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Employment in services — Cameroon

Employment in services in Cameroon in 2025 — 43.5%. Ranked 146 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 23 pp.

2025 43.5% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 146of 182
Period maximum 43.5%2025
Period minimum 20.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Cameroon, 1991–20252030405019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 20.5%1992: 20.6%1993: 20.7%1994: 20.8%1995: 21.1%1996: 21.3%1997: 21.6%1998: 21.9%1999: 22.3%2000: 22.8%2001: 23.3%2002: 24.2%2003: 25.4%2004: 26.7%2005: 28.1%2006: 28.5%2007: 29%2008: 30.3%2009: 31.5%2010: 32.8%2011: 34.2%2012: 35.5%2013: 36.9%2014: 38.3%2015: 39.1%2016: 39.9%2017: 40.8%2018: 41.6%2019: 42.4%2020: 41.4%2021: 41.6%2022: 42.1%2023: 42.5%2024: 43%2025: 43.5%
Change over the period: +23 pp Annual average: 0.68 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 43.5%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Middle Africa computed 35.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.5 +0.5 pp
2024 43 +0.5 pp
2023 42.5 +0.5 pp
2022 42.1 +0.4 pp
2021 41.6 +0.2 pp
2020 41.4 −0.9 pp
2019 42.4 +0.8 pp
2018 41.6 +0.8 pp
2017 40.8 +0.8 pp
2016 39.9 +0.8 pp
2015 39.1 +0.8 pp
2014 38.3 +1.4 pp
2013 36.9 +1.4 pp
2012 35.5 +1.4 pp
2011 34.2 +1.4 pp
2010 32.8 +1.2 pp
2009 31.5 +1.3 pp
2008 30.3 +1.2 pp
2007 29 +0.5 pp
2006 28.5 +0.5 pp
2005 28.1 +1.4 pp
2004 26.7 +1.3 pp
2003 25.4 +1.2 pp
2002 24.2 +1 pp
2001 23.3 +0.5 pp
2000 22.8 +0.4 pp
1999 22.3 +0.4 pp
1998 21.9 +0.3 pp
1997 21.6 +0.3 pp
1996 21.3 +0.3 pp
1995 21.1 +0.3 pp
1994 20.8 +0.1 pp
1993 20.7 +0.1 pp
1992 20.6 +0.1 pp
1991 20.5 —

Middle Africa, 2025

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 65.4 GA Gabon 52.3 CG Republic of the Congo 44.2 CM Cameroon 43.5 AO Angola 40.9 GQ Equatorial Guinea 34.7 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.5 CF Central African Republic 20.5 TD Chad 19.8
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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 workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Cameroon by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Cameroon by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Cameroon by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

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