Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Mexico

Employment in services in Mexico in 2025 — 64.1%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12.1 pp.

2025 64.1% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 82of 182
Period maximum 64.1%2025
Period minimum 52%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Mexico, 1991–20255055606519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 52%1992: 52.4%1993: 52.9%1994: 54.6%1995: 56.2%1996: 56.7%1997: 55.5%1998: 57.3%1999: 55.7%2000: 57.1%2001: 58%2002: 58.5%2003: 59.7%2004: 60.4%2005: 60.9%2006: 61.4%2007: 61.9%2008: 62.5%2009: 63.4%2010: 62.7%2011: 63.1%2012: 63.2%2013: 62.9%2014: 62.4%2015: 62.4%2016: 62.3%2017: 62%2018: 62.1%2019: 62.8%2020: 62.5%2021: 62.2%2022: 62.4%2023: 63%2024: 63.7%2025: 64.1%
Change over the period: +12.1 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mexico 64.1%
World 50.6%
Central America computed 62%
Employment in services — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 64.1 +0.4 pp
2024 63.7 +0.7 pp
2023 63 +0.6 pp
2022 62.4 +0.2 pp
2021 62.2 −0.3 pp
2020 62.5 −0.3 pp
2019 62.8 +0.7 pp
2018 62.1 +0.2 pp
2017 62 −0.4 pp
2016 62.3 −0.1 pp
2015 62.4 +0 pp
2014 62.4 −0.5 pp
2013 62.9 −0.3 pp
2012 63.2 +0.1 pp
2011 63.1 +0.4 pp
2010 62.7 −0.7 pp
2009 63.4 +0.9 pp
2008 62.5 +0.6 pp
2007 61.9 +0.4 pp
2006 61.4 +0.6 pp
2005 60.9 +0.5 pp
2004 60.4 +0.8 pp
2003 59.7 +1.1 pp
2002 58.5 +0.5 pp
2001 58 +0.9 pp
2000 57.1 +1.5 pp
1999 55.7 −1.6 pp
1998 57.3 +1.8 pp
1997 55.5 −1.2 pp
1996 56.7 +0.5 pp
1995 56.2 +1.6 pp
1994 54.6 +1.6 pp
1993 52.9 +0.5 pp
1992 52.4 +0.5 pp
1991 52

Central America, 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.