Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Nicaragua

Employment in services in Nicaragua in 2025 — 52.6%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 3 pp.

2025 52.6% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 182
Period maximum 52.6%2025
Period minimum 46%2000

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Nicaragua, 1991–202544464850525419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 49.7%1992: 49.6%1993: 49.5%1994: 48.6%1995: 48.3%1996: 48%1997: 47.5%1998: 47.1%1999: 46.4%2000: 46%2001: 46.3%2002: 47.5%2003: 48.6%2004: 48.6%2005: 48.8%2006: 48.9%2007: 47.4%2008: 49.6%2009: 50%2010: 50.1%2011: 50.1%2012: 50.3%2013: 50.6%2014: 51%2015: 51.3%2016: 51.7%2017: 52.1%2018: 52.3%2019: 52.5%2020: 51.5%2021: 51.5%2022: 51.7%2023: 52.1%2024: 52.4%2025: 52.6%
Change over the period: +3 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nicaragua 52.6%
World 50.6%
Central America computed 62%
Employment in services — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.6 +0.2 pp
2024 52.4 +0.3 pp
2023 52.1 +0.4 pp
2022 51.7 +0.2 pp
2021 51.5 −0 pp
2020 51.5 −1 pp
2019 52.5 +0.2 pp
2018 52.3 +0.2 pp
2017 52.1 +0.3 pp
2016 51.7 +0.4 pp
2015 51.3 +0.3 pp
2014 51 +0.3 pp
2013 50.6 +0.4 pp
2012 50.3 +0.2 pp
2011 50.1 +0 pp
2010 50.1 +0.1 pp
2009 50 +0.4 pp
2008 49.6 +2.2 pp
2007 47.4 −1.5 pp
2006 48.9 +0.1 pp
2005 48.8 +0.1 pp
2004 48.6 +0 pp
2003 48.6 +1.1 pp
2002 47.5 +1.2 pp
2001 46.3 +0.3 pp
2000 46 −0.4 pp
1999 46.4 −0.7 pp
1998 47.1 −0.4 pp
1997 47.5 −0.5 pp
1996 48 −0.3 pp
1995 48.3 −0.3 pp
1994 48.6 −0.9 pp
1993 49.5 −0.1 pp
1992 49.6 −0.1 pp
1991 49.7

Central America, 2025

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

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.