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Employment in services — Mali

Employment in services in Mali in 2025 — 28.4%. Ranked 171 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.8 pp.

2025 28.4% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 171of 182
Period maximum 33.9%2019
Period minimum 20.5%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Mali, 1991–20252025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 20.6%1992: 20.5%1993: 20.5%1994: 20.8%1995: 20.8%1996: 21.1%1997: 21.4%1998: 21.7%1999: 22%2000: 22%2001: 22.8%2002: 23%2003: 23.7%2004: 23.8%2005: 24.5%2006: 25.1%2007: 25%2008: 25%2009: 24.8%2010: 25.2%2011: 25.4%2012: 24.8%2013: 24.8%2014: 25.3%2015: 29.5%2016: 28.4%2017: 28.6%2018: 29.3%2019: 33.9%2020: 22.6%2021: 24.6%2022: 27.2%2023: 27.5%2024: 27.8%2025: 28.4%
Change over the period: +7.8 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mali 28.4%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.4 +0.6 pp
2024 27.8 +0.3 pp
2023 27.5 +0.3 pp
2022 27.2 +2.6 pp
2021 24.6 +1.9 pp
2020 22.6 −11.3 pp
2019 33.9 +4.5 pp
2018 29.3 +0.7 pp
2017 28.6 +0.3 pp
2016 28.4 −1.1 pp
2015 29.5 +4.2 pp
2014 25.3 +0.5 pp
2013 24.8 +0 pp
2012 24.8 −0.6 pp
2011 25.4 +0.2 pp
2010 25.2 +0.4 pp
2009 24.8 −0.2 pp
2008 25 −0 pp
2007 25 −0 pp
2006 25.1 +0.6 pp
2005 24.5 +0.7 pp
2004 23.8 +0.1 pp
2003 23.7 +0.7 pp
2002 23 +0.2 pp
2001 22.8 +0.8 pp
2000 22 −0 pp
1999 22 +0.3 pp
1998 21.7 +0.4 pp
1997 21.4 +0.2 pp
1996 21.1 +0.4 pp
1995 20.8 −0 pp
1994 20.8 +0.3 pp
1993 20.5 +0.1 pp
1992 20.5 −0.1 pp
1991 20.6 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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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