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Employment in services — Guinea

Employment in services in Guinea in 2025 — 38.5%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 16.6 pp.

2025 38.5% +0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 155of 182
Period maximum 38.5%2025
Period minimum 21.9%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Guinea, 1991–2025202530354019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 21.9%1992: 22.2%1993: 22.3%1994: 22.3%1995: 22.4%1996: 22.5%1997: 22.8%1998: 23.1%1999: 23.2%2000: 23.4%2001: 23.7%2002: 24.1%2003: 25.1%2004: 25.7%2005: 26.4%2006: 26.9%2007: 28%2008: 28.8%2009: 29.2%2010: 30.1%2011: 31.3%2012: 32.3%2013: 33.3%2014: 34.2%2015: 34.7%2016: 35.8%2017: 36.6%2018: 37.2%2019: 37.6%2020: 36.2%2021: 36.2%2022: 36.6%2023: 37%2024: 37.7%2025: 38.5%
Change over the period: +16.6 pp Annual average: 0.49 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guinea 38.5%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.5 +0.8 pp
2024 37.7 +0.7 pp
2023 37 +0.4 pp
2022 36.6 +0.5 pp
2021 36.2 −0 pp
2020 36.2 −1.3 pp
2019 37.6 +0.3 pp
2018 37.2 +0.6 pp
2017 36.6 +0.8 pp
2016 35.8 +1 pp
2015 34.7 +0.5 pp
2014 34.2 +0.9 pp
2013 33.3 +1 pp
2012 32.3 +1 pp
2011 31.3 +1.2 pp
2010 30.1 +0.9 pp
2009 29.2 +0.4 pp
2008 28.8 +0.8 pp
2007 28 +1.2 pp
2006 26.9 +0.5 pp
2005 26.4 +0.7 pp
2004 25.7 +0.5 pp
2003 25.1 +1 pp
2002 24.1 +0.4 pp
2001 23.7 +0.4 pp
2000 23.4 +0.2 pp
1999 23.2 +0.1 pp
1998 23.1 +0.3 pp
1997 22.8 +0.3 pp
1996 22.5 +0.2 pp
1995 22.4 +0.1 pp
1994 22.3 −0 pp
1993 22.3 +0.1 pp
1992 22.2 +0.2 pp
1991 21.9 —

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 Guinea

Economy Services share of GDP

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

Guinea by year Labor Employment in industry

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

Guinea by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Guinea by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Guinea by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

Guinea by year
All indicators for Guinea