Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Azerbaijan

Employment in services in Azerbaijan in 2025 — 50.2%. Ranked 122 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12 pp.

2025 50.2% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 122of 182
Period maximum 50.2%2025
Period minimum 36.7%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Azerbaijan, 1991–2025354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.3%1992: 36.7%1993: 40.3%1994: 41.8%1995: 42.8%1996: 44.4%1997: 45%1998: 45.9%1999: 46.5%2000: 48.1%2001: 49.2%2002: 48.3%2003: 48.9%2004: 48.6%2005: 48.6%2006: 48.1%2007: 48.8%2008: 48.3%2009: 49.2%2010: 48.1%2011: 48%2012: 48.1%2013: 48.5%2014: 48.9%2015: 49.6%2016: 49.3%2017: 49.3%2018: 49%2019: 48.9%2020: 49%2021: 48.8%2022: 48.8%2023: 49.5%2024: 49.9%2025: 50.2%
Change over the period: +12 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Azerbaijan 50.2%
World 50.6%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Employment in services — Azerbaijan, by year Azerbaijan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50.2 +0.4 pp
2024 49.9 +0.4 pp
2023 49.5 +0.7 pp
2022 48.8 −0 pp
2021 48.8 −0.2 pp
2020 49 +0.1 pp
2019 48.9 −0.1 pp
2018 49 −0.3 pp
2017 49.3 −0.1 pp
2016 49.3 −0.2 pp
2015 49.6 +0.6 pp
2014 48.9 +0.4 pp
2013 48.5 +0.5 pp
2012 48.1 +0 pp
2011 48 −0 pp
2010 48.1 −1.2 pp
2009 49.2 +0.9 pp
2008 48.3 −0.5 pp
2007 48.8 +0.7 pp
2006 48.1 −0.5 pp
2005 48.6 +0 pp
2004 48.6 −0.3 pp
2003 48.9 +0.6 pp
2002 48.3 −0.9 pp
2001 49.2 +1.1 pp
2000 48.1 +1.6 pp
1999 46.5 +0.6 pp
1998 45.9 +0.9 pp
1997 45 +0.6 pp
1996 44.4 +1.6 pp
1995 42.8 +1 pp
1994 41.8 +1.6 pp
1993 40.3 +3.5 pp
1992 36.7 −1.5 pp
1991 38.3

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.