Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Hungary

Employment in services in Hungary in 2025 — 65.4%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12.6 pp.

2025 65.4% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 76of 182
Period maximum 65.4%2025
Period minimum 52.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Hungary, 1991–2025505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 52.7%1992: 53.7%1993: 56.9%1994: 58.1%1995: 59.3%1996: 58.5%1997: 58.9%1998: 57.8%1999: 58.7%2000: 59.8%2001: 59.4%2002: 59.8%2003: 61.3%2004: 61.9%2005: 62.8%2006: 63%2007: 63%2008: 63.5%2009: 64.2%2010: 64.8%2011: 64.3%2012: 65.1%2013: 65.3%2014: 64.8%2015: 64.8%2016: 64.5%2017: 63.4%2018: 62.6%2019: 63.1%2020: 63.4%2021: 64.2%2022: 64.4%2023: 64.5%2024: 64.9%2025: 65.4%
Change over the period: +12.6 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Hungary 65.4%
World 50.6%
Eastern Europe computed 66%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.4 +0.4 pp
2024 64.9 +0.4 pp
2023 64.5 +0.2 pp
2022 64.4 +0.1 pp
2021 64.2 +0.9 pp
2020 63.4 +0.2 pp
2019 63.1 +0.5 pp
2018 62.6 −0.8 pp
2017 63.4 −1.1 pp
2016 64.5 −0.2 pp
2015 64.8 −0.1 pp
2014 64.8 −0.5 pp
2013 65.3 +0.2 pp
2012 65.1 +0.9 pp
2011 64.3 −0.5 pp
2010 64.8 +0.5 pp
2009 64.2 +0.8 pp
2008 63.5 +0.4 pp
2007 63 +0 pp
2006 63 +0.3 pp
2005 62.8 +0.9 pp
2004 61.9 +0.6 pp
2003 61.3 +1.5 pp
2002 59.8 +0.4 pp
2001 59.4 −0.3 pp
2000 59.8 +1.1 pp
1999 58.7 +0.9 pp
1998 57.8 −1.1 pp
1997 58.9 +0.4 pp
1996 58.5 −0.8 pp
1995 59.3 +1.2 pp
1994 58.1 +1.2 pp
1993 56.9 +3.2 pp
1992 53.7 +1 pp
1991 52.7

Eastern Europe, 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.