Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — India

Employment in services in India in 2025 — 32.6%. Ranked 166 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.3 pp.

2025 32.6% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 166of 182
Period maximum 34.1%2019
Period minimum 22.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — India, 1991–20252025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 22.3%1992: 22.4%1993: 22.6%1994: 22.8%1995: 23%1996: 23.2%1997: 23.4%1998: 23.6%1999: 23.8%2000: 24.1%2001: 24.4%2002: 24.7%2003: 25.1%2004: 25.6%2005: 26%2006: 26.2%2007: 26.3%2008: 26.4%2009: 26.5%2010: 26.6%2011: 27.4%2012: 28.2%2013: 29%2014: 29.8%2015: 30.8%2016: 31.6%2017: 32.5%2018: 33.3%2019: 34.1%2020: 31.6%2021: 31.5%2022: 31%2023: 31.5%2024: 32.3%2025: 32.6%
Change over the period: +10.3 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

India 32.6%
World 50.6%
South Asia 33.4%
Southern Asia computed 34.6%
Employment in services — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.6 +0.3 pp
2024 32.3 +0.8 pp
2023 31.5 +0.4 pp
2022 31 −0.4 pp
2021 31.5 −0.2 pp
2020 31.6 −2.5 pp
2019 34.1 +0.8 pp
2018 33.3 +0.9 pp
2017 32.5 +0.9 pp
2016 31.6 +0.8 pp
2015 30.8 +0.9 pp
2014 29.8 +0.8 pp
2013 29 +0.8 pp
2012 28.2 +0.8 pp
2011 27.4 +0.8 pp
2010 26.6 +0.1 pp
2009 26.5 +0.1 pp
2008 26.4 +0.1 pp
2007 26.3 +0.1 pp
2006 26.2 +0.2 pp
2005 26 +0.4 pp
2004 25.6 +0.4 pp
2003 25.1 +0.4 pp
2002 24.7 +0.4 pp
2001 24.4 +0.3 pp
2000 24.1 +0.2 pp
1999 23.8 +0.3 pp
1998 23.6 +0.2 pp
1997 23.4 +0.2 pp
1996 23.2 +0.2 pp
1995 23 +0.2 pp
1994 22.8 +0.2 pp
1993 22.6 +0.1 pp
1992 22.4 +0.2 pp
1991 22.3

Southern Asia, 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.