Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Guatemala

Employment in services in Guatemala in 2025 — 48.2%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.5 pp.

2025 48.2% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 133of 182
Period maximum 50.8%2022
Period minimum 41.7%2000

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Guatemala, 1991–20254042.54547.55052.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 41.8%1992: 42%1993: 42.2%1994: 42.4%1995: 42.6%1996: 42.8%1997: 43%1998: 43.2%1999: 42.5%2000: 41.7%2001: 42%2002: 42.3%2003: 42.7%2004: 42.9%2005: 43.1%2006: 43.3%2007: 43.6%2008: 43.9%2009: 44.2%2010: 44.5%2011: 42.7%2012: 48.4%2013: 48.7%2014: 49%2015: 49.2%2016: 49.6%2017: 49.2%2018: 48%2019: 49.9%2020: 49.1%2021: 48.8%2022: 50.8%2023: 47.7%2024: 48%2025: 48.2%
Change over the period: +6.5 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guatemala 48.2%
World 50.6%
Central America computed 62%
Employment in services — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 48.2 +0.2 pp
2024 48 +0.3 pp
2023 47.7 −3.2 pp
2022 50.8 +2.1 pp
2021 48.8 −0.3 pp
2020 49.1 −0.8 pp
2019 49.9 +1.9 pp
2018 48 −1.2 pp
2017 49.2 −0.4 pp
2016 49.6 +0.4 pp
2015 49.2 +0.2 pp
2014 49 +0.3 pp
2013 48.7 +0.3 pp
2012 48.4 +5.7 pp
2011 42.7 −1.8 pp
2010 44.5 +0.3 pp
2009 44.2 +0.2 pp
2008 43.9 +0.3 pp
2007 43.6 +0.3 pp
2006 43.3 +0.2 pp
2005 43.1 +0.2 pp
2004 42.9 +0.3 pp
2003 42.7 +0.3 pp
2002 42.3 +0.3 pp
2001 42 +0.3 pp
2000 41.7 −0.8 pp
1999 42.5 −0.7 pp
1998 43.2 +0.2 pp
1997 43 +0.2 pp
1996 42.8 +0.2 pp
1995 42.6 +0.2 pp
1994 42.4 +0.2 pp
1993 42.2 +0.2 pp
1992 42 +0.2 pp
1991 41.8

Central America, 2025

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

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.