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Employment in services — Gabon

Employment in services in Gabon in 2025 — 52.3%. Ranked 114 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.4 pp.

2025 52.3% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 114of 182
Period maximum 53.7%2019
Period minimum 46.7%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Gabon, 1991–2025464850525419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 46.9%1992: 46.7%1993: 46.9%1994: 47.6%1995: 48.5%1996: 49.2%1997: 50%1998: 50.6%1999: 49.8%2000: 49.6%2001: 49.8%2002: 49.7%2003: 49.8%2004: 49.8%2005: 50%2006: 49.7%2007: 50.2%2008: 50%2009: 50.1%2010: 50.9%2011: 51.7%2012: 52.3%2013: 52.9%2014: 53.3%2015: 53.6%2016: 53.7%2017: 53.7%2018: 53.7%2019: 53.7%2020: 53%2021: 53%2022: 52.7%2023: 52.4%2024: 52.2%2025: 52.3%
Change over the period: +5.4 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gabon 52.3%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Middle Africa computed 35.5%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.3 +0.1 pp
2024 52.2 −0.2 pp
2023 52.4 −0.3 pp
2022 52.7 −0.3 pp
2021 53 −0 pp
2020 53 −0.8 pp
2019 53.7 +0 pp
2018 53.7 −0 pp
2017 53.7 −0 pp
2016 53.7 +0.1 pp
2015 53.6 +0.3 pp
2014 53.3 +0.4 pp
2013 52.9 +0.6 pp
2012 52.3 +0.6 pp
2011 51.7 +0.8 pp
2010 50.9 +0.8 pp
2009 50.1 +0 pp
2008 50 −0.2 pp
2007 50.2 +0.5 pp
2006 49.7 −0.3 pp
2005 50 +0.2 pp
2004 49.8 +0 pp
2003 49.8 +0.1 pp
2002 49.7 −0.1 pp
2001 49.8 +0.2 pp
2000 49.6 −0.2 pp
1999 49.8 −0.8 pp
1998 50.6 +0.6 pp
1997 50 +0.8 pp
1996 49.2 +0.7 pp
1995 48.5 +0.9 pp
1994 47.6 +0.6 pp
1993 46.9 +0.3 pp
1992 46.7 −0.2 pp
1991 46.9 —

Middle Africa, 2025

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 65.4 GA Gabon 52.3 CG Republic of the Congo 44.2 CM Cameroon 43.5 AO Angola 40.9 GQ Equatorial Guinea 34.7 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.5 CF Central African Republic 20.5 TD Chad 19.8
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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.

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Economy Services share of GDP

The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

Gabon by year Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Gabon by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Gabon by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Gabon by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Gabon by year
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