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Employment in services — Djibouti

Employment in services in Djibouti in 2025 — 92.2%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 0.4 pp.

2025 92.2% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 1of 182
Period maximum 93.7%2003
Period minimum 92.2%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Djibouti, 1991–20259292.59393.59419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 92.6%1992: 92.7%1993: 93%1994: 93.1%1995: 93.2%1996: 93.3%1997: 93.5%1998: 93.5%1999: 93.6%2000: 93.6%2001: 93.7%2002: 93.7%2003: 93.7%2004: 93.7%2005: 93.7%2006: 93.6%2007: 93.5%2008: 93.4%2009: 93.5%2010: 93.5%2011: 93.5%2012: 93.5%2013: 93.5%2014: 93.4%2015: 93.3%2016: 93.2%2017: 93%2018: 92.9%2019: 92.8%2020: 92.8%2021: 92.6%2022: 92.6%2023: 92.4%2024: 92.3%2025: 92.2%
Change over the period: −0.4 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Djibouti 92.2%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 92.2 −0.1 pp
2024 92.3 −0.2 pp
2023 92.4 −0.1 pp
2022 92.6 −0.1 pp
2021 92.6 −0.2 pp
2020 92.8 −0 pp
2019 92.8 −0.1 pp
2018 92.9 −0.1 pp
2017 93 −0.1 pp
2016 93.2 −0.1 pp
2015 93.3 −0.1 pp
2014 93.4 −0.1 pp
2013 93.5 −0 pp
2012 93.5 +0 pp
2011 93.5 −0 pp
2010 93.5 +0 pp
2009 93.5 +0.1 pp
2008 93.4 −0.1 pp
2007 93.5 −0.1 pp
2006 93.6 −0.1 pp
2005 93.7 −0 pp
2004 93.7 −0 pp
2003 93.7 +0 pp
2002 93.7 +0 pp
2001 93.7 +0 pp
2000 93.6 +0.1 pp
1999 93.6 +0 pp
1998 93.5 +0.1 pp
1997 93.5 +0.1 pp
1996 93.3 +0.1 pp
1995 93.2 +0.1 pp
1994 93.1 +0.1 pp
1993 93 +0.2 pp
1992 92.7 +0.1 pp
1991 92.6 —

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.

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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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