Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Panama

Employment in services in Panama in 2025 — 67%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.1 pp.

2025 67% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 71of 182
Period maximum 67.9%2022
Period minimum 56.8%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Panama, 1991–20255560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 56.8%1992: 56.8%1993: 58.2%1994: 60.7%1995: 60.1%1996: 60.5%1997: 62%1998: 63.3%1999: 63.5%2000: 64.8%2001: 63.7%2002: 64.8%2003: 64.4%2004: 65.6%2005: 66.4%2006: 65.3%2007: 65.4%2008: 62.3%2009: 62.1%2010: 63.2%2011: 64.1%2012: 64.4%2013: 62.9%2014: 63.7%2015: 66.1%2016: 65.7%2017: 66.4%2018: 66.5%2019: 67.3%2020: 67.2%2021: 67.5%2022: 67.9%2023: 67.8%2024: 66.6%2025: 67%
Change over the period: +10.1 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Panama 67%
World 50.6%
Central America computed 62%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 67 +0.3 pp
2024 66.6 −1.2 pp
2023 67.8 −0.1 pp
2022 67.9 +0.4 pp
2021 67.5 +0.3 pp
2020 67.2 −0.1 pp
2019 67.3 +0.8 pp
2018 66.5 +0.1 pp
2017 66.4 +0.8 pp
2016 65.7 −0.4 pp
2015 66.1 +2.4 pp
2014 63.7 +0.8 pp
2013 62.9 −1.5 pp
2012 64.4 +0.3 pp
2011 64.1 +0.9 pp
2010 63.2 +1.1 pp
2009 62.1 −0.2 pp
2008 62.3 −3.1 pp
2007 65.4 +0.1 pp
2006 65.3 −1.1 pp
2005 66.4 +0.8 pp
2004 65.6 +1.2 pp
2003 64.4 −0.3 pp
2002 64.8 +1 pp
2001 63.7 −1.1 pp
2000 64.8 +1.3 pp
1999 63.5 +0.3 pp
1998 63.3 +1.2 pp
1997 62 +1.6 pp
1996 60.5 +0.4 pp
1995 60.1 −0.6 pp
1994 60.7 +2.5 pp
1993 58.2 +1.4 pp
1992 56.8 −0 pp
1991 56.8

Central America, 2025

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

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.