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Employment in services — Burundi

Employment in services in Burundi in 2025 — 11.6%. Ranked 182 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.1 pp.

2025 11.6% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 182of 182
Period maximum 11.7%2019
Period minimum 5.4%1997

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Burundi, 1991–2025468101219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 6.5%1992: 6.4%1993: 6.4%1994: 6.2%1995: 5.7%1996: 5.4%1997: 5.4%1998: 5.6%1999: 5.7%2000: 5.8%2001: 6%2002: 6.4%2003: 6.4%2004: 6.6%2005: 6.8%2006: 7.2%2007: 7.6%2008: 8%2009: 8.2%2010: 8.6%2011: 9%2012: 9.5%2013: 9.9%2014: 10.3%2015: 10.1%2016: 10.2%2017: 10.2%2018: 10.9%2019: 11.7%2020: 11.6%2021: 11.3%2022: 11.2%2023: 11.3%2024: 11.5%2025: 11.6%
Change over the period: +5.1 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Burundi 11.6%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.6 +0 pp
2024 11.5 +0.2 pp
2023 11.3 +0.1 pp
2022 11.2 −0 pp
2021 11.3 −0.3 pp
2020 11.6 −0.1 pp
2019 11.7 +0.8 pp
2018 10.9 +0.7 pp
2017 10.2 +0 pp
2016 10.2 +0.1 pp
2015 10.1 −0.2 pp
2014 10.3 +0.4 pp
2013 9.9 +0.5 pp
2012 9.5 +0.5 pp
2011 9 +0.4 pp
2010 8.6 +0.4 pp
2009 8.2 +0.2 pp
2008 8 +0.4 pp
2007 7.6 +0.4 pp
2006 7.2 +0.4 pp
2005 6.8 +0.2 pp
2004 6.6 +0.2 pp
2003 6.4 +0.1 pp
2002 6.4 +0.3 pp
2001 6 +0.3 pp
2000 5.8 +0.1 pp
1999 5.7 +0.1 pp
1998 5.6 +0.2 pp
1997 5.4 −0 pp
1996 5.4 −0.3 pp
1995 5.7 −0.5 pp
1994 6.2 −0.1 pp
1993 6.4 −0.1 pp
1992 6.4 −0.1 pp
1991 6.5 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
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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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