Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Brazil

Employment in services in Brazil in 2025 — 72.2%. Ranked 50 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13.2 pp.

2025 72.2% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 50of 182
Period maximum 72.2%2025
Period minimum 58.9%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Brazil, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 58.9%1992: 58.9%1993: 59.2%1994: 59.3%1995: 59.9%1996: 60.9%1997: 61%1998: 61.7%1999: 62%2000: 62.3%2001: 62.6%2002: 62.1%2003: 62.5%2004: 62%2005: 62.1%2006: 63.1%2007: 63.4%2008: 63.5%2009: 64.4%2010: 65.3%2011: 66.2%2012: 66.3%2013: 66.3%2014: 67.1%2015: 67.8%2016: 68.8%2017: 69.9%2018: 70.4%2019: 70.7%2020: 70.4%2021: 69.8%2022: 70.8%2023: 71.6%2024: 72%2025: 72.2%
Change over the period: +13.2 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Brazil 72.2%
World 50.6%
South America computed 68.9%
Employment in services — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.2 +0.2 pp
2024 72 +0.4 pp
2023 71.6 +0.8 pp
2022 70.8 +1 pp
2021 69.8 −0.7 pp
2020 70.4 −0.3 pp
2019 70.7 +0.3 pp
2018 70.4 +0.5 pp
2017 69.9 +1 pp
2016 68.8 +1 pp
2015 67.8 +0.7 pp
2014 67.1 +0.8 pp
2013 66.3 −0 pp
2012 66.3 +0.2 pp
2011 66.2 +0.9 pp
2010 65.3 +0.9 pp
2009 64.4 +1 pp
2008 63.5 +0.1 pp
2007 63.4 +0.3 pp
2006 63.1 +1 pp
2005 62.1 +0.1 pp
2004 62 −0.6 pp
2003 62.5 +0.4 pp
2002 62.1 −0.6 pp
2001 62.6 +0.3 pp
2000 62.3 +0.3 pp
1999 62 +0.3 pp
1998 61.7 +0.7 pp
1997 61 +0.1 pp
1996 60.9 +0.9 pp
1995 59.9 +0.7 pp
1994 59.3 +0.1 pp
1993 59.2 +0.2 pp
1992 58.9 −0 pp
1991 58.9

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.