Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Europe & Central Asia

Employment in services in Europe & Central Asia in 2025 — 69.7%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 18 pp.

2025 69.7% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 69.7%2025
Period minimum 51.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Europe & Central Asia, 1991–2025505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 51.7%1992: 52.1%1993: 52.9%1994: 53.7%1995: 54.6%1996: 55.6%1997: 57%1998: 57.5%1999: 57.6%2000: 58.2%2001: 58.9%2002: 59.6%2003: 60.2%2004: 61.2%2005: 61.7%2006: 62.1%2007: 62.6%2008: 63.2%2009: 64.5%2010: 64.7%2011: 65%2012: 65.2%2013: 65.7%2014: 66%2015: 66.5%2016: 66.8%2017: 67.1%2018: 67.4%2019: 67.6%2020: 67.8%2021: 67.9%2022: 68.6%2023: 69.1%2024: 69.4%2025: 69.7%
Change over the period: +18 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.7 +0.3 pp
2024 69.4 +0.3 pp
2023 69.1 +0.6 pp
2022 68.6 +0.7 pp
2021 67.9 +0.1 pp
2020 67.8 +0.1 pp
2019 67.6 +0.3 pp
2018 67.4 +0.3 pp
2017 67.1 +0.3 pp
2016 66.8 +0.4 pp
2015 66.5 +0.5 pp
2014 66 +0.3 pp
2013 65.7 +0.4 pp
2012 65.2 +0.2 pp
2011 65 +0.3 pp
2010 64.7 +0.2 pp
2009 64.5 +1.2 pp
2008 63.2 +0.7 pp
2007 62.6 +0.4 pp
2006 62.1 +0.4 pp
2005 61.7 +0.5 pp
2004 61.2 +0.9 pp
2003 60.2 +0.6 pp
2002 59.6 +0.7 pp
2001 58.9 +0.7 pp
2000 58.2 +0.6 pp
1999 57.6 +0 pp
1998 57.5 +0.5 pp
1997 57 +1.5 pp
1996 55.6 +1 pp
1995 54.6 +0.9 pp
1994 53.7 +0.8 pp
1993 52.9 +0.8 pp
1992 52.1 +0.4 pp
1991 51.7

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.