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Employment in services — Belarus

Employment in services in Belarus in 2025 — 59.5%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 20.7 pp.

2025 59.5% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 92of 182
Period maximum 59.5%2025
Period minimum 38.4%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Belarus, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.7%1992: 38.4%1993: 39.9%1994: 41.8%1995: 42.5%1996: 43.3%1997: 44.1%1998: 44.9%1999: 45.8%2000: 46.6%2001: 47.6%2002: 48.4%2003: 49.3%2004: 50%2005: 50.8%2006: 51.5%2007: 52.2%2008: 52.8%2009: 53.7%2010: 54.4%2011: 55.2%2012: 56%2013: 56.6%2014: 57.4%2015: 58.1%2016: 58.7%2017: 58.5%2018: 58.1%2019: 58.6%2020: 58.5%2021: 58.6%2022: 59%2023: 58.9%2024: 59.2%2025: 59.5%
Change over the period: +20.7 pp Annual average: 0.61 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belarus 59.5%
World 50.6%
Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
Eastern Europe computed 66%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 59.5 +0.3 pp
2024 59.2 +0.3 pp
2023 58.9 −0.1 pp
2022 59 +0.3 pp
2021 58.6 +0.1 pp
2020 58.5 −0 pp
2019 58.6 +0.5 pp
2018 58.1 −0.5 pp
2017 58.5 −0.2 pp
2016 58.7 +0.6 pp
2015 58.1 +0.7 pp
2014 57.4 +0.8 pp
2013 56.6 +0.6 pp
2012 56 +0.7 pp
2011 55.2 +0.8 pp
2010 54.4 +0.7 pp
2009 53.7 +0.9 pp
2008 52.8 +0.5 pp
2007 52.2 +0.7 pp
2006 51.5 +0.7 pp
2005 50.8 +0.8 pp
2004 50 +0.7 pp
2003 49.3 +0.8 pp
2002 48.4 +0.8 pp
2001 47.6 +1 pp
2000 46.6 +0.8 pp
1999 45.8 +0.9 pp
1998 44.9 +0.8 pp
1997 44.1 +0.8 pp
1996 43.3 +0.8 pp
1995 42.5 +0.7 pp
1994 41.8 +1.9 pp
1993 39.9 +1.4 pp
1992 38.4 −0.3 pp
1991 38.7 —

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

RU Russia 69.1 BG Bulgaria 67.4 HU Hungary 65.4 PL Poland 63.8 SK Slovakia 63.3 CZ Czechia 62.4 BY Belarus 59.5 RO Romania 56.5 MD Moldova 36.9
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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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