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Employment in services — Philippines

Employment in services in the Philippines in 2025 — 59.5%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 20.2 pp.

2025 59.5% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 91of 182
Period maximum 59.5%2025
Period minimum 39.2%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Philippines, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 39.3%1992: 39.2%1993: 39.3%1994: 40.1%1995: 40.9%1996: 42.2%1997: 43.5%1998: 45.6%1999: 45.5%2000: 47.3%2001: 48%2002: 48.4%2003: 48.9%2004: 49.2%2005: 49.8%2006: 50.2%2007: 50.6%2008: 51%2009: 51.6%2010: 52.1%2011: 52.6%2012: 53.1%2013: 53.9%2014: 54.1%2015: 55.1%2016: 55.4%2017: 56.2%2018: 56.5%2019: 57.9%2020: 56.8%2021: 56.8%2022: 58.7%2023: 59%2024: 59.3%2025: 59.5%
Change over the period: +20.2 pp Annual average: 0.6 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Philippines 59.5%
World 50.6%
East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 59.5 +0.2 pp
2024 59.3 +0.3 pp
2023 59 +0.3 pp
2022 58.7 +1.9 pp
2021 56.8 +0 pp
2020 56.8 −1.1 pp
2019 57.9 +1.4 pp
2018 56.5 +0.3 pp
2017 56.2 +0.7 pp
2016 55.4 +0.4 pp
2015 55.1 +0.9 pp
2014 54.1 +0.2 pp
2013 53.9 +0.8 pp
2012 53.1 +0.5 pp
2011 52.6 +0.5 pp
2010 52.1 +0.5 pp
2009 51.6 +0.6 pp
2008 51 +0.3 pp
2007 50.6 +0.4 pp
2006 50.2 +0.5 pp
2005 49.8 +0.5 pp
2004 49.2 +0.3 pp
2003 48.9 +0.5 pp
2002 48.4 +0.5 pp
2001 48 +0.6 pp
2000 47.3 +1.8 pp
1999 45.5 −0.1 pp
1998 45.6 +2.1 pp
1997 43.5 +1.3 pp
1996 42.2 +1.3 pp
1995 40.9 +0.8 pp
1994 40.1 +0.8 pp
1993 39.3 +0.1 pp
1992 39.2 −0.1 pp
1991 39.3 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

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

SG Singapore 85.9 BN Brunei Darussalam 78.4 MY Malaysia 64.9 PH Philippines 59.5 TL Timor-Leste 50.2 ID Indonesia 50.2 TH Thailand 49.2 VN Vietnam 40.1 KH Cambodia 37.7 MM Myanmar 36.9 LA Laos 24
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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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