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Employment in services — Haiti

Employment in services in Haiti in 2025 — 44.6%. Ranked 142 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.7 pp.

2025 44.6% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 142of 182
Period maximum 45.5%2019
Period minimum 34.9%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Haiti, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 34.9%1992: 35%1993: 35.2%1994: 35.1%1995: 35.9%1996: 36.4%1997: 37%1998: 37.3%1999: 37.7%2000: 38.2%2001: 38.5%2002: 38.9%2003: 39.2%2004: 39.5%2005: 39.8%2006: 40.1%2007: 40.5%2008: 40.9%2009: 41.4%2010: 41.6%2011: 42.1%2012: 42.5%2013: 43.1%2014: 43.5%2015: 44%2016: 44.4%2017: 44.9%2018: 45.2%2019: 45.5%2020: 44.2%2021: 43.9%2022: 43.9%2023: 44.2%2024: 44.4%2025: 44.6%
Change over the period: +9.7 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Haiti 44.6%
World 50.6%
Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Haiti, by year Haiti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.6 +0.2 pp
2024 44.4 +0.2 pp
2023 44.2 +0.3 pp
2022 43.9 +0 pp
2021 43.9 −0.3 pp
2020 44.2 −1.3 pp
2019 45.5 +0.3 pp
2018 45.2 +0.4 pp
2017 44.9 +0.4 pp
2016 44.4 +0.5 pp
2015 44 +0.5 pp
2014 43.5 +0.4 pp
2013 43.1 +0.6 pp
2012 42.5 +0.4 pp
2011 42.1 +0.5 pp
2010 41.6 +0.2 pp
2009 41.4 +0.6 pp
2008 40.9 +0.4 pp
2007 40.5 +0.4 pp
2006 40.1 +0.3 pp
2005 39.8 +0.3 pp
2004 39.5 +0.3 pp
2003 39.2 +0.2 pp
2002 38.9 +0.4 pp
2001 38.5 +0.3 pp
2000 38.2 +0.5 pp
1999 37.7 +0.4 pp
1998 37.3 +0.3 pp
1997 37 +0.6 pp
1996 36.4 +0.5 pp
1995 35.9 +0.8 pp
1994 35.1 −0.1 pp
1993 35.2 +0.2 pp
1992 35 +0.1 pp
1991 34.9 —

Caribbean, 2025

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

BS Bahamas 84.4 PR Puerto Rico 84.1 BB Barbados 82.6 VI United States Virgin Islands 81.9 LC Saint Lucia 76.3 DO Dominican Republic 74 TT Trinidad and Tobago 71.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.8 JM Jamaica 68.9 CU Cuba 67.6 HT Haiti 44.6
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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 Haiti

Economy Services share of GDP

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

Haiti by year Labor Employment in industry

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

Haiti by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Haiti by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Haiti by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

Haiti by year
All indicators for Haiti