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Employment in services — Croatia

Employment in services in Croatia in 2025 — 69.3%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 21.7 pp.

2025 69.3% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 62of 182
Period maximum 69.3%2025
Period minimum 47.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Croatia, 1991–20254050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 47.6%1992: 48.6%1993: 49.3%1994: 49.9%1995: 50.6%1996: 51.1%1997: 52.7%1998: 53.2%1999: 53.9%2000: 54.3%2001: 54.3%2002: 54.6%2003: 52.9%2004: 53.4%2005: 54.1%2006: 56.4%2007: 57%2008: 56.3%2009: 57.7%2010: 58.3%2011: 57.5%2012: 60.6%2013: 62.3%2014: 63.8%2015: 64.2%2016: 65.8%2017: 66.9%2018: 66.5%2019: 66.3%2020: 65.7%2021: 64.8%2022: 66.5%2023: 67.9%2024: 68.9%2025: 69.3%
Change over the period: +21.7 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Croatia 69.3%
World 50.6%
Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
Southern Europe computed 71.3%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Croatia, by year Croatia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.3 +0.5 pp
2024 68.9 +1 pp
2023 67.9 +1.4 pp
2022 66.5 +1.7 pp
2021 64.8 −0.9 pp
2020 65.7 −0.6 pp
2019 66.3 −0.3 pp
2018 66.5 −0.4 pp
2017 66.9 +1.1 pp
2016 65.8 +1.6 pp
2015 64.2 +0.5 pp
2014 63.8 +1.4 pp
2013 62.3 +1.7 pp
2012 60.6 +3.1 pp
2011 57.5 −0.8 pp
2010 58.3 +0.6 pp
2009 57.7 +1.3 pp
2008 56.3 −0.7 pp
2007 57 +0.6 pp
2006 56.4 +2.3 pp
2005 54.1 +0.7 pp
2004 53.4 +0.5 pp
2003 52.9 −1.7 pp
2002 54.6 +0.3 pp
2001 54.3 +0 pp
2000 54.3 +0.4 pp
1999 53.9 +0.7 pp
1998 53.2 +0.5 pp
1997 52.7 +1.6 pp
1996 51.1 +0.4 pp
1995 50.6 +0.7 pp
1994 49.9 +0.7 pp
1993 49.3 +0.7 pp
1992 48.6 +1 pp
1991 47.6 —

Southern Europe, 2025

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

MT Malta 81.4 ME Montenegro 77.6 ES Spain 76.8 GR Greece 73 PT Portugal 72.7 IT Italy 70.2 HR Croatia 69.3 SI Slovenia 64.4 MK North Macedonia 60.9 RS Serbia 54.9 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7 AL Albania 47.2
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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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