Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — BRICS

Employment in services in BRICS in 2025 — 45%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 19.3 pp.

2025 45% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 45%2025
Period minimum 25.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — BRICS, 1991–202525303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 25.7%1992: 26.3%1993: 27.1%1994: 28.2%1995: 29.4%1996: 30.2%1997: 30.7%1998: 31%1999: 31.1%2000: 30.4%2001: 31.8%2002: 32.3%2003: 32.8%2004: 33.8%2005: 34.3%2006: 35%2007: 35.3%2008: 35.8%2009: 36.5%2010: 36.9%2011: 37.8%2012: 38.3%2013: 39.7%2014: 41.1%2015: 42.3%2016: 43%2017: 43.6%2018: 44.2%2019: 44.9%2020: 44.2%2021: 44.3%2022: 43.8%2023: 44.4%2024: 44.8%2025: 45%
Change over the period: +19.3 pp Annual average: 0.57 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

BRICS 45%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45 +0.3 pp
2024 44.8 +0.4 pp
2023 44.4 +0.5 pp
2022 43.8 −0.5 pp
2021 44.3 +0 pp
2020 44.2 −0.6 pp
2019 44.9 +0.6 pp
2018 44.2 +0.6 pp
2017 43.6 +0.6 pp
2016 43 +0.7 pp
2015 42.3 +1.2 pp
2014 41.1 +1.4 pp
2013 39.7 +1.4 pp
2012 38.3 +0.5 pp
2011 37.8 +0.9 pp
2010 36.9 +0.4 pp
2009 36.5 +0.7 pp
2008 35.8 +0.5 pp
2007 35.3 +0.3 pp
2006 35 +0.7 pp
2005 34.3 +0.5 pp
2004 33.8 +1 pp
2003 32.8 +0.4 pp
2002 32.3 +0.5 pp
2001 31.8 +1.4 pp
2000 30.4 −0.7 pp
1999 31.1 +0.1 pp
1998 31 +0.3 pp
1997 30.7 +0.5 pp
1996 30.2 +0.7 pp
1995 29.4 +1.2 pp
1994 28.2 +1.1 pp
1993 27.1 +0.8 pp
1992 26.3 +0.5 pp
1991 25.7

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.