Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Montenegro

Employment in services in Montenegro in 2025 — 77.6%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12.5 pp.

2025 77.6% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 31of 182
Period maximum 77.7%2013
Period minimum 65.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Montenegro, 1991–20256570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 65.1%1992: 65.2%1993: 65.2%1994: 65.3%1995: 65.4%1996: 65.5%1997: 65.5%1998: 65.6%1999: 65.9%2000: 66.2%2001: 66.4%2002: 66.8%2003: 67.4%2004: 69.7%2005: 72.1%2006: 73%2007: 73.8%2008: 74.5%2009: 75.4%2010: 75.9%2011: 75.5%2012: 76.9%2013: 77.7%2014: 76.8%2015: 74.8%2016: 74.8%2017: 75%2018: 73.1%2019: 73.4%2020: 74.1%2021: 76.7%2022: 76.7%2023: 77.1%2024: 77.4%2025: 77.6%
Change over the period: +12.5 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Montenegro 77.6%
World 50.6%
Southern Europe computed 71.3%
Employment in services — Montenegro, by year Montenegro All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 77.6 +0.2 pp
2024 77.4 +0.3 pp
2023 77.1 +0.4 pp
2022 76.7 −0 pp
2021 76.7 +2.6 pp
2020 74.1 +0.6 pp
2019 73.4 +0.4 pp
2018 73.1 −1.9 pp
2017 75 +0.2 pp
2016 74.8 −0 pp
2015 74.8 −1.9 pp
2014 76.8 −0.9 pp
2013 77.7 +0.8 pp
2012 76.9 +1.5 pp
2011 75.5 −0.4 pp
2010 75.9 +0.4 pp
2009 75.4 +1 pp
2008 74.5 +0.7 pp
2007 73.8 +0.8 pp
2006 73 +0.9 pp
2005 72.1 +2.4 pp
2004 69.7 +2.3 pp
2003 67.4 +0.6 pp
2002 66.8 +0.4 pp
2001 66.4 +0.3 pp
2000 66.2 +0.2 pp
1999 65.9 +0.3 pp
1998 65.6 +0.1 pp
1997 65.5 +0.1 pp
1996 65.5 +0.1 pp
1995 65.4 +0.1 pp
1994 65.3 +0.1 pp
1993 65.2 +0.1 pp
1992 65.2 +0.1 pp
1991 65.1

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.