Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Bahamas

Employment in services in the Bahamas in 2025 — 84.4%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5 pp.

2025 84.4% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 8of 182
Period maximum 84.7%2020
Period minimum 78.7%2005

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Bahamas, 1991–2025788082848619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 79.4%1992: 79.4%1993: 82.3%1994: 81.7%1995: 81.4%1996: 80.2%1997: 81.5%1998: 81.2%1999: 79.2%2000: 78.9%2001: 78.8%2002: 79.6%2003: 81.2%2004: 79.5%2005: 78.7%2006: 79.2%2007: 79.7%2008: 80.8%2009: 81.1%2010: 82.1%2011: 83.1%2012: 83.4%2013: 83.9%2014: 84.2%2015: 84.6%2016: 84.7%2017: 84.6%2018: 84.6%2019: 84.6%2020: 84.7%2021: 84.2%2022: 84.2%2023: 84.3%2024: 84.4%2025: 84.4%
Change over the period: +5 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bahamas 84.4%
World 50.6%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 84.4 +0.1 pp
2024 84.4 +0.1 pp
2023 84.3 +0.1 pp
2022 84.2 +0 pp
2021 84.2 −0.5 pp
2020 84.7 +0.1 pp
2019 84.6 −0 pp
2018 84.6 +0.1 pp
2017 84.6 −0.1 pp
2016 84.7 +0.1 pp
2015 84.6 +0.4 pp
2014 84.2 +0.2 pp
2013 83.9 +0.5 pp
2012 83.4 +0.3 pp
2011 83.1 +1 pp
2010 82.1 +1.1 pp
2009 81.1 +0.2 pp
2008 80.8 +1.1 pp
2007 79.7 +0.5 pp
2006 79.2 +0.5 pp
2005 78.7 −0.8 pp
2004 79.5 −1.7 pp
2003 81.2 +1.6 pp
2002 79.6 +0.8 pp
2001 78.8 −0.1 pp
2000 78.9 −0.4 pp
1999 79.2 −1.9 pp
1998 81.2 −0.3 pp
1997 81.5 +1.3 pp
1996 80.2 −1.2 pp
1995 81.4 −0.2 pp
1994 81.7 −0.6 pp
1993 82.3 +2.8 pp
1992 79.4 +0 pp
1991 79.4

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.