Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Paraguay

Employment in services in Paraguay in 2025 — 65.1%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12.8 pp.

2025 65.1% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 78of 182
Period maximum 65.1%2025
Period minimum 50.6%2002

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Paraguay, 1991–2025505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 52.2%1992: 52.2%1993: 52.3%1994: 52.5%1995: 52.8%1996: 52.8%1997: 53%1998: 52.8%1999: 52.5%2000: 51.5%2001: 51.1%2002: 50.6%2003: 52.7%2004: 50.6%2005: 52.2%2006: 52.8%2007: 53.1%2008: 55.6%2009: 54.4%2010: 55.2%2011: 56.7%2012: 57%2013: 59.7%2014: 58.8%2015: 60.6%2016: 59.3%2017: 59.9%2018: 61.3%2019: 63.1%2020: 59.6%2021: 60.8%2022: 63.8%2023: 64.8%2024: 64.9%2025: 65.1%
Change over the period: +12.8 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Paraguay 65.1%
World 50.6%
South America computed 68.9%
Employment in services — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.1 +0.2 pp
2024 64.9 +0.1 pp
2023 64.8 +1 pp
2022 63.8 +3.1 pp
2021 60.8 +1.2 pp
2020 59.6 −3.5 pp
2019 63.1 +1.8 pp
2018 61.3 +1.4 pp
2017 59.9 +0.7 pp
2016 59.3 −1.3 pp
2015 60.6 +1.8 pp
2014 58.8 −0.9 pp
2013 59.7 +2.7 pp
2012 57 +0.3 pp
2011 56.7 +1.5 pp
2010 55.2 +0.8 pp
2009 54.4 −1.3 pp
2008 55.6 +2.6 pp
2007 53.1 +0.3 pp
2006 52.8 +0.6 pp
2005 52.2 +1.6 pp
2004 50.6 −2.1 pp
2003 52.7 +2.1 pp
2002 50.6 −0.5 pp
2001 51.1 −0.4 pp
2000 51.5 −1 pp
1999 52.5 −0.3 pp
1998 52.8 −0.2 pp
1997 53 +0.2 pp
1996 52.8 −0 pp
1995 52.8 +0.3 pp
1994 52.5 +0.2 pp
1993 52.3 +0.2 pp
1992 52.2 −0.1 pp
1991 52.2

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.