Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Eritrea

Employment in services in Eritrea in 2025 — 31.8%. Ranked 167 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 4 pp.

2025 31.8% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 167of 182
Period maximum 33.7%2002
Period minimum 27.3%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Eritrea, 1991–2025262830323419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 27.8%1992: 27.3%1993: 29.2%1994: 31.2%1995: 31%1996: 31.8%1997: 33%1998: 32.8%1999: 32.8%2000: 32.6%2001: 33.4%2002: 33.7%2003: 32.5%2004: 32.2%2005: 31.4%2006: 31%2007: 31%2008: 29.5%2009: 30%2010: 29.6%2011: 30.8%2012: 31.1%2013: 29.4%2014: 32%2015: 29.8%2016: 30.9%2017: 29.3%2018: 31.1%2019: 31.5%2020: 30.4%2021: 30.1%2022: 30.6%2023: 31%2024: 31.3%2025: 31.8%
Change over the period: +4 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eritrea 31.8%
World 50.6%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 31.8 +0.4 pp
2024 31.3 +0.3 pp
2023 31 +0.4 pp
2022 30.6 +0.5 pp
2021 30.1 −0.3 pp
2020 30.4 −1.1 pp
2019 31.5 +0.5 pp
2018 31.1 +1.8 pp
2017 29.3 −1.6 pp
2016 30.9 +1.1 pp
2015 29.8 −2.2 pp
2014 32 +2.7 pp
2013 29.4 −1.8 pp
2012 31.1 +0.3 pp
2011 30.8 +1.2 pp
2010 29.6 −0.4 pp
2009 30 +0.6 pp
2008 29.5 −1.5 pp
2007 31 +0 pp
2006 31 −0.4 pp
2005 31.4 −0.8 pp
2004 32.2 −0.4 pp
2003 32.5 −1.1 pp
2002 33.7 +0.3 pp
2001 33.4 +0.8 pp
2000 32.6 −0.2 pp
1999 32.8 −0 pp
1998 32.8 −0.2 pp
1997 33 +1.2 pp
1996 31.8 +0.8 pp
1995 31 −0.2 pp
1994 31.2 +2 pp
1993 29.2 +1.8 pp
1992 27.3 −0.5 pp
1991 27.8

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.