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Employment in services — Côte d'Ivoire

Employment in services in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 40.3%. Ranked 151 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 4.2 pp.

2025 40.3% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 151of 182
Period maximum 43.6%2019
Period minimum 36.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Côte d'Ivoire, 1991–2025363840424419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36.1%1992: 36.4%1993: 36.6%1994: 37%1995: 37.2%1996: 37.5%1997: 37.9%1998: 38.1%1999: 38.4%2000: 38.6%2001: 38.7%2002: 38.7%2003: 38.8%2004: 39.2%2005: 39.6%2006: 39.8%2007: 40.1%2008: 40.4%2009: 40.8%2010: 41.2%2011: 41.3%2012: 42.2%2013: 43%2014: 42%2015: 40.9%2016: 39.7%2017: 41.2%2018: 42.3%2019: 43.6%2020: 41%2021: 39.4%2022: 38.4%2023: 39.1%2024: 39.7%2025: 40.3%
Change over the period: +4.2 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire 40.3%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.3 +0.6 pp
2024 39.7 +0.6 pp
2023 39.1 +0.7 pp
2022 38.4 −0.9 pp
2021 39.4 −1.6 pp
2020 41 −2.7 pp
2019 43.6 +1.3 pp
2018 42.3 +1.2 pp
2017 41.2 +1.4 pp
2016 39.7 −1.2 pp
2015 40.9 −1.1 pp
2014 42 −0.9 pp
2013 43 +0.8 pp
2012 42.2 +0.9 pp
2011 41.3 +0.1 pp
2010 41.2 +0.4 pp
2009 40.8 +0.4 pp
2008 40.4 +0.3 pp
2007 40.1 +0.3 pp
2006 39.8 +0.2 pp
2005 39.6 +0.3 pp
2004 39.2 +0.5 pp
2003 38.8 +0.1 pp
2002 38.7 +0.1 pp
2001 38.7 +0.1 pp
2000 38.6 +0.1 pp
1999 38.4 +0.3 pp
1998 38.1 +0.3 pp
1997 37.9 +0.4 pp
1996 37.5 +0.3 pp
1995 37.2 +0.2 pp
1994 37 +0.4 pp
1993 36.6 +0.3 pp
1992 36.4 +0.3 pp
1991 36.1 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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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 agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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

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

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