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Employment in services — North Macedonia

Employment in services in North Macedonia in 2025 — 60.9%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 21.2 pp.

2025 60.9% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 88of 182
Period maximum 61.2%2023
Period minimum 39.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — North Macedonia, 1991–2025304050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 39.7%1992: 39.9%1993: 40.4%1994: 40.7%1995: 40.9%1996: 41.2%1997: 41.5%1998: 41.8%1999: 42.2%2000: 42.6%2001: 43.3%2002: 43.8%2003: 45%2004: 48.3%2005: 47.4%2006: 47.9%2007: 50.7%2008: 49.3%2009: 52.2%2010: 52.5%2011: 51.7%2012: 52.9%2013: 50.9%2014: 51.2%2015: 51.7%2016: 53.2%2017: 53.6%2018: 53.6%2019: 55.3%2020: 57.5%2021: 58.1%2022: 60.1%2023: 61.2%2024: 60.6%2025: 60.9%
Change over the period: +21.2 pp Annual average: 0.62 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

North Macedonia 60.9%
World 50.6%
Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
Southern Europe computed 71.3%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 60.9 +0.3 pp
2024 60.6 −0.6 pp
2023 61.2 +1.1 pp
2022 60.1 +2 pp
2021 58.1 +0.6 pp
2020 57.5 +2.2 pp
2019 55.3 +1.7 pp
2018 53.6 +0 pp
2017 53.6 +0.4 pp
2016 53.2 +1.6 pp
2015 51.7 +0.5 pp
2014 51.2 +0.3 pp
2013 50.9 −2 pp
2012 52.9 +1.2 pp
2011 51.7 −0.9 pp
2010 52.5 +0.3 pp
2009 52.2 +3 pp
2008 49.3 −1.4 pp
2007 50.7 +2.7 pp
2006 47.9 +0.5 pp
2005 47.4 −0.8 pp
2004 48.3 +3.3 pp
2003 45 +1.2 pp
2002 43.8 +0.5 pp
2001 43.3 +0.7 pp
2000 42.6 +0.4 pp
1999 42.2 +0.4 pp
1998 41.8 +0.3 pp
1997 41.5 +0.3 pp
1996 41.2 +0.3 pp
1995 40.9 +0.2 pp
1994 40.7 +0.3 pp
1993 40.4 +0.5 pp
1992 39.9 +0.2 pp
1991 39.7 —

Southern Europe, 2025

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

MT Malta 81.4 ME Montenegro 77.6 ES Spain 76.8 GR Greece 73 PT Portugal 72.7 IT Italy 70.2 HR Croatia 69.3 SI Slovenia 64.4 MK North Macedonia 60.9 RS Serbia 54.9 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7 AL Albania 47.2
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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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