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Employment in services — Eswatini

Employment in services in Eswatini in 2025 — 58.7%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.8 pp.

2025 58.7% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 93of 182
Period maximum 68.7%2021
Period minimum 57%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Eswatini, 1991–20255560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 57%1992: 57.4%1993: 57.8%1994: 57.9%1995: 57.9%1996: 58.1%1997: 58.3%1998: 58.4%1999: 58.6%2000: 58.5%2001: 58.7%2002: 58.8%2003: 59%2004: 59.3%2005: 59.3%2006: 59.4%2007: 59.5%2008: 59.8%2009: 60%2010: 60.1%2011: 60.4%2012: 60.6%2013: 60.8%2014: 61.3%2015: 61.8%2016: 62.4%2017: 63.9%2018: 65.4%2019: 66.7%2020: 67.6%2021: 68.7%2022: 63.8%2023: 58.7%2024: 59%2025: 58.7%
Change over the period: +1.8 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eswatini 58.7%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Southern Africa computed 71.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.7 −0.3 pp
2024 59 +0.4 pp
2023 58.7 −5.1 pp
2022 63.8 −5 pp
2021 68.7 +1.1 pp
2020 67.6 +0.9 pp
2019 66.7 +1.3 pp
2018 65.4 +1.5 pp
2017 63.9 +1.5 pp
2016 62.4 +0.6 pp
2015 61.8 +0.5 pp
2014 61.3 +0.5 pp
2013 60.8 +0.3 pp
2012 60.6 +0.1 pp
2011 60.4 +0.3 pp
2010 60.1 +0.1 pp
2009 60 +0.3 pp
2008 59.8 +0.3 pp
2007 59.5 +0.1 pp
2006 59.4 +0.1 pp
2005 59.3 −0 pp
2004 59.3 +0.3 pp
2003 59 +0.2 pp
2002 58.8 +0.1 pp
2001 58.7 +0.2 pp
2000 58.5 −0.1 pp
1999 58.6 +0.2 pp
1998 58.4 +0.1 pp
1997 58.3 +0.2 pp
1996 58.1 +0.2 pp
1995 57.9 +0.1 pp
1994 57.9 +0 pp
1993 57.8 +0.5 pp
1992 57.4 +0.4 pp
1991 57 —

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 73.8 BW Botswana 66.2 NA Namibia 61.1 SZ Eswatini 58.7 LS Lesotho 36.1
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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.

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

Eswatini by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Eswatini by year Labor Youth unemployment

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