Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Mongolia

Employment in services in Mongolia in 2025 — 49.9%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15.1 pp.

2025 49.9% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 127of 182
Period maximum 50.7%2020
Period minimum 30%1998

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Mongolia, 1991–2025203040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 34.8%1992: 33.9%1993: 34%1994: 33.8%1995: 31.6%1996: 31.6%1997: 30%1998: 30%1999: 30.4%2000: 31.7%2001: 33.2%2002: 35.6%2003: 36.2%2004: 37.1%2005: 38.1%2006: 39.1%2007: 39.1%2008: 41.1%2009: 42.7%2010: 44.5%2011: 43.9%2012: 44.2%2013: 44.3%2014: 45.9%2015: 45.8%2016: 45.1%2017: 46.4%2018: 47.2%2019: 47.6%2020: 50.7%2021: 48.5%2022: 48.3%2023: 49%2024: 49.8%2025: 49.9%
Change over the period: +15.1 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mongolia 49.9%
World 50.6%
Eastern Asia computed 49.2%
Employment in services — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.9 +0.1 pp
2024 49.8 +0.8 pp
2023 49 +0.7 pp
2022 48.3 −0.2 pp
2021 48.5 −2.2 pp
2020 50.7 +3.1 pp
2019 47.6 +0.4 pp
2018 47.2 +0.8 pp
2017 46.4 +1.2 pp
2016 45.1 −0.6 pp
2015 45.8 −0.1 pp
2014 45.9 +1.6 pp
2013 44.3 +0.1 pp
2012 44.2 +0.2 pp
2011 43.9 −0.6 pp
2010 44.5 +1.8 pp
2009 42.7 +1.6 pp
2008 41.1 +1.9 pp
2007 39.1 +0 pp
2006 39.1 +1 pp
2005 38.1 +1 pp
2004 37.1 +0.9 pp
2003 36.2 +0.6 pp
2002 35.6 +2.4 pp
2001 33.2 +1.5 pp
2000 31.7 +1.3 pp
1999 30.4 +0.4 pp
1998 30 −0 pp
1997 30 −1.6 pp
1996 31.6 −0 pp
1995 31.6 −2.3 pp
1994 33.8 −0.2 pp
1993 34 +0.2 pp
1992 33.9 −1 pp
1991 34.8

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.