Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — G20

Employment in services in the G20 in 2025 — 52.3%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 17.1 pp.

2025 52.3% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 52.3%2025
Period minimum 35.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — G20, 1991–2025354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 35.1%1992: 35.7%1993: 36.5%1994: 37.4%1995: 38.4%1996: 39%1997: 39.5%1998: 39.8%1999: 39.9%2000: 39.5%2001: 40.6%2002: 41.1%2003: 41.5%2004: 42.3%2005: 42.8%2006: 43.4%2007: 43.7%2008: 44.3%2009: 45%2010: 45.4%2011: 46.1%2012: 46.5%2013: 47.6%2014: 48.7%2015: 49.7%2016: 50.3%2017: 50.8%2018: 51.3%2019: 51.9%2020: 51.5%2021: 51.5%2022: 51.2%2023: 51.6%2024: 52%2025: 52.3%
Change over the period: +17.1 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 52.3%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.3 +0.3 pp
2024 52 +0.4 pp
2023 51.6 +0.4 pp
2022 51.2 −0.3 pp
2021 51.5 +0 pp
2020 51.5 −0.4 pp
2019 51.9 +0.6 pp
2018 51.3 +0.5 pp
2017 50.8 +0.5 pp
2016 50.3 +0.6 pp
2015 49.7 +1 pp
2014 48.7 +1 pp
2013 47.6 +1.1 pp
2012 46.5 +0.4 pp
2011 46.1 +0.7 pp
2010 45.4 +0.3 pp
2009 45 +0.8 pp
2008 44.3 +0.5 pp
2007 43.7 +0.3 pp
2006 43.4 +0.6 pp
2005 42.8 +0.5 pp
2004 42.3 +0.9 pp
2003 41.5 +0.4 pp
2002 41.1 +0.5 pp
2001 40.6 +1.1 pp
2000 39.5 −0.5 pp
1999 39.9 +0.1 pp
1998 39.8 +0.3 pp
1997 39.5 +0.4 pp
1996 39 +0.7 pp
1995 38.4 +0.9 pp
1994 37.4 +1 pp
1993 36.5 +0.8 pp
1992 35.7 +0.5 pp
1991 35.1

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.