Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — G7

Employment in services in the G7 in 2025 — 77.5%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 11.5 pp.

2025 77.5% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 77.5%2025
Period minimum 66.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — G7, 1991–20256570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 66.1%1992: 66.6%1993: 67.3%1994: 67.8%1995: 68.1%1996: 68.5%1997: 68.8%1998: 69.3%1999: 69.8%2000: 70.2%2001: 70.7%2002: 71.3%2003: 71.7%2004: 72.1%2005: 72.6%2006: 72.6%2007: 72.9%2008: 73.6%2009: 74.7%2010: 75.1%2011: 75.3%2012: 75.4%2013: 75.6%2014: 75.6%2015: 75.8%2016: 76%2017: 76.1%2018: 76.1%2019: 76.2%2020: 76.6%2021: 76.8%2022: 76.9%2023: 77.1%2024: 77.3%2025: 77.5%
Change over the period: +11.5 pp Annual average: 0.34 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 77.5%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 77.5 +0.2 pp
2024 77.3 +0.2 pp
2023 77.1 +0.2 pp
2022 76.9 +0.1 pp
2021 76.8 +0.2 pp
2020 76.6 +0.3 pp
2019 76.2 +0.1 pp
2018 76.1 +0 pp
2017 76.1 +0.1 pp
2016 76 +0.2 pp
2015 75.8 +0.2 pp
2014 75.6 +0 pp
2013 75.6 +0.2 pp
2012 75.4 +0.1 pp
2011 75.3 +0.2 pp
2010 75.1 +0.4 pp
2009 74.7 +1.1 pp
2008 73.6 +0.8 pp
2007 72.9 +0.3 pp
2006 72.6 +0 pp
2005 72.6 +0.4 pp
2004 72.1 +0.5 pp
2003 71.7 +0.4 pp
2002 71.3 +0.5 pp
2001 70.7 +0.6 pp
2000 70.2 +0.4 pp
1999 69.8 +0.5 pp
1998 69.3 +0.5 pp
1997 68.8 +0.3 pp
1996 68.5 +0.4 pp
1995 68.1 +0.3 pp
1994 67.8 +0.5 pp
1993 67.3 +0.7 pp
1992 66.6 +0.6 pp
1991 66.1

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.