Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Chile

Employment in services in Chile in 2025 — 72.4%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15.9 pp.

2025 72.4% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 49of 182
Period maximum 72.4%2025
Period minimum 56.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Chile, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 56.5%1992: 57.5%1993: 58.2%1994: 59.6%1995: 60.2%1996: 59.8%1997: 60.3%1998: 62%1999: 64.1%2000: 64.2%2001: 64.4%2002: 64.7%2003: 65%2004: 65.6%2005: 66%2006: 66.4%2007: 66.9%2008: 67.2%2009: 67.7%2010: 68.1%2011: 68.1%2012: 67.9%2013: 68.4%2014: 69%2015: 69%2016: 69.8%2017: 70.2%2018: 70.7%2019: 71.1%2020: 70.9%2021: 70.4%2022: 70.8%2023: 71.7%2024: 72.1%2025: 72.4%
Change over the period: +15.9 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Chile 72.4%
World 50.6%
South America computed 68.9%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.4 +0.3 pp
2024 72.1 +0.4 pp
2023 71.7 +0.9 pp
2022 70.8 +0.4 pp
2021 70.4 −0.4 pp
2020 70.9 −0.2 pp
2019 71.1 +0.4 pp
2018 70.7 +0.5 pp
2017 70.2 +0.4 pp
2016 69.8 +0.8 pp
2015 69 −0.1 pp
2014 69 +0.6 pp
2013 68.4 +0.5 pp
2012 67.9 −0.2 pp
2011 68.1 +0 pp
2010 68.1 +0.4 pp
2009 67.7 +0.5 pp
2008 67.2 +0.3 pp
2007 66.9 +0.4 pp
2006 66.4 +0.5 pp
2005 66 +0.4 pp
2004 65.6 +0.5 pp
2003 65 +0.3 pp
2002 64.7 +0.3 pp
2001 64.4 +0.2 pp
2000 64.2 +0.1 pp
1999 64.1 +2.2 pp
1998 62 +1.7 pp
1997 60.3 +0.5 pp
1996 59.8 −0.3 pp
1995 60.2 +0.5 pp
1994 59.6 +1.4 pp
1993 58.2 +0.7 pp
1992 57.5 +1 pp
1991 56.5

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.