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Employment in services — Mozambique

Employment in services in Mozambique in 2025 — 20.6%. Ranked 178 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.6 pp.

2025 20.6% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 178of 182
Period maximum 21.1%2019
Period minimum 12.7%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Mozambique, 1991–202512.51517.52022.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 13%1992: 12.7%1993: 13.1%1994: 13.1%1995: 13%1996: 13.2%1997: 13.6%1998: 14%1999: 14.5%2000: 14.6%2001: 15.3%2002: 15.8%2003: 16.2%2004: 16.5%2005: 16.7%2006: 17.2%2007: 17.5%2008: 17.8%2009: 17.9%2010: 18.2%2011: 18.6%2012: 19%2013: 19.4%2014: 19.8%2015: 20.1%2016: 20.6%2017: 20.6%2018: 20.9%2019: 21.1%2020: 20.1%2021: 20%2022: 20.1%2023: 20.5%2024: 20.5%2025: 20.6%
Change over the period: +7.6 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 20.6%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.6 +0.1 pp
2024 20.5 −0 pp
2023 20.5 +0.4 pp
2022 20.1 +0.2 pp
2021 20 −0.1 pp
2020 20.1 −1 pp
2019 21.1 +0.3 pp
2018 20.9 +0.3 pp
2017 20.6 +0 pp
2016 20.6 +0.4 pp
2015 20.1 +0.4 pp
2014 19.8 +0.4 pp
2013 19.4 +0.4 pp
2012 19 +0.4 pp
2011 18.6 +0.4 pp
2010 18.2 +0.3 pp
2009 17.9 +0.2 pp
2008 17.8 +0.3 pp
2007 17.5 +0.4 pp
2006 17.2 +0.4 pp
2005 16.7 +0.2 pp
2004 16.5 +0.3 pp
2003 16.2 +0.3 pp
2002 15.8 +0.5 pp
2001 15.3 +0.7 pp
2000 14.6 +0.1 pp
1999 14.5 +0.6 pp
1998 14 +0.4 pp
1997 13.6 +0.4 pp
1996 13.2 +0.2 pp
1995 13 −0.1 pp
1994 13.1 +0 pp
1993 13.1 +0.3 pp
1992 12.7 −0.2 pp
1991 13 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
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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