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Employment in services — Laos

Employment in services in Laos in 2025 — 24%. Ranked 175 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 16 pp.

2025 24% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 175of 182
Period maximum 24%2025
Period minimum 8%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Laos, 1991–2025010203019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 8%1992: 8%1993: 8.1%1994: 8.2%1995: 8.4%1996: 8.7%1997: 8.9%1998: 9.4%1999: 9.8%2000: 10.2%2001: 10.6%2002: 11.1%2003: 11.5%2004: 12.1%2005: 12.6%2006: 13.1%2007: 13.7%2008: 14.4%2009: 15%2010: 15.7%2011: 16.5%2012: 17.5%2013: 18.6%2014: 19.6%2015: 20.8%2016: 21.8%2017: 23%2018: 23.3%2019: 23.6%2020: 23.1%2021: 23%2022: 23.3%2023: 23.4%2024: 23.7%2025: 24%
Change over the period: +16 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Laos 24%
World 50.6%
East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24 +0.3 pp
2024 23.7 +0.3 pp
2023 23.4 +0.1 pp
2022 23.3 +0.2 pp
2021 23 −0 pp
2020 23.1 −0.6 pp
2019 23.6 +0.3 pp
2018 23.3 +0.4 pp
2017 23 +1.2 pp
2016 21.8 +1 pp
2015 20.8 +1.1 pp
2014 19.6 +1.1 pp
2013 18.6 +1.1 pp
2012 17.5 +0.9 pp
2011 16.5 +0.8 pp
2010 15.7 +0.7 pp
2009 15 +0.7 pp
2008 14.4 +0.7 pp
2007 13.7 +0.6 pp
2006 13.1 +0.5 pp
2005 12.6 +0.5 pp
2004 12.1 +0.6 pp
2003 11.5 +0.4 pp
2002 11.1 +0.4 pp
2001 10.6 +0.4 pp
2000 10.2 +0.4 pp
1999 9.8 +0.4 pp
1998 9.4 +0.5 pp
1997 8.9 +0.2 pp
1996 8.7 +0.3 pp
1995 8.4 +0.2 pp
1994 8.2 +0.1 pp
1993 8.1 +0.1 pp
1992 8 +0 pp
1991 8 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

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

SG Singapore 85.9 BN Brunei Darussalam 78.4 MY Malaysia 64.9 PH Philippines 59.5 TL Timor-Leste 50.2 ID Indonesia 50.2 TH Thailand 49.2 VN Vietnam 40.1 KH Cambodia 37.7 MM Myanmar 36.9 LA Laos 24
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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.

Laos by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Laos by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Laos 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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