Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Latin America & Caribbean

Employment in services in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 66.8%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 11.7 pp.

2025 66.8% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 66.8%2025
Period minimum 55.2%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Latin America & Caribbean, 1991–20255560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 55.2%1992: 55.4%1993: 55.9%1994: 56.6%1995: 57.3%1996: 57.9%1997: 58%1998: 58.8%1999: 58.9%2000: 59.3%2001: 59.7%2002: 59.8%2003: 60.3%2004: 60.3%2005: 60.6%2006: 61.2%2007: 61.6%2008: 62%2009: 62.7%2010: 63%2011: 63.4%2012: 63.7%2013: 63.9%2014: 64.1%2015: 64.5%2016: 64.9%2017: 65.1%2018: 65.3%2019: 65.8%2020: 64.9%2021: 64.9%2022: 65.6%2023: 66.2%2024: 66.6%2025: 66.8%
Change over the period: +11.7 pp Annual average: 0.34 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 66.8 +0.2 pp
2024 66.6 +0.3 pp
2023 66.2 +0.6 pp
2022 65.6 +0.7 pp
2021 64.9 −0 pp
2020 64.9 −0.9 pp
2019 65.8 +0.5 pp
2018 65.3 +0.2 pp
2017 65.1 +0.2 pp
2016 64.9 +0.5 pp
2015 64.5 +0.3 pp
2014 64.1 +0.2 pp
2013 63.9 +0.3 pp
2012 63.7 +0.3 pp
2011 63.4 +0.4 pp
2010 63 +0.4 pp
2009 62.7 +0.6 pp
2008 62 +0.4 pp
2007 61.6 +0.4 pp
2006 61.2 +0.6 pp
2005 60.6 +0.3 pp
2004 60.3 +0.1 pp
2003 60.3 +0.5 pp
2002 59.8 +0.1 pp
2001 59.7 +0.4 pp
2000 59.3 +0.3 pp
1999 58.9 +0.1 pp
1998 58.8 +0.9 pp
1997 58 +0.1 pp
1996 57.9 +0.6 pp
1995 57.3 +0.7 pp
1994 56.6 +0.6 pp
1993 55.9 +0.6 pp
1992 55.4 +0.2 pp
1991 55.2

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.