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Employment in services — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Employment in services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 33.5%. Ranked 164 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.1 pp.

2025 33.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 164of 182
Period maximum 33.5%2025
Period minimum 24%2001

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1991–202522.52527.53032.53519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 32.4%1992: 30.4%1993: 28.5%1994: 27.2%1995: 26.8%1996: 27.1%1997: 26.1%1998: 25.8%1999: 24.8%2000: 24.6%2001: 24%2002: 24.4%2003: 24.9%2004: 25.5%2005: 26.1%2006: 26.6%2007: 27.1%2008: 27.4%2009: 27.5%2010: 28%2011: 28.5%2012: 28.9%2013: 29.7%2014: 30.6%2015: 31.3%2016: 31.3%2017: 31.4%2018: 31.8%2019: 32.3%2020: 30.9%2021: 30.7%2022: 31.6%2023: 32.5%2024: 33.1%2025: 33.5%
Change over the period: +1.1 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.5%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Middle Africa computed 35.5%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.5 +0.4 pp
2024 33.1 +0.6 pp
2023 32.5 +0.9 pp
2022 31.6 +0.8 pp
2021 30.7 −0.2 pp
2020 30.9 −1.4 pp
2019 32.3 +0.5 pp
2018 31.8 +0.4 pp
2017 31.4 +0.1 pp
2016 31.3 −0 pp
2015 31.3 +0.7 pp
2014 30.6 +0.9 pp
2013 29.7 +0.8 pp
2012 28.9 +0.4 pp
2011 28.5 +0.5 pp
2010 28 +0.5 pp
2009 27.5 +0.1 pp
2008 27.4 +0.3 pp
2007 27.1 +0.5 pp
2006 26.6 +0.5 pp
2005 26.1 +0.6 pp
2004 25.5 +0.6 pp
2003 24.9 +0.6 pp
2002 24.4 +0.4 pp
2001 24 −0.7 pp
2000 24.6 −0.2 pp
1999 24.8 −1 pp
1998 25.8 −0.3 pp
1997 26.1 −1 pp
1996 27.1 +0.3 pp
1995 26.8 −0.4 pp
1994 27.2 −1.3 pp
1993 28.5 −1.8 pp
1992 30.4 −2 pp
1991 32.4 —

Middle Africa, 2025

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 65.4 GA Gabon 52.3 CG Republic of the Congo 44.2 CM Cameroon 43.5 AO Angola 40.9 GQ Equatorial Guinea 34.7 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.5 CF Central African Republic 20.5 TD Chad 19.8
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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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