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Employment in services — Cambodia

Employment in services in Cambodia in 2025 — 37.7%. Ranked 156 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 20.4 pp.

2025 37.7% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 156of 182
Period maximum 38%2020
Period minimum 17.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Cambodia, 1991–20251020304019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 17.3%1992: 17.4%1993: 17.4%1994: 17.4%1995: 17.5%1996: 17.7%1997: 20.6%1998: 18.2%1999: 17.6%2000: 18%2001: 20.1%2002: 21.3%2003: 22.3%2004: 23.6%2005: 24.7%2006: 25.9%2007: 27.2%2008: 28.4%2009: 26.3%2010: 29.2%2011: 27%2012: 29%2013: 31.2%2014: 30.2%2015: 32.6%2016: 36.7%2017: 36.3%2018: 36%2019: 35.7%2020: 38%2021: 36.5%2022: 36.8%2023: 37.1%2024: 37.4%2025: 37.7%
Change over the period: +20.4 pp Annual average: 0.6 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cambodia 37.7%
World 50.6%
East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 37.7 +0.3 pp
2024 37.4 +0.3 pp
2023 37.1 +0.4 pp
2022 36.8 +0.3 pp
2021 36.5 −1.5 pp
2020 38 +2.3 pp
2019 35.7 −0.3 pp
2018 36 −0.3 pp
2017 36.3 −0.4 pp
2016 36.7 +4.1 pp
2015 32.6 +2.4 pp
2014 30.2 −1 pp
2013 31.2 +2.2 pp
2012 29 +2.1 pp
2011 27 −2.3 pp
2010 29.2 +2.9 pp
2009 26.3 −2.1 pp
2008 28.4 +1.3 pp
2007 27.2 +1.3 pp
2006 25.9 +1.2 pp
2005 24.7 +1.1 pp
2004 23.6 +1.3 pp
2003 22.3 +1 pp
2002 21.3 +1.2 pp
2001 20.1 +2.1 pp
2000 18 +0.4 pp
1999 17.6 −0.6 pp
1998 18.2 −2.4 pp
1997 20.6 +2.9 pp
1996 17.7 +0.3 pp
1995 17.5 +0.1 pp
1994 17.4 +0 pp
1993 17.4 −0.1 pp
1992 17.4 +0.2 pp
1991 17.3 —

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.

Other indicators for Cambodia

Economy Services share of GDP

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

Cambodia by year Labor Employment in industry

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

Cambodia by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Cambodia by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Cambodia by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

Cambodia by year
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