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Employment in services — Chad

Employment in services in Chad in 2025 — 19.8%. Ranked 180 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.5 pp.

2025 19.8% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 180of 182
Period maximum 20.9%2019
Period minimum 14.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Chad, 1991–2025141618202219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 14.3%1992: 14.4%1993: 14.6%1994: 14.8%1995: 15%1996: 15.2%1997: 15.5%1998: 15.7%1999: 16%2000: 16.2%2001: 16.5%2002: 16.7%2003: 16.9%2004: 17%2005: 17.2%2006: 17.4%2007: 17.6%2008: 17.9%2009: 18.3%2010: 18.3%2011: 18.6%2012: 18.7%2013: 19.2%2014: 19.4%2015: 19.7%2016: 20.1%2017: 20.4%2018: 20.7%2019: 20.9%2020: 19.5%2021: 19.3%2022: 19.1%2023: 19.4%2024: 19.6%2025: 19.8%
Change over the period: +5.5 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Chad 19.8%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Middle Africa computed 35.5%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 19.8 +0.2 pp
2024 19.6 +0.1 pp
2023 19.4 +0.3 pp
2022 19.1 −0.2 pp
2021 19.3 −0.2 pp
2020 19.5 −1.4 pp
2019 20.9 +0.2 pp
2018 20.7 +0.2 pp
2017 20.4 +0.3 pp
2016 20.1 +0.4 pp
2015 19.7 +0.3 pp
2014 19.4 +0.2 pp
2013 19.2 +0.5 pp
2012 18.7 +0.2 pp
2011 18.6 +0.3 pp
2010 18.3 −0 pp
2009 18.3 +0.4 pp
2008 17.9 +0.2 pp
2007 17.6 +0.2 pp
2006 17.4 +0.2 pp
2005 17.2 +0.2 pp
2004 17 +0.1 pp
2003 16.9 +0.2 pp
2002 16.7 +0.3 pp
2001 16.5 +0.2 pp
2000 16.2 +0.3 pp
1999 16 +0.3 pp
1998 15.7 +0.3 pp
1997 15.5 +0.2 pp
1996 15.2 +0.2 pp
1995 15 +0.2 pp
1994 14.8 +0.3 pp
1993 14.6 +0.2 pp
1992 14.4 +0.1 pp
1991 14.3 —

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.

Chad by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Chad by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Chad 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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