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Employment in services — Belize

Employment in services in Belize in 2025 — 68.5%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 16.2 pp.

2025 68.5% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 66of 182
Period maximum 68.5%2025
Period minimum 51.8%1997

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Belize, 1991–2025505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 52.3%1992: 52.8%1993: 53.1%1994: 54.6%1995: 55%1996: 54.4%1997: 51.8%1998: 57%1999: 55.5%2000: 56.6%2001: 57.9%2002: 59.1%2003: 60.4%2004: 61.5%2005: 62.6%2006: 62.8%2007: 63.2%2008: 63.4%2009: 63.8%2010: 64.3%2011: 64.6%2012: 64.9%2013: 65.2%2014: 65.4%2015: 66.5%2016: 65.7%2017: 66.9%2018: 65.1%2019: 67.4%2020: 66.6%2021: 66.6%2022: 67.2%2023: 67.8%2024: 68.2%2025: 68.5%
Change over the period: +16.2 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belize 68.5%
World 50.6%
Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
Central America computed 62%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 68.5 +0.3 pp
2024 68.2 +0.4 pp
2023 67.8 +0.6 pp
2022 67.2 +0.5 pp
2021 66.6 +0 pp
2020 66.6 −0.8 pp
2019 67.4 +2.3 pp
2018 65.1 −1.8 pp
2017 66.9 +1.2 pp
2016 65.7 −0.8 pp
2015 66.5 +1.1 pp
2014 65.4 +0.3 pp
2013 65.2 +0.3 pp
2012 64.9 +0.4 pp
2011 64.6 +0.3 pp
2010 64.3 +0.5 pp
2009 63.8 +0.5 pp
2008 63.4 +0.2 pp
2007 63.2 +0.4 pp
2006 62.8 +0.3 pp
2005 62.6 +1.1 pp
2004 61.5 +1.1 pp
2003 60.4 +1.3 pp
2002 59.1 +1.2 pp
2001 57.9 +1.3 pp
2000 56.6 +1 pp
1999 55.5 −1.5 pp
1998 57 +5.2 pp
1997 51.8 −2.5 pp
1996 54.4 −0.7 pp
1995 55 +0.4 pp
1994 54.6 +1.5 pp
1993 53.1 +0.4 pp
1992 52.8 +0.5 pp
1991 52.3 —

Central America, 2025

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

CR Costa Rica 70 BZ Belize 68.5 PA Panama 67 MX Mexico 64.1 SV El Salvador 63 HN Honduras 55.9 NI Nicaragua 52.6 GT Guatemala 48.2
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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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