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Employment in services — Comoros

Employment in services in the Comoros in 2025 — 51.6%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 24.1 pp.

2025 51.6% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 119of 182
Period maximum 51.6%2025
Period minimum 27.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Comoros, 1991–2025203040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 27.6%1992: 28.2%1993: 28.4%1994: 27.8%1995: 28.1%1996: 27.9%1997: 28.2%1998: 28.3%1999: 28.4%2000: 29.3%2001: 29.5%2002: 29.7%2003: 29.9%2004: 30.1%2005: 31.2%2006: 32.3%2007: 33.5%2008: 34.9%2009: 36.1%2010: 37.5%2011: 38.9%2012: 40.2%2013: 41.7%2014: 43%2015: 43.9%2016: 45.3%2017: 46.9%2018: 48.6%2019: 50%2020: 49.2%2021: 50.1%2022: 50.3%2023: 50.6%2024: 51.2%2025: 51.6%
Change over the period: +24.1 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Comoros 51.6%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.6 +0.5 pp
2024 51.2 +0.5 pp
2023 50.6 +0.3 pp
2022 50.3 +0.3 pp
2021 50.1 +0.9 pp
2020 49.2 −0.7 pp
2019 50 +1.4 pp
2018 48.6 +1.6 pp
2017 46.9 +1.6 pp
2016 45.3 +1.4 pp
2015 43.9 +1 pp
2014 43 +1.3 pp
2013 41.7 +1.4 pp
2012 40.2 +1.3 pp
2011 38.9 +1.4 pp
2010 37.5 +1.4 pp
2009 36.1 +1.3 pp
2008 34.9 +1.4 pp
2007 33.5 +1.2 pp
2006 32.3 +1.1 pp
2005 31.2 +1.1 pp
2004 30.1 +0.2 pp
2003 29.9 +0.2 pp
2002 29.7 +0.2 pp
2001 29.5 +0.2 pp
2000 29.3 +0.9 pp
1999 28.4 +0.1 pp
1998 28.3 +0.1 pp
1997 28.2 +0.3 pp
1996 27.9 −0.2 pp
1995 28.1 +0.2 pp
1994 27.8 −0.5 pp
1993 28.4 +0.2 pp
1992 28.2 +0.6 pp
1991 27.6 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
Full table for all countries

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.

Other indicators for the Comoros

Economy Services share of GDP

The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

Comoros by year Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Comoros by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Comoros by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Comoros by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

Comoros by year
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