Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Ecuador

Employment in services in Ecuador in 2025 — 50.9%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.8 pp.

2025 50.9% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 120of 182
Period maximum 55.4%1995
Period minimum 49.3%2000

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Ecuador, 1991–2025485052545619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 50.1%1992: 52.4%1993: 50.4%1994: 52.9%1995: 55.4%1996: 54.7%1997: 53.5%1998: 53.4%1999: 51.7%2000: 49.3%2001: 49.8%2002: 50.5%2003: 51%2004: 51%2005: 51.4%2006: 51.8%2007: 52.9%2008: 53.3%2009: 52.7%2010: 53.6%2011: 54.1%2012: 54.7%2013: 54.5%2014: 55%2015: 54.4%2016: 54.7%2017: 54%2018: 52.9%2019: 53.2%2020: 52.3%2021: 51%2022: 51.1%2023: 52.5%2024: 50.8%2025: 50.9%
Change over the period: +0.8 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ecuador 50.9%
World 50.6%
South America computed 68.9%
Employment in services — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50.9 +0.2 pp
2024 50.8 −1.8 pp
2023 52.5 +1.4 pp
2022 51.1 +0.1 pp
2021 51 −1.3 pp
2020 52.3 −0.9 pp
2019 53.2 +0.3 pp
2018 52.9 −1.1 pp
2017 54 −0.7 pp
2016 54.7 +0.2 pp
2015 54.4 −0.6 pp
2014 55 +0.5 pp
2013 54.5 −0.2 pp
2012 54.7 +0.6 pp
2011 54.1 +0.5 pp
2010 53.6 +1 pp
2009 52.7 −0.6 pp
2008 53.3 +0.4 pp
2007 52.9 +1.1 pp
2006 51.8 +0.3 pp
2005 51.4 +0.5 pp
2004 51 −0 pp
2003 51 +0.5 pp
2002 50.5 +0.6 pp
2001 49.8 +0.5 pp
2000 49.3 −2.4 pp
1999 51.7 −1.7 pp
1998 53.4 −0.1 pp
1997 53.5 −1.1 pp
1996 54.7 −0.7 pp
1995 55.4 +2.5 pp
1994 52.9 +2.4 pp
1993 50.4 −2 pp
1992 52.4 +2.4 pp
1991 50.1

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.