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Employment in services — Cabo Verde

Employment in services in Cabo Verde in 2025 — 67.7%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.5 pp.

2025 67.7% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 68of 182
Period maximum 67.7%2025
Period minimum 58.2%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Cabo Verde, 1991–202557.56062.56567.57019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 58.2%1992: 58.6%1993: 58.8%1994: 59.1%1995: 59.4%1996: 59.6%1997: 60%1998: 60.2%1999: 60.2%2000: 60.3%2001: 60.8%2002: 61.1%2003: 61.4%2004: 61.6%2005: 61.8%2006: 62%2007: 62.2%2008: 62.4%2009: 62.6%2010: 62.9%2011: 63.1%2012: 63.3%2013: 63.5%2014: 63.7%2015: 64%2016: 64.3%2017: 64.6%2018: 66.3%2019: 67.6%2020: 67.3%2021: 67.2%2022: 67.2%2023: 67.4%2024: 67.5%2025: 67.7%
Change over the period: +9.5 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cabo Verde 67.7%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 67.7 +0.1 pp
2024 67.5 +0.2 pp
2023 67.4 +0.2 pp
2022 67.2 −0 pp
2021 67.2 −0.1 pp
2020 67.3 −0.3 pp
2019 67.6 +1.3 pp
2018 66.3 +1.7 pp
2017 64.6 +0.3 pp
2016 64.3 +0.3 pp
2015 64 +0.3 pp
2014 63.7 +0.2 pp
2013 63.5 +0.2 pp
2012 63.3 +0.2 pp
2011 63.1 +0.2 pp
2010 62.9 +0.3 pp
2009 62.6 +0.3 pp
2008 62.4 +0.2 pp
2007 62.2 +0.2 pp
2006 62 +0.2 pp
2005 61.8 +0.3 pp
2004 61.6 +0.2 pp
2003 61.4 +0.3 pp
2002 61.1 +0.3 pp
2001 60.8 +0.4 pp
2000 60.3 +0.2 pp
1999 60.2 −0 pp
1998 60.2 +0.2 pp
1997 60 +0.3 pp
1996 59.6 +0.3 pp
1995 59.4 +0.3 pp
1994 59.1 +0.3 pp
1993 58.8 +0.2 pp
1992 58.6 +0.4 pp
1991 58.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
Full table for all countries

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 contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

Cabo Verde by year Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Cabo Verde by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Cabo Verde by year Labor Unemployment rate (IMF)

Unemployment as estimated by the IMF — with a forecast, for countries with reliable labor market statistics.

Cabo Verde by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Cabo Verde by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Cabo Verde by year
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