Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — OPEC

Employment in services in OPEC in 2025 — 55.9%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12.2 pp.

2025 55.9% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 55.9%2025
Period minimum 43.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — OPEC, 1991–2025404550556019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 43.7%1992: 44%1993: 44.2%1994: 44.4%1995: 44.5%1996: 44.8%1997: 45.2%1998: 45.5%1999: 45.9%2000: 46.2%2001: 46.6%2002: 46.9%2003: 47.3%2004: 47.8%2005: 48.3%2006: 48.8%2007: 49.3%2008: 49.9%2009: 50.6%2010: 51.2%2011: 52.1%2012: 52.2%2013: 52.6%2014: 53.2%2015: 53.8%2016: 54.3%2017: 54.2%2018: 54.4%2019: 54.6%2020: 54%2021: 54.4%2022: 55.2%2023: 55.1%2024: 55.6%2025: 55.9%
Change over the period: +12.2 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OPEC 55.9%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 55.9 +0.3 pp
2024 55.6 +0.5 pp
2023 55.1 −0 pp
2022 55.2 +0.8 pp
2021 54.4 +0.4 pp
2020 54 −0.7 pp
2019 54.6 +0.2 pp
2018 54.4 +0.2 pp
2017 54.2 −0.1 pp
2016 54.3 +0.4 pp
2015 53.8 +0.6 pp
2014 53.2 +0.6 pp
2013 52.6 +0.5 pp
2012 52.2 +0 pp
2011 52.1 +0.9 pp
2010 51.2 +0.6 pp
2009 50.6 +0.8 pp
2008 49.9 +0.6 pp
2007 49.3 +0.4 pp
2006 48.8 +0.5 pp
2005 48.3 +0.5 pp
2004 47.8 +0.4 pp
2003 47.3 +0.4 pp
2002 46.9 +0.3 pp
2001 46.6 +0.5 pp
2000 46.2 +0.3 pp
1999 45.9 +0.4 pp
1998 45.5 +0.3 pp
1997 45.2 +0.4 pp
1996 44.8 +0.3 pp
1995 44.5 +0.2 pp
1994 44.4 +0.1 pp
1993 44.2 +0.2 pp
1992 44 +0.3 pp
1991 43.7

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.