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Employment in services — Malawi

Employment in services in Malawi in 2025 — 27.7%. Ranked 173 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.5 pp.

2025 27.7% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 173of 182
Period maximum 28.6%2019
Period minimum 18.3%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Malawi, 1991–20251520253019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 19.2%1992: 18.3%1993: 19%1994: 19.3%1995: 20.3%1996: 20.8%1997: 21.2%1998: 21.3%1999: 21.4%2000: 21.4%2001: 20.8%2002: 20.8%2003: 21.3%2004: 21.8%2005: 22%2006: 22.5%2007: 23.4%2008: 24.1%2009: 24.9%2010: 25.5%2011: 25.9%2012: 26%2013: 26.5%2014: 26.9%2015: 27.2%2016: 27.4%2017: 27.7%2018: 28.1%2019: 28.6%2020: 27.7%2021: 27.4%2022: 27.3%2023: 27.4%2024: 27.4%2025: 27.7%
Change over the period: +8.5 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Malawi 27.7%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.7 +0.2 pp
2024 27.4 +0.1 pp
2023 27.4 +0.1 pp
2022 27.3 −0.1 pp
2021 27.4 −0.3 pp
2020 27.7 −0.9 pp
2019 28.6 +0.5 pp
2018 28.1 +0.4 pp
2017 27.7 +0.3 pp
2016 27.4 +0.2 pp
2015 27.2 +0.2 pp
2014 26.9 +0.4 pp
2013 26.5 +0.5 pp
2012 26 +0.1 pp
2011 25.9 +0.4 pp
2010 25.5 +0.6 pp
2009 24.9 +0.8 pp
2008 24.1 +0.7 pp
2007 23.4 +0.9 pp
2006 22.5 +0.4 pp
2005 22 +0.3 pp
2004 21.8 +0.5 pp
2003 21.3 +0.5 pp
2002 20.8 +0 pp
2001 20.8 −0.6 pp
2000 21.4 −0 pp
1999 21.4 +0.1 pp
1998 21.3 +0.2 pp
1997 21.2 +0.4 pp
1996 20.8 +0.4 pp
1995 20.3 +1 pp
1994 19.3 +0.3 pp
1993 19 +0.6 pp
1992 18.3 −0.8 pp
1991 19.2 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
Full table for all countries

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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