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Employment in services — Niger

Employment in services in Niger in 2025 — 17.7%. Ranked 181 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.7 pp.

2025 17.7% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 181of 182
Period maximum 18.3%2012
Period minimum 16.3%2020

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Niger, 1991–20251616.51717.51818.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 17.1%1992: 17%1993: 16.9%1994: 16.8%1995: 16.8%1996: 16.7%1997: 16.6%1998: 17%1999: 16.8%2000: 16.5%2001: 16.7%2002: 16.8%2003: 16.7%2004: 16.6%2005: 16.9%2006: 17.1%2007: 17.1%2008: 17.4%2009: 17.4%2010: 17.7%2011: 17.7%2012: 18.3%2013: 18.2%2014: 18.2%2015: 18%2016: 17.8%2017: 17.6%2018: 17.7%2019: 17.6%2020: 16.3%2021: 16.3%2022: 16.9%2023: 16.6%2024: 17.3%2025: 17.7%
Change over the period: +0.7 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Niger 17.7%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.7 +0.4 pp
2024 17.3 +0.7 pp
2023 16.6 −0.3 pp
2022 16.9 +0.5 pp
2021 16.3 +0 pp
2020 16.3 −1.2 pp
2019 17.6 −0.1 pp
2018 17.7 +0 pp
2017 17.6 −0.2 pp
2016 17.8 −0.2 pp
2015 18 −0.2 pp
2014 18.2 +0.1 pp
2013 18.2 −0.1 pp
2012 18.3 +0.6 pp
2011 17.7 −0 pp
2010 17.7 +0.4 pp
2009 17.4 −0 pp
2008 17.4 +0.3 pp
2007 17.1 +0 pp
2006 17.1 +0.2 pp
2005 16.9 +0.2 pp
2004 16.6 −0.1 pp
2003 16.7 −0.1 pp
2002 16.8 +0.1 pp
2001 16.7 +0.2 pp
2000 16.5 −0.3 pp
1999 16.8 −0.2 pp
1998 17 +0.4 pp
1997 16.6 −0.1 pp
1996 16.7 −0.2 pp
1995 16.8 −0 pp
1994 16.8 −0.1 pp
1993 16.9 −0.1 pp
1992 17 −0 pp
1991 17.1 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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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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The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

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The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

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