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Employment in services — Georgia

Employment in services in Georgia in 2025 — 49.5%. Ranked 129 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.4 pp.

2025 49.5% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 129of 182
Period maximum 49.5%2025
Period minimum 36.6%2006

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Georgia, 1991–20253540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 40.1%1992: 39.8%1993: 39.6%1994: 39.7%1995: 40%1996: 40.6%1997: 41.3%1998: 41.8%1999: 39%2000: 38.7%2001: 38.6%2002: 38.7%2003: 37.6%2004: 38%2005: 37.1%2006: 36.6%2007: 37.2%2008: 37.8%2009: 38.2%2010: 39.1%2011: 38.3%2012: 39.8%2013: 39.6%2014: 40.6%2015: 42.6%2016: 42.1%2017: 41.5%2018: 44.5%2019: 45.4%2020: 45.5%2021: 46.4%2022: 48.1%2023: 48.3%2024: 48.9%2025: 49.5%
Change over the period: +9.4 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Georgia 49.5%
World 50.6%
Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Georgia, by year Georgia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.5 +0.6 pp
2024 48.9 +0.6 pp
2023 48.3 +0.2 pp
2022 48.1 +1.7 pp
2021 46.4 +0.9 pp
2020 45.5 +0.1 pp
2019 45.4 +0.9 pp
2018 44.5 +3 pp
2017 41.5 −0.5 pp
2016 42.1 −0.6 pp
2015 42.6 +2.1 pp
2014 40.6 +1 pp
2013 39.6 −0.2 pp
2012 39.8 +1.6 pp
2011 38.3 −0.8 pp
2010 39.1 +0.9 pp
2009 38.2 +0.4 pp
2008 37.8 +0.6 pp
2007 37.2 +0.6 pp
2006 36.6 −0.6 pp
2005 37.1 −0.8 pp
2004 38 +0.4 pp
2003 37.6 −1.2 pp
2002 38.7 +0.1 pp
2001 38.6 −0.1 pp
2000 38.7 −0.3 pp
1999 39 −2.8 pp
1998 41.8 +0.5 pp
1997 41.3 +0.6 pp
1996 40.6 +0.7 pp
1995 40 +0.3 pp
1994 39.7 +0.1 pp
1993 39.6 −0.2 pp
1992 39.8 −0.3 pp
1991 40.1 —

Western Asia, 2025

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

IL Israel 84.1 CY Cyprus 81.6 JO Jordan 80.8 SA Saudi Arabia 74.4 KW Kuwait 73.5 AE United Arab Emirates 68 IQ Iraq 65.3 BH Bahrain 64.3 QA Qatar 60.4 SY Syria 58.5 TR Türkiye 58.5 YE Yemen 57.3 OM Oman 54.6 AM Armenia 51.7 AZ Azerbaijan 50.2 GE Georgia 49.5
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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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