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Employment in services — Ethiopia

Employment in services in Ethiopia in 2025 — 33.4%. Ranked 165 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 17.2 pp.

2025 33.4% +0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 165of 182
Period maximum 33.4%2025
Period minimum 14.5%2005

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Ethiopia, 1991–202510152025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 16.2%1992: 15.4%1993: 16.1%1994: 16.2%1995: 16.5%1996: 17.2%1997: 17.2%1998: 16.8%1999: 17.1%2000: 16.8%2001: 16.6%2002: 15.8%2003: 14.6%2004: 14.9%2005: 14.5%2006: 15.2%2007: 15.9%2008: 16.6%2009: 17.1%2010: 18.2%2011: 19.2%2012: 19.7%2013: 20.6%2014: 22.3%2015: 24.2%2016: 25.9%2017: 27.9%2018: 29.5%2019: 31.3%2020: 29.7%2021: 30.2%2022: 30.7%2023: 31.5%2024: 32.6%2025: 33.4%
Change over the period: +17.2 pp Annual average: 0.51 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ethiopia 33.4%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.4 +0.8 pp
2024 32.6 +1.1 pp
2023 31.5 +0.8 pp
2022 30.7 +0.5 pp
2021 30.2 +0.5 pp
2020 29.7 −1.6 pp
2019 31.3 +1.8 pp
2018 29.5 +1.6 pp
2017 27.9 +1.9 pp
2016 25.9 +1.8 pp
2015 24.2 +1.9 pp
2014 22.3 +1.7 pp
2013 20.6 +0.9 pp
2012 19.7 +0.5 pp
2011 19.2 +1 pp
2010 18.2 +1.1 pp
2009 17.1 +0.6 pp
2008 16.6 +0.7 pp
2007 15.9 +0.7 pp
2006 15.2 +0.6 pp
2005 14.5 −0.3 pp
2004 14.9 +0.2 pp
2003 14.6 −1.2 pp
2002 15.8 −0.8 pp
2001 16.6 −0.2 pp
2000 16.8 −0.3 pp
1999 17.1 +0.3 pp
1998 16.8 −0.4 pp
1997 17.2 −0 pp
1996 17.2 +0.8 pp
1995 16.5 +0.2 pp
1994 16.2 +0.2 pp
1993 16.1 +0.7 pp
1992 15.4 −0.8 pp
1991 16.2 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
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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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