Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Kazakhstan

Employment in services in Kazakhstan in 2025 — 68.8%. Ranked 65 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 25.1 pp.

2025 68.8% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 65of 182
Period maximum 68.8%2025
Period minimum 43.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Kazakhstan, 1991–20254050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 43.7%1992: 43.9%1993: 44%1994: 44.2%1995: 44.6%1996: 45.2%1997: 45.7%1998: 46.1%1999: 46.8%2000: 47.3%2001: 48.1%2002: 48.2%2003: 47.8%2004: 49.1%2005: 49.6%2006: 50%2007: 49.9%2008: 50.9%2009: 52.3%2010: 53%2011: 54.6%2012: 55.1%2013: 56%2014: 58.1%2015: 61.4%2016: 63.4%2017: 64.8%2018: 65.8%2019: 66.5%2020: 66.8%2021: 67.3%2022: 67.8%2023: 68.2%2024: 68.5%2025: 68.8%
Change over the period: +25.1 pp Annual average: 0.74 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kazakhstan 68.8%
World 50.6%
Central Asia computed 55.7%
Employment in services — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 68.8 +0.3 pp
2024 68.5 +0.3 pp
2023 68.2 +0.4 pp
2022 67.8 +0.5 pp
2021 67.3 +0.4 pp
2020 66.8 +0.4 pp
2019 66.5 +0.7 pp
2018 65.8 +1 pp
2017 64.8 +1.4 pp
2016 63.4 +2 pp
2015 61.4 +3.3 pp
2014 58.1 +2.1 pp
2013 56 +0.9 pp
2012 55.1 +0.5 pp
2011 54.6 +1.6 pp
2010 53 +0.7 pp
2009 52.3 +1.4 pp
2008 50.9 +1.1 pp
2007 49.9 −0.2 pp
2006 50 +0.4 pp
2005 49.6 +0.5 pp
2004 49.1 +1.3 pp
2003 47.8 −0.5 pp
2002 48.2 +0.1 pp
2001 48.1 +0.8 pp
2000 47.3 +0.5 pp
1999 46.8 +0.6 pp
1998 46.1 +0.4 pp
1997 45.7 +0.6 pp
1996 45.2 +0.5 pp
1995 44.6 +0.4 pp
1994 44.2 +0.2 pp
1993 44 +0.1 pp
1992 43.9 +0.2 pp
1991 43.7

Central 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.