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Employment in services — Gambia

Employment in services in the Gambia in 2025 — 53.6%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.3 pp.

2025 53.6% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 108of 182
Period maximum 54.1%2010
Period minimum 51%1995

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Gambia, 1991–202550515253545519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 51.3%1992: 51.4%1993: 51.5%1994: 51.2%1995: 51%1996: 51.2%1997: 51.4%1998: 51.7%1999: 51.9%2000: 52.3%2001: 52.6%2002: 52.2%2003: 52.6%2004: 53%2005: 52.6%2006: 52.7%2007: 53%2008: 53.2%2009: 53.7%2010: 54.1%2011: 53.3%2012: 53.6%2013: 53.5%2014: 53%2015: 53%2016: 52.7%2017: 53%2018: 53.6%2019: 54.1%2020: 52.6%2021: 52%2022: 52.3%2023: 52.3%2024: 53%2025: 53.6%
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: Gambia

Gambia 53.6%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.6 +0.6 pp
2024 53 +0.7 pp
2023 52.3 +0 pp
2022 52.3 +0.3 pp
2021 52 −0.6 pp
2020 52.6 −1.5 pp
2019 54.1 +0.5 pp
2018 53.6 +0.6 pp
2017 53 +0.4 pp
2016 52.7 −0.3 pp
2015 53 −0 pp
2014 53 −0.6 pp
2013 53.5 −0 pp
2012 53.6 +0.2 pp
2011 53.3 −0.8 pp
2010 54.1 +0.4 pp
2009 53.7 +0.5 pp
2008 53.2 +0.3 pp
2007 53 +0.3 pp
2006 52.7 +0.1 pp
2005 52.6 −0.3 pp
2004 53 +0.4 pp
2003 52.6 +0.3 pp
2002 52.2 −0.4 pp
2001 52.6 +0.4 pp
2000 52.3 +0.4 pp
1999 51.9 +0.2 pp
1998 51.7 +0.2 pp
1997 51.4 +0.2 pp
1996 51.2 +0.2 pp
1995 51 −0.2 pp
1994 51.2 −0.3 pp
1993 51.5 +0.1 pp
1992 51.4 +0.1 pp
1991 51.3 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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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.

Other indicators for the Gambia

Economy Services share of GDP

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

Gambia by year Labor Employment in industry

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

Gambia by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Gambia by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Gambia by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

Gambia by year
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