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Employment in services — Equatorial Guinea

Employment in services in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 34.7%. Ranked 162 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.7 pp.

2025 34.7% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 162of 182
Period maximum 35.1%2008
Period minimum 27%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Equatorial Guinea, 1991–20252527.53032.53537.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 27%1992: 27.3%1993: 27.4%1994: 27.8%1995: 28.1%1996: 28.4%1997: 29.9%1998: 30.4%1999: 30.9%2000: 31.6%2001: 32.7%2002: 33.1%2003: 33.3%2004: 34.1%2005: 34.5%2006: 34.4%2007: 34.8%2008: 35.1%2009: 34.7%2010: 33.6%2011: 33.4%2012: 33.5%2013: 33.4%2014: 33.5%2015: 33.4%2016: 33.3%2017: 32.9%2018: 34%2019: 33.9%2020: 33.7%2021: 34.2%2022: 34.3%2023: 34.4%2024: 34.8%2025: 34.7%
Change over the period: +7.7 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Equatorial Guinea 34.7%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Middle Africa computed 35.5%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.7 −0 pp
2024 34.8 +0.3 pp
2023 34.4 +0.1 pp
2022 34.3 +0.2 pp
2021 34.2 +0.4 pp
2020 33.7 −0.2 pp
2019 33.9 −0.1 pp
2018 34 +1.1 pp
2017 32.9 −0.4 pp
2016 33.3 −0.2 pp
2015 33.4 −0.1 pp
2014 33.5 +0.1 pp
2013 33.4 −0.1 pp
2012 33.5 +0.1 pp
2011 33.4 −0.2 pp
2010 33.6 −1.1 pp
2009 34.7 −0.4 pp
2008 35.1 +0.3 pp
2007 34.8 +0.3 pp
2006 34.4 −0 pp
2005 34.5 +0.3 pp
2004 34.1 +0.9 pp
2003 33.3 +0.1 pp
2002 33.1 +0.4 pp
2001 32.7 +1.2 pp
2000 31.6 +0.7 pp
1999 30.9 +0.6 pp
1998 30.4 +0.4 pp
1997 29.9 +1.6 pp
1996 28.4 +0.3 pp
1995 28.1 +0.2 pp
1994 27.8 +0.4 pp
1993 27.4 +0.2 pp
1992 27.3 +0.2 pp
1991 27 —

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.

Other indicators for Equatorial Guinea

Economy Services share of GDP

The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

Equatorial Guinea by year Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Equatorial Guinea by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Equatorial Guinea by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Equatorial Guinea by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Equatorial Guinea by year
All indicators for Equatorial Guinea