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Employment in services — Iraq

Employment in services in Iraq in 2025 — 65.3%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.8 pp.

2025 65.3% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 77of 182
Period maximum 65.3%2025
Period minimum 58.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Iraq, 1991–2025586062646619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 58.5%1992: 58.9%1993: 59.2%1994: 59.5%1995: 59.9%1996: 60.2%1997: 60.6%1998: 60.9%1999: 60.7%2000: 60.5%2001: 61.1%2002: 61.7%2003: 62.4%2004: 63.1%2005: 63.3%2006: 63.6%2007: 64.3%2008: 64.4%2009: 64.9%2010: 64.8%2011: 64.7%2012: 64.3%2013: 64.3%2014: 64.5%2015: 64.7%2016: 64.6%2017: 64.8%2018: 64.9%2019: 65.1%2020: 65.1%2021: 64.8%2022: 64.5%2023: 65%2024: 65.1%2025: 65.3%
Change over the period: +6.8 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Iraq 65.3%
World 50.6%
Middle East & North Africa 51.7%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.3 +0.2 pp
2024 65.1 +0 pp
2023 65 +0.5 pp
2022 64.5 −0.3 pp
2021 64.8 −0.2 pp
2020 65.1 −0.1 pp
2019 65.1 +0.2 pp
2018 64.9 +0.2 pp
2017 64.8 +0.1 pp
2016 64.6 −0.1 pp
2015 64.7 +0.3 pp
2014 64.5 +0.2 pp
2013 64.3 −0 pp
2012 64.3 −0.4 pp
2011 64.7 −0 pp
2010 64.8 −0.1 pp
2009 64.9 +0.5 pp
2008 64.4 +0.1 pp
2007 64.3 +0.7 pp
2006 63.6 +0.3 pp
2005 63.3 +0.2 pp
2004 63.1 +0.7 pp
2003 62.4 +0.7 pp
2002 61.7 +0.6 pp
2001 61.1 +0.6 pp
2000 60.5 −0.2 pp
1999 60.7 −0.2 pp
1998 60.9 +0.3 pp
1997 60.6 +0.4 pp
1996 60.2 +0.3 pp
1995 59.9 +0.4 pp
1994 59.5 +0.3 pp
1993 59.2 +0.3 pp
1992 58.9 +0.3 pp
1991 58.5 —

Western Asia, 2025

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

IL Israel 84.1 CY Cyprus 81.6 JO Jordan 80.8 SA Saudi Arabia 74.4 KW Kuwait 73.5 AE United Arab Emirates 68 IQ Iraq 65.3 BH Bahrain 64.3 QA Qatar 60.4 SY Syria 58.5 TR Türkiye 58.5 YE Yemen 57.3 OM Oman 54.6 AM Armenia 51.7 AZ Azerbaijan 50.2 GE Georgia 49.5
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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 contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

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

Iraq by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Iraq by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Iraq 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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