Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Euro area

Employment in services in the Euro area in 2025 — 74.8%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15.6 pp.

2025 74.8% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 74.8%2025
Period minimum 59.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Euro area, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 59.1%1992: 59.9%1993: 60.8%1994: 61.6%1995: 62.1%1996: 62.9%1997: 63.2%1998: 63.4%1999: 64.1%2000: 64.6%2001: 65.1%2002: 65.6%2003: 66.3%2004: 66.8%2005: 67.4%2006: 67.6%2007: 67.9%2008: 69.1%2009: 70.2%2010: 70.8%2011: 71.6%2012: 71.9%2013: 72.5%2014: 72.8%2015: 72.9%2016: 73.2%2017: 73.2%2018: 73.4%2019: 73.5%2020: 73.5%2021: 73.6%2022: 73.8%2023: 74.2%2024: 74.4%2025: 74.8%
Change over the period: +15.6 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 74.8%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74.8 +0.3 pp
2024 74.4 +0.2 pp
2023 74.2 +0.4 pp
2022 73.8 +0.2 pp
2021 73.6 +0 pp
2020 73.5 +0.1 pp
2019 73.5 +0.1 pp
2018 73.4 +0.1 pp
2017 73.2 +0 pp
2016 73.2 +0.3 pp
2015 72.9 +0.2 pp
2014 72.8 +0.3 pp
2013 72.5 +0.6 pp
2012 71.9 +0.3 pp
2011 71.6 +0.8 pp
2010 70.8 +0.6 pp
2009 70.2 +1.1 pp
2008 69.1 +1.2 pp
2007 67.9 +0.3 pp
2006 67.6 +0.2 pp
2005 67.4 +0.6 pp
2004 66.8 +0.5 pp
2003 66.3 +0.7 pp
2002 65.6 +0.5 pp
2001 65.1 +0.5 pp
2000 64.6 +0.5 pp
1999 64.1 +0.7 pp
1998 63.4 +0.2 pp
1997 63.2 +0.4 pp
1996 62.9 +0.8 pp
1995 62.1 +0.5 pp
1994 61.6 +0.8 pp
1993 60.8 +0.9 pp
1992 59.9 +0.8 pp
1991 59.1

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.