Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Moldova

Employment in services in Moldova in 2025 — 36.9%. Ranked 158 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.2 pp.

2025 36.9% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 158of 182
Period maximum 43.7%1997
Period minimum 29.4%2016

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Moldova, 1991–2025253035404519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 40.1%1992: 40.2%1993: 42.4%1994: 41.9%1995: 42.1%1996: 42.1%1997: 43.7%1998: 39.7%1999: 37.5%2000: 35.2%2001: 35.1%2002: 35.9%2003: 36.3%2004: 36.4%2005: 36.8%2006: 37.2%2007: 36%2008: 35.9%2009: 35.7%2010: 33.7%2011: 33.8%2012: 32.9%2013: 32.8%2014: 30.6%2015: 29.9%2016: 29.4%2017: 30.8%2018: 30.4%2019: 31.3%2020: 31.9%2021: 31.2%2022: 31.9%2023: 35.6%2024: 36.6%2025: 36.9%
Change over the period: −3.2 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Moldova 36.9%
World 50.6%
Eastern Europe computed 66%
Employment in services — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 36.9 +0.4 pp
2024 36.6 +1 pp
2023 35.6 +3.6 pp
2022 31.9 +0.8 pp
2021 31.2 −0.7 pp
2020 31.9 +0.6 pp
2019 31.3 +1 pp
2018 30.4 −0.4 pp
2017 30.8 +1.4 pp
2016 29.4 −0.5 pp
2015 29.9 −0.7 pp
2014 30.6 −2.2 pp
2013 32.8 −0.1 pp
2012 32.9 −0.9 pp
2011 33.8 +0.1 pp
2010 33.7 −2 pp
2009 35.7 −0.2 pp
2008 35.9 −0.1 pp
2007 36 −1.1 pp
2006 37.2 +0.4 pp
2005 36.8 +0.4 pp
2004 36.4 +0.1 pp
2003 36.3 +0.4 pp
2002 35.9 +0.8 pp
2001 35.1 −0.2 pp
2000 35.2 −2.2 pp
1999 37.5 −2.2 pp
1998 39.7 −4 pp
1997 43.7 +1.6 pp
1996 42.1 +0.1 pp
1995 42.1 +0.2 pp
1994 41.9 −0.5 pp
1993 42.4 +2.2 pp
1992 40.2 +0 pp
1991 40.1

Eastern Europe, 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.