Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Finland

Employment in services in Finland in 2025 — 75.7%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13.3 pp.

2025 75.7% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 35of 182
Period maximum 75.7%2025
Period minimum 62.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Finland, 1991–2025606570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 62.3%1992: 63.5%1993: 64.4%1994: 64.9%1995: 64.6%1996: 65%1997: 64.8%1998: 64.6%1999: 65.9%2000: 65.8%2001: 67.1%2002: 67.3%2003: 68%2004: 68.9%2005: 69.2%2006: 69.5%2007: 69.2%2008: 70.5%2009: 72%2010: 71.4%2011: 72.5%2012: 73.2%2013: 73.6%2014: 72.9%2015: 74.5%2016: 73.8%2017: 74.4%2018: 74.6%2019: 74.6%2020: 75.2%2021: 74.2%2022: 75.2%2023: 75%2024: 75.5%2025: 75.7%
Change over the period: +13.3 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Finland 75.7%
World 50.6%
Northern Europe computed 81.2%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 75.7 +0.2 pp
2024 75.5 +0.4 pp
2023 75 −0.2 pp
2022 75.2 +1 pp
2021 74.2 −1 pp
2020 75.2 +0.5 pp
2019 74.6 +0.1 pp
2018 74.6 +0.2 pp
2017 74.4 +0.6 pp
2016 73.8 −0.7 pp
2015 74.5 +1.6 pp
2014 72.9 −0.7 pp
2013 73.6 +0.4 pp
2012 73.2 +0.8 pp
2011 72.5 +1.1 pp
2010 71.4 −0.6 pp
2009 72 +1.6 pp
2008 70.5 +1.2 pp
2007 69.2 −0.2 pp
2006 69.5 +0.3 pp
2005 69.2 +0.3 pp
2004 68.9 +0.9 pp
2003 68 +0.7 pp
2002 67.3 +0.2 pp
2001 67.1 +1.2 pp
2000 65.8 −0 pp
1999 65.9 +1.3 pp
1998 64.6 −0.2 pp
1997 64.8 −0.2 pp
1996 65 +0.4 pp
1995 64.6 −0.3 pp
1994 64.9 +0.5 pp
1993 64.4 +0.9 pp
1992 63.5 +1.2 pp
1991 62.3

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.