Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — OECD

Employment in services in the OECD in 2025 — 74%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13 pp.

2025 74% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 74%2025
Period minimum 61%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — OECD, 1991–20256065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 61%1992: 61.7%1993: 62.6%1994: 63.1%1995: 63.6%1996: 64%1997: 64.3%1998: 65%1999: 65.6%2000: 66.1%2001: 66.6%2002: 67.2%2003: 67.7%2004: 68.3%2005: 68.7%2006: 69%2007: 69.3%2008: 69.9%2009: 71%2010: 71.2%2011: 71.3%2012: 71.5%2013: 71.7%2014: 71.8%2015: 72%2016: 72.3%2017: 72.3%2018: 72.4%2019: 72.7%2020: 72.8%2021: 73%2022: 73.2%2023: 73.5%2024: 73.8%2025: 74%
Change over the period: +13 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 74%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74 +0.2 pp
2024 73.8 +0.3 pp
2023 73.5 +0.3 pp
2022 73.2 +0.2 pp
2021 73 +0.1 pp
2020 72.8 +0.2 pp
2019 72.7 +0.3 pp
2018 72.4 +0.1 pp
2017 72.3 +0 pp
2016 72.3 +0.3 pp
2015 72 +0.2 pp
2014 71.8 +0.1 pp
2013 71.7 +0.2 pp
2012 71.5 +0.2 pp
2011 71.3 +0.2 pp
2010 71.2 +0.2 pp
2009 71 +1.1 pp
2008 69.9 +0.6 pp
2007 69.3 +0.3 pp
2006 69 +0.2 pp
2005 68.7 +0.4 pp
2004 68.3 +0.6 pp
2003 67.7 +0.5 pp
2002 67.2 +0.6 pp
2001 66.6 +0.5 pp
2000 66.1 +0.5 pp
1999 65.6 +0.6 pp
1998 65 +0.6 pp
1997 64.3 +0.3 pp
1996 64 +0.5 pp
1995 63.6 +0.5 pp
1994 63.1 +0.5 pp
1993 62.6 +0.9 pp
1992 61.7 +0.6 pp
1991 61

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.