 +0.4 pp
1993 61.4 +0.6 pp
1992 60.8 +1.5 pp
1991 59.3

Western Europe, 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.