Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Lithuania

Employment in services in Lithuania in 2025 — 69.4%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 24.1 pp.

2025 69.4% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 61of 182
Period maximum 69.4%2025
Period minimum 45.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Lithuania, 1991–20254050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 45.3%1992: 46.7%1993: 47.7%1994: 48.8%1995: 49.6%1996: 50.3%1997: 50.8%1998: 51.4%1999: 52.9%2000: 54%2001: 55.8%2002: 54%2003: 54.1%2004: 55.5%2005: 56.7%2006: 56.6%2007: 58.1%2008: 61.4%2009: 64.2%2010: 66.6%2011: 67%2012: 66.1%2013: 66.1%2014: 66.1%2015: 65.9%2016: 66.9%2017: 67.1%2018: 67.1%2019: 67.9%2020: 68.9%2021: 68.4%2022: 68.8%2023: 69.1%2024: 69.2%2025: 69.4%
Change over the period: +24.1 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Lithuania 69.4%
World 50.6%
Northern Europe computed 81.2%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.4 +0.3 pp
2024 69.2 +0 pp
2023 69.1 +0.3 pp
2022 68.8 +0.4 pp
2021 68.4 −0.5 pp
2020 68.9 +1.1 pp
2019 67.9 +0.8 pp
2018 67.1 −0 pp
2017 67.1 +0.2 pp
2016 66.9 +1 pp
2015 65.9 −0.3 pp
2014 66.1 +0.1 pp
2013 66.1 −0.1 pp
2012 66.1 −0.8 pp
2011 67 +0.3 pp
2010 66.6 +2.4 pp
2009 64.2 +2.7 pp
2008 61.4 +3.3 pp
2007 58.1 +1.5 pp
2006 56.6 −0.1 pp
2005 56.7 +1.2 pp
2004 55.5 +1.5 pp
2003 54.1 +0.1 pp
2002 54 −1.8 pp
2001 55.8 +1.8 pp
2000 54 +1 pp
1999 52.9 +1.6 pp
1998 51.4 +0.5 pp
1997 50.8 +0.5 pp
1996 50.3 +0.7 pp
1995 49.6 +0.8 pp
1994 48.8 +1.1 pp
1993 47.7 +1 pp
1992 46.7 +1.4 pp
1991 45.3

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.