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Employment in services — Pakistan

Employment in services in Pakistan in 2025 — 38.5%. Ranked 154 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 3.2 pp.

2025 38.5% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 154of 182
Period maximum 39.8%1997
Period minimum 34.1%2016

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Pakistan, 1991–20253436384019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 35.4%1992: 34.7%1993: 36.4%1994: 35.3%1995: 37.6%1996: 37.5%1997: 39.8%1998: 38.6%1999: 38.6%2000: 36.4%2001: 36.4%2002: 36.6%2003: 36.6%2004: 36.1%2005: 36.1%2006: 35.4%2007: 34.9%2008: 34.7%2009: 35.3%2010: 34.8%2011: 34.3%2012: 34.6%2013: 34.8%2014: 34.9%2015: 35%2016: 34.1%2017: 35.9%2018: 37.6%2019: 37.4%2020: 36.9%2021: 37.5%2022: 37.9%2023: 38.1%2024: 38.3%2025: 38.5%
Change over the period: +3.2 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Pakistan 38.5%
World 50.6%
South Asia 33.4%
Southern Asia computed 34.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.5 +0.2 pp
2024 38.3 +0.2 pp
2023 38.1 +0.2 pp
2022 37.9 +0.4 pp
2021 37.5 +0.6 pp
2020 36.9 −0.4 pp
2019 37.4 −0.2 pp
2018 37.6 +1.7 pp
2017 35.9 +1.7 pp
2016 34.1 −0.8 pp
2015 35 +0.1 pp
2014 34.9 +0.1 pp
2013 34.8 +0.2 pp
2012 34.6 +0.3 pp
2011 34.3 −0.4 pp
2010 34.8 −0.5 pp
2009 35.3 +0.5 pp
2008 34.7 −0.2 pp
2007 34.9 −0.5 pp
2006 35.4 −0.7 pp
2005 36.1 +0 pp
2004 36.1 −0.5 pp
2003 36.6 −0 pp
2002 36.6 +0.2 pp
2001 36.4 +0 pp
2000 36.4 −2.2 pp
1999 38.6 +0 pp
1998 38.6 −1.1 pp
1997 39.8 +2.2 pp
1996 37.5 −0 pp
1995 37.6 +2.2 pp
1994 35.3 −1.1 pp
1993 36.4 +1.7 pp
1992 34.7 −0.6 pp
1991 35.4 —

Southern Asia, 2025

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

MV Maldives 71.8 IR Iran 51.7 LK Sri Lanka 47.8 NP Nepal 45.8 BT Bhutan 41.8 PK Pakistan 38.5 BD Bangladesh 37.7 IN India 32.6 AF Afghanistan 29.5
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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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