Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Libya

Employment in services in Libya in 2025 — 71.4%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.9 pp.

2025 71.4% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 55of 182
Period maximum 71.4%2024
Period minimum 60.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Libya, 1991–20256065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 60.5%1992: 61%1993: 61.2%1994: 61.6%1995: 62%1996: 62.5%1997: 62.8%1998: 63.3%1999: 63.6%2000: 63.8%2001: 64.2%2002: 64.1%2003: 64.2%2004: 64.3%2005: 64.4%2006: 64.4%2007: 64.9%2008: 65%2009: 65.8%2010: 66.2%2011: 67.3%2012: 67.9%2013: 68.6%2014: 69.3%2015: 69.8%2016: 70.2%2017: 70.1%2018: 70.1%2019: 70.6%2020: 70.9%2021: 70.7%2022: 71.1%2023: 71.1%2024: 71.4%2025: 71.4%
Change over the period: +10.9 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Libya 71.4%
World 50.6%
Northern Africa computed 54%
Employment in services — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71.4 −0 pp
2024 71.4 +0.3 pp
2023 71.1 +0 pp
2022 71.1 +0.3 pp
2021 70.7 −0.1 pp
2020 70.9 +0.3 pp
2019 70.6 +0.4 pp
2018 70.1 +0.1 pp
2017 70.1 −0.1 pp
2016 70.2 +0.3 pp
2015 69.8 +0.5 pp
2014 69.3 +0.8 pp
2013 68.6 +0.7 pp
2012 67.9 +0.5 pp
2011 67.3 +1.1 pp
2010 66.2 +0.4 pp
2009 65.8 +0.8 pp
2008 65 +0.1 pp
2007 64.9 +0.4 pp
2006 64.4 +0.1 pp
2005 64.4 +0 pp
2004 64.3 +0.2 pp
2003 64.2 +0 pp
2002 64.1 −0 pp
2001 64.2 +0.4 pp
2000 63.8 +0.2 pp
1999 63.6 +0.3 pp
1998 63.3 +0.5 pp
1997 62.8 +0.4 pp
1996 62.5 +0.5 pp
1995 62 +0.4 pp
1994 61.6 +0.4 pp
1993 61.2 +0.2 pp
1992 61 +0.5 pp
1991 60.5

Northern Africa, 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.