Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Myanmar

Employment in services in Myanmar in 2025 — 36.9%. Ranked 159 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15.1 pp.

2025 36.9% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 159of 182
Period maximum 36.9%2025
Period minimum 21.5%1993

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Myanmar, 1991–2025202530354019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 21.8%1992: 21.9%1993: 21.5%1994: 21.5%1995: 22.8%1996: 23.7%1997: 24.9%1998: 25.2%1999: 25.4%2000: 25.7%2001: 25.8%2002: 26.1%2003: 26.7%2004: 26.9%2005: 27.3%2006: 27.5%2007: 27.8%2008: 28.3%2009: 28.7%2010: 28.9%2011: 29.5%2012: 30%2013: 30.6%2014: 31%2015: 31.5%2016: 32.2%2017: 33%2018: 34%2019: 33.6%2020: 35%2021: 35%2022: 35.2%2023: 36%2024: 36.5%2025: 36.9%
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: Myanmar

Myanmar 36.9%
World 50.6%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
Employment in services — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 36.9 +0.4 pp
2024 36.5 +0.5 pp
2023 36 +0.8 pp
2022 35.2 +0.3 pp
2021 35 +0 pp
2020 35 +1.4 pp
2019 33.6 −0.4 pp
2018 34 +1.1 pp
2017 33 +0.7 pp
2016 32.2 +0.7 pp
2015 31.5 +0.5 pp
2014 31 +0.4 pp
2013 30.6 +0.6 pp
2012 30 +0.5 pp
2011 29.5 +0.6 pp
2010 28.9 +0.2 pp
2009 28.7 +0.4 pp
2008 28.3 +0.5 pp
2007 27.8 +0.3 pp
2006 27.5 +0.2 pp
2005 27.3 +0.3 pp
2004 26.9 +0.2 pp
2003 26.7 +0.6 pp
2002 26.1 +0.3 pp
2001 25.8 +0.1 pp
2000 25.7 +0.3 pp
1999 25.4 +0.2 pp
1998 25.2 +0.2 pp
1997 24.9 +1.2 pp
1996 23.7 +1 pp
1995 22.8 +1.2 pp
1994 21.5 +0 pp
1993 21.5 −0.4 pp
1992 21.9 +0.2 pp
1991 21.8

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.