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Employment in services — Brunei Darussalam

Employment in services in Brunei Darussalam in 2025 — 78.4%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5 pp.

2025 78.4% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 26of 182
Period maximum 82.5%2017
Period minimum 73.4%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Brunei Darussalam, 1991–202572.57577.58082.58519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 73.4%1992: 73.7%1993: 74.3%1994: 74.9%1995: 74.8%1996: 75.5%1997: 75.9%1998: 76.9%1999: 77.9%2000: 78.4%2001: 78.8%2002: 78.8%2003: 78.7%2004: 78.9%2005: 79.1%2006: 79.1%2007: 79.6%2008: 79.7%2009: 80.2%2010: 80.3%2011: 80.1%2012: 80.2%2013: 80.5%2014: 80.7%2015: 81.3%2016: 82%2017: 82.5%2018: 79.5%2019: 77.3%2020: 74.9%2021: 75%2022: 77%2023: 78.3%2024: 78.3%2025: 78.4%
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: Brunei Darussalam

Brunei Darussalam 78.4%
World 50.6%
East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Brunei Darussalam, by year Brunei Darussalam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 78.4 +0.1 pp
2024 78.3 +0 pp
2023 78.3 +1.3 pp
2022 77 +2 pp
2021 75 +0.1 pp
2020 74.9 −2.3 pp
2019 77.3 −2.3 pp
2018 79.5 −3 pp
2017 82.5 +0.5 pp
2016 82 +0.7 pp
2015 81.3 +0.6 pp
2014 80.7 +0.2 pp
2013 80.5 +0.3 pp
2012 80.2 +0.1 pp
2011 80.1 −0.2 pp
2010 80.3 +0.1 pp
2009 80.2 +0.5 pp
2008 79.7 +0.1 pp
2007 79.6 +0.5 pp
2006 79.1 −0 pp
2005 79.1 +0.2 pp
2004 78.9 +0.2 pp
2003 78.7 −0 pp
2002 78.8 −0 pp
2001 78.8 +0.3 pp
2000 78.4 +0.5 pp
1999 77.9 +1 pp
1998 76.9 +1 pp
1997 75.9 +0.4 pp
1996 75.5 +0.6 pp
1995 74.8 −0.1 pp
1994 74.9 +0.6 pp
1993 74.3 +0.6 pp
1992 73.7 +0.4 pp
1991 73.4 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

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

SG Singapore 85.9 BN Brunei Darussalam 78.4 MY Malaysia 64.9 PH Philippines 59.5 TL Timor-Leste 50.2 ID Indonesia 50.2 TH Thailand 49.2 VN Vietnam 40.1 KH Cambodia 37.7 MM Myanmar 36.9 LA Laos 24
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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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The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

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