Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Poland

Employment in services in Poland in 2025 — 63.8%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 22.6 pp.

2025 63.8% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 83of 182
Period maximum 63.8%2025
Period minimum 41.2%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Poland, 1991–20254050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 41.2%1992: 41.9%1993: 42.6%1994: 43.3%1995: 44.7%1996: 45.5%1997: 46.7%1998: 47.6%1999: 48.7%2000: 49.7%2001: 50.4%2002: 51.2%2003: 51.8%2004: 52.4%2005: 52.6%2006: 53.5%2007: 53.9%2008: 53.5%2009: 55%2010: 56.1%2011: 55.8%2012: 56.4%2013: 56.9%2014: 57.4%2015: 57.9%2016: 58%2017: 58.1%2018: 58.6%2019: 58.7%2020: 58.7%2021: 60.2%2022: 60.5%2023: 62%2024: 63.3%2025: 63.8%
Change over the period: +22.6 pp Annual average: 0.66 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Poland 63.8%
World 50.6%
Eastern Europe computed 66%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63.8 +0.5 pp
2024 63.3 +1.3 pp
2023 62 +1.5 pp
2022 60.5 +0.3 pp
2021 60.2 +1.5 pp
2020 58.7 +0 pp
2019 58.7 +0.1 pp
2018 58.6 +0.5 pp
2017 58.1 +0.1 pp
2016 58 +0 pp
2015 57.9 +0.5 pp
2014 57.4 +0.5 pp
2013 56.9 +0.5 pp
2012 56.4 +0.6 pp
2011 55.8 −0.2 pp
2010 56.1 +1 pp
2009 55 +1.5 pp
2008 53.5 −0.4 pp
2007 53.9 +0.3 pp
2006 53.5 +0.9 pp
2005 52.6 +0.2 pp
2004 52.4 +0.6 pp
2003 51.8 +0.7 pp
2002 51.2 +0.7 pp
2001 50.4 +0.7 pp
2000 49.7 +1 pp
1999 48.7 +1.1 pp
1998 47.6 +1 pp
1997 46.7 +1.1 pp
1996 45.5 +0.9 pp
1995 44.7 +1.3 pp
1994 43.3 +0.8 pp
1993 42.6 +0.7 pp
1992 41.9 +0.8 pp
1991 41.2

Eastern Europe, 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.