Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — East Asia & Pacific

Employment in services in East Asia & Pacific in 2025 — 49.9%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 24 pp.

2025 49.9% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 49.9%2025
Period minimum 25.9%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — East Asia & Pacific, 1991–20252030405019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 25.9%1992: 26.6%1993: 27.8%1994: 29.1%1995: 30.6%1996: 31.5%1997: 32.1%1998: 32.5%1999: 32.7%2000: 31.7%2001: 33.5%2002: 34.2%2003: 34.6%2004: 35.9%2005: 36.5%2006: 37.3%2007: 37.6%2008: 38.3%2009: 39%2010: 39.5%2011: 40.3%2012: 40.7%2013: 42.4%2014: 44%2015: 45.4%2016: 46.1%2017: 46.5%2018: 47.1%2019: 47.8%2020: 48.3%2021: 48.6%2022: 48.3%2023: 49.1%2024: 49.5%2025: 49.9%
Change over the period: +24 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.9 +0.4 pp
2024 49.5 +0.4 pp
2023 49.1 +0.8 pp
2022 48.3 −0.3 pp
2021 48.6 +0.3 pp
2020 48.3 +0.5 pp
2019 47.8 +0.7 pp
2018 47.1 +0.6 pp
2017 46.5 +0.5 pp
2016 46.1 +0.7 pp
2015 45.4 +1.4 pp
2014 44 +1.5 pp
2013 42.4 +1.7 pp
2012 40.7 +0.4 pp
2011 40.3 +0.8 pp
2010 39.5 +0.5 pp
2009 39 +0.8 pp
2008 38.3 +0.6 pp
2007 37.6 +0.3 pp
2006 37.3 +0.8 pp
2005 36.5 +0.6 pp
2004 35.9 +1.3 pp
2003 34.6 +0.5 pp
2002 34.2 +0.7 pp
2001 33.5 +1.8 pp
2000 31.7 −1 pp
1999 32.7 +0.2 pp
1998 32.5 +0.4 pp
1997 32.1 +0.5 pp
1996 31.5 +1 pp
1995 30.6 +1.4 pp
1994 29.1 +1.4 pp
1993 27.8 +1.2 pp
1992 26.6 +0.7 pp
1991 25.9

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.