Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — New Zealand

Employment in services in New Zealand in 2025 — 74.6%. Ranked 37 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.2 pp.

2025 74.6% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 37of 182
Period maximum 74.7%2019
Period minimum 64.4%1994

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — New Zealand, 1991–20256065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 65.5%1992: 66%1993: 65.7%1994: 64.4%1995: 65%1996: 65.6%1997: 67.3%1998: 67.2%1999: 67.5%2000: 68%2001: 68%2002: 68.4%2003: 69.4%2004: 69.6%2005: 70.7%2006: 70.3%2007: 70.7%2008: 71.3%2009: 72.2%2010: 72.2%2011: 72.7%2012: 72.9%2013: 73.3%2014: 72.9%2015: 71.9%2016: 73.1%2017: 73%2018: 74.1%2019: 74.7%2020: 73.6%2021: 73.9%2022: 73.2%2023: 73.9%2024: 74.4%2025: 74.6%
Change over the period: +9.2 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

New Zealand 74.6%
World 50.6%
Australia and New Zealand computed 77.9%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74.6 +0.2 pp
2024 74.4 +0.6 pp
2023 73.9 +0.6 pp
2022 73.2 −0.7 pp
2021 73.9 +0.3 pp
2020 73.6 −1.1 pp
2019 74.7 +0.6 pp
2018 74.1 +1.1 pp
2017 73 −0.1 pp
2016 73.1 +1.2 pp
2015 71.9 −1 pp
2014 72.9 −0.4 pp
2013 73.3 +0.4 pp
2012 72.9 +0.2 pp
2011 72.7 +0.5 pp
2010 72.2 +0 pp
2009 72.2 +0.9 pp
2008 71.3 +0.5 pp
2007 70.7 +0.5 pp
2006 70.3 −0.4 pp
2005 70.7 +1.1 pp
2004 69.6 +0.2 pp
2003 69.4 +1 pp
2002 68.4 +0.4 pp
2001 68 +0 pp
2000 68 +0.5 pp
1999 67.5 +0.3 pp
1998 67.2 −0.1 pp
1997 67.3 +1.7 pp
1996 65.6 +0.6 pp
1995 65 +0.6 pp
1994 64.4 −1.4 pp
1993 65.7 −0.2 pp
1992 66 +0.5 pp
1991 65.5

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

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

AU Australia 78.5 NZ New Zealand 74.6

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.