Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Canada

Employment in services in Canada in 2025 — 80.1%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.5 pp.

2025 80.1% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 19of 182
Period maximum 80.1%2025
Period minimum 72.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Canada, 1991–202572747678808219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 72.7%1992: 73.4%1993: 74%1994: 74%1995: 73.9%1996: 74.1%1997: 73.9%1998: 73.9%1999: 74.1%2000: 74.2%2001: 74.8%2002: 74.7%2003: 74.9%2004: 74.9%2005: 75.2%2006: 75.7%2007: 76.3%2008: 76.6%2009: 77.7%2010: 78%2011: 77.8%2012: 77.6%2013: 77.8%2014: 78%2015: 78.3%2016: 78.5%2017: 78.7%2018: 78.8%2019: 79.2%2020: 79%2021: 79.3%2022: 79.3%2023: 79.5%2024: 79.9%2025: 80.1%
Change over the period: +7.5 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Canada 80.1%
World 50.6%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 80.1 +0.2 pp
2024 79.9 +0.4 pp
2023 79.5 +0.2 pp
2022 79.3 +0 pp
2021 79.3 +0.3 pp
2020 79 −0.2 pp
2019 79.2 +0.4 pp
2018 78.8 +0 pp
2017 78.7 +0.2 pp
2016 78.5 +0.2 pp
2015 78.3 +0.3 pp
2014 78 +0.2 pp
2013 77.8 +0.2 pp
2012 77.6 −0.2 pp
2011 77.8 −0.2 pp
2010 78 +0.3 pp
2009 77.7 +1.1 pp
2008 76.6 +0.3 pp
2007 76.3 +0.6 pp
2006 75.7 +0.5 pp
2005 75.2 +0.3 pp
2004 74.9 +0 pp
2003 74.9 +0.3 pp
2002 74.7 −0.1 pp
2001 74.8 +0.6 pp
2000 74.2 +0.1 pp
1999 74.1 +0.2 pp
1998 73.9 −0 pp
1997 73.9 −0.2 pp
1996 74.1 +0.2 pp
1995 73.9 −0.1 pp
1994 74 −0 pp
1993 74 +0.6 pp
1992 73.4 +0.7 pp
1991 72.7

Northern America, 2025

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

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.