Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — NATO

Employment in services in NATO in 2025 — 75.2%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13.6 pp.

2025 75.2% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 75.2%2025
Period minimum 61.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — NATO, 1991–2025606570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 61.6%1992: 62.4%1993: 63.3%1994: 63.7%1995: 64%1996: 64.5%1997: 64.9%1998: 65.1%1999: 65.8%2000: 66.4%2001: 66.8%2002: 67.4%2003: 68%2004: 68.6%2005: 69.1%2006: 69.4%2007: 69.7%2008: 70.4%2009: 71.7%2010: 72%2011: 72.2%2012: 72.4%2013: 72.6%2014: 72.7%2015: 73%2016: 73.2%2017: 73.3%2018: 73.4%2019: 73.6%2020: 73.9%2021: 74.1%2022: 74.3%2023: 74.6%2024: 74.9%2025: 75.2%
Change over the period: +13.6 pp Annual average: 0.4 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

NATO 75.2%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 75.2 +0.3 pp
2024 74.9 +0.3 pp
2023 74.6 +0.3 pp
2022 74.3 +0.2 pp
2021 74.1 +0.2 pp
2020 73.9 +0.3 pp
2019 73.6 +0.2 pp
2018 73.4 +0.1 pp
2017 73.3 +0 pp
2016 73.2 +0.2 pp
2015 73 +0.2 pp
2014 72.7 +0.1 pp
2013 72.6 +0.2 pp
2012 72.4 +0.2 pp
2011 72.2 +0.2 pp
2010 72 +0.2 pp
2009 71.7 +1.4 pp
2008 70.4 +0.7 pp
2007 69.7 +0.3 pp
2006 69.4 +0.3 pp
2005 69.1 +0.5 pp
2004 68.6 +0.6 pp
2003 68 +0.6 pp
2002 67.4 +0.6 pp
2001 66.8 +0.4 pp
2000 66.4 +0.6 pp
1999 65.8 +0.7 pp
1998 65.1 +0.3 pp
1997 64.9 +0.4 pp
1996 64.5 +0.4 pp
1995 64 +0.4 pp
1994 63.7 +0.4 pp
1993 63.3 +0.9 pp
1992 62.4 +0.8 pp
1991 61.6

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.