Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Colombia

Employment in services in Colombia in 2025 — 65.8%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.8 pp.

2025 65.8% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 74of 182
Period maximum 65.8%2025
Period minimum 55.6%1993

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Colombia, 1991–20255560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 56%1992: 55.6%1993: 55.6%1994: 55.7%1995: 55.8%1996: 57.3%1997: 59.1%1998: 60.1%1999: 61.6%2000: 60.5%2001: 60.5%2002: 60.3%2003: 60.3%2004: 60.2%2005: 59.9%2006: 60.6%2007: 61.8%2008: 62.2%2009: 61.8%2010: 62.2%2011: 62%2012: 62.4%2013: 64.1%2014: 64.4%2015: 64.8%2016: 65.2%2017: 64.4%2018: 63.9%2019: 64.4%2020: 64.4%2021: 64.9%2022: 65%2023: 65.6%2024: 65.7%2025: 65.8%
Change over the period: +9.8 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Colombia 65.8%
World 50.6%
South America computed 68.9%
Employment in services — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.8 +0.1 pp
2024 65.7 +0.1 pp
2023 65.6 +0.6 pp
2022 65 +0.1 pp
2021 64.9 +0.5 pp
2020 64.4 −0 pp
2019 64.4 +0.5 pp
2018 63.9 −0.6 pp
2017 64.4 −0.8 pp
2016 65.2 +0.5 pp
2015 64.8 +0.3 pp
2014 64.4 +0.4 pp
2013 64.1 +1.6 pp
2012 62.4 +0.5 pp
2011 62 −0.2 pp
2010 62.2 +0.3 pp
2009 61.8 −0.3 pp
2008 62.2 +0.4 pp
2007 61.8 +1.2 pp
2006 60.6 +0.7 pp
2005 59.9 −0.3 pp
2004 60.2 −0.1 pp
2003 60.3 +0 pp
2002 60.3 −0.2 pp
2001 60.5 +0.1 pp
2000 60.5 −1.2 pp
1999 61.6 +1.5 pp
1998 60.1 +1 pp
1997 59.1 +1.8 pp
1996 57.3 +1.5 pp
1995 55.8 +0.2 pp
1994 55.7 +0.1 pp
1993 55.6 −0 pp
1992 55.6 −0.4 pp
1991 56

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.