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Employment in services — Guinea-Bissau

Employment in services in Guinea-Bissau in 2025 — 29.2%. Ranked 170 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 4.8 pp.

2025 29.2% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 170of 182
Period maximum 29.2%2025
Period minimum 24.2%1993

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Guinea-Bissau, 1991–20252426283019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 24.4%1992: 24.4%1993: 24.2%1994: 24.2%1995: 24.4%1996: 25%1997: 25.8%1998: 24.7%1999: 25.5%2000: 25.7%2001: 26%2002: 26%2003: 25.9%2004: 25.9%2005: 26.3%2006: 26.5%2007: 26.5%2008: 26.6%2009: 26.8%2010: 27.1%2011: 27.5%2012: 27.2%2013: 27.4%2014: 27.4%2015: 27.6%2016: 28%2017: 28.1%2018: 28.3%2019: 26.4%2020: 25.6%2021: 26.3%2022: 27.7%2023: 28.1%2024: 28.6%2025: 29.2%
Change over the period: +4.8 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 29.2%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 29.2 +0.6 pp
2024 28.6 +0.5 pp
2023 28.1 +0.4 pp
2022 27.7 +1.4 pp
2021 26.3 +0.7 pp
2020 25.6 −0.8 pp
2019 26.4 −1.8 pp
2018 28.3 +0.2 pp
2017 28.1 +0.2 pp
2016 28 +0.4 pp
2015 27.6 +0.1 pp
2014 27.4 +0.1 pp
2013 27.4 +0.2 pp
2012 27.2 −0.4 pp
2011 27.5 +0.5 pp
2010 27.1 +0.3 pp
2009 26.8 +0.2 pp
2008 26.6 +0.1 pp
2007 26.5 +0.1 pp
2006 26.5 +0.2 pp
2005 26.3 +0.3 pp
2004 25.9 +0 pp
2003 25.9 −0.1 pp
2002 26 +0 pp
2001 26 +0.3 pp
2000 25.7 +0.1 pp
1999 25.5 +0.9 pp
1998 24.7 −1.2 pp
1997 25.8 +0.8 pp
1996 25 +0.6 pp
1995 24.4 +0.2 pp
1994 24.2 +0 pp
1993 24.2 −0.2 pp
1992 24.4 −0.1 pp
1991 24.4 —

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.

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

Guinea-Bissau by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Guinea-Bissau by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Guinea-Bissau by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

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