Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Macao

Employment in services in Macao in 2025 — 88.6%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 17.8 pp.

2025 88.6% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 3of 182
Period maximum 88.6%2025
Period minimum 70.8%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Macao, 1991–2025707580859019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 70.8%1992: 71.7%1993: 72.8%1994: 73.7%1995: 74.7%1996: 75.8%1997: 76.5%1998: 77.3%1999: 78%2000: 78.8%2001: 79.7%2002: 80.3%2003: 80.7%2004: 81.3%2005: 80.9%2006: 80.4%2007: 80.7%2008: 81.6%2009: 83.4%2010: 84.4%2011: 84.8%2012: 85.2%2013: 85.5%2014: 85.2%2015: 85%2016: 85.8%2017: 86.4%2018: 86.9%2019: 87.1%2020: 87.5%2021: 87.5%2022: 87.9%2023: 88.3%2024: 88.5%2025: 88.6%
Change over the period: +17.8 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Macao 88.6%
World 50.6%
Eastern Asia computed 49.2%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Macao, by year Macao All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 88.6 +0.1 pp
2024 88.5 +0.2 pp
2023 88.3 +0.4 pp
2022 87.9 +0.4 pp
2021 87.5 +0.1 pp
2020 87.5 +0.4 pp
2019 87.1 +0.2 pp
2018 86.9 +0.4 pp
2017 86.4 +0.6 pp
2016 85.8 +0.7 pp
2015 85 −0.2 pp
2014 85.2 −0.2 pp
2013 85.5 +0.3 pp
2012 85.2 +0.3 pp
2011 84.8 +0.4 pp
2010 84.4 +1 pp
2009 83.4 +1.8 pp
2008 81.6 +0.9 pp
2007 80.7 +0.3 pp
2006 80.4 −0.5 pp
2005 80.9 −0.3 pp
2004 81.3 +0.6 pp
2003 80.7 +0.4 pp
2002 80.3 +0.7 pp
2001 79.7 +0.8 pp
2000 78.8 +0.8 pp
1999 78 +0.7 pp
1998 77.3 +0.8 pp
1997 76.5 +0.7 pp
1996 75.8 +1 pp
1995 74.7 +1 pp
1994 73.7 +1 pp
1993 72.8 +1.1 pp
1992 71.7 +0.9 pp
1991 70.8

Eastern 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.