Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — French Polynesia

Employment in services in French Polynesia in 2025 — 83.7%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.3 pp.

2025 83.7% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 11of 182
Period maximum 83.7%2025
Period minimum 78.7%2001

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — French Polynesia, 1991–20257880828419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 81.4%1992: 81.6%1993: 81.9%1994: 82.1%1995: 82.4%1996: 81.7%1997: 80.9%1998: 79.6%1999: 79.1%2000: 78.8%2001: 78.7%2002: 79.1%2003: 79.3%2004: 79.2%2005: 79.2%2006: 79.4%2007: 79.5%2008: 79.5%2009: 81.1%2010: 81.4%2011: 81.4%2012: 81.7%2013: 81.9%2014: 82.1%2015: 82.4%2016: 82.6%2017: 82.8%2018: 83%2019: 83%2020: 83.3%2021: 83.3%2022: 83.4%2023: 83.5%2024: 83.6%2025: 83.7%
Change over the period: +2.3 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

French Polynesia 83.7%
World 50.6%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — French Polynesia, by year French Polynesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 83.7 +0.1 pp
2024 83.6 +0.2 pp
2023 83.5 +0.1 pp
2022 83.4 +0.1 pp
2021 83.3 −0 pp
2020 83.3 +0.3 pp
2019 83 +0 pp
2018 83 +0.2 pp
2017 82.8 +0.1 pp
2016 82.6 +0.2 pp
2015 82.4 +0.3 pp
2014 82.1 +0.2 pp
2013 81.9 +0.2 pp
2012 81.7 +0.3 pp
2011 81.4 +0 pp
2010 81.4 +0.2 pp
2009 81.1 +1.6 pp
2008 79.5 +0.1 pp
2007 79.5 +0.1 pp
2006 79.4 +0.2 pp
2005 79.2 +0.1 pp
2004 79.2 −0.1 pp
2003 79.3 +0.2 pp
2002 79.1 +0.4 pp
2001 78.7 −0 pp
2000 78.8 −0.3 pp
1999 79.1 −0.5 pp
1998 79.6 −1.3 pp
1997 80.9 −0.9 pp
1996 81.7 −0.6 pp
1995 82.4 +0.2 pp
1994 82.1 +0.3 pp
1993 81.9 +0.3 pp
1992 81.6 +0.2 pp
1991 81.4

Polynesia, 2025

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

PF French Polynesia 83.7 WS Samoa 57.2 TO Tonga 53

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.