Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Puerto Rico

Employment in services in Puerto Rico in 2025 — 84.1%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 11.8 pp.

2025 84.1% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 9of 182
Period maximum 84.1%2025
Period minimum 72.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Puerto Rico, 1991–20257075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 72.3%1992: 72.4%1993: 72.6%1994: 73.2%1995: 74.2%1996: 75.5%1997: 75.4%1998: 75.5%1999: 75.5%2000: 75.8%2001: 76.2%2002: 77.9%2003: 78.3%2004: 78.3%2005: 78.8%2006: 79%2007: 79.6%2008: 80.3%2009: 80.6%2010: 81%2011: 81.3%2012: 81.6%2013: 82%2014: 82.3%2015: 82.6%2016: 82.7%2017: 82.9%2018: 82.9%2019: 82.9%2020: 82.9%2021: 83.3%2022: 83.4%2023: 83.6%2024: 83.9%2025: 84.1%
Change over the period: +11.8 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Puerto Rico 84.1%
World 50.6%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 84.1 +0.3 pp
2024 83.9 +0.3 pp
2023 83.6 +0.2 pp
2022 83.4 +0.1 pp
2021 83.3 +0.4 pp
2020 82.9 −0 pp
2019 82.9 +0 pp
2018 82.9 +0.1 pp
2017 82.9 +0.2 pp
2016 82.7 +0.1 pp
2015 82.6 +0.3 pp
2014 82.3 +0.3 pp
2013 82 +0.3 pp
2012 81.6 +0.3 pp
2011 81.3 +0.3 pp
2010 81 +0.3 pp
2009 80.6 +0.4 pp
2008 80.3 +0.7 pp
2007 79.6 +0.6 pp
2006 79 +0.2 pp
2005 78.8 +0.5 pp
2004 78.3 +0.1 pp
2003 78.3 +0.3 pp
2002 77.9 +1.7 pp
2001 76.2 +0.5 pp
2000 75.8 +0.3 pp
1999 75.5 −0.1 pp
1998 75.5 +0.2 pp
1997 75.4 −0.1 pp
1996 75.5 +1.2 pp
1995 74.2 +1.1 pp
1994 73.2 +0.6 pp
1993 72.6 +0.2 pp
1992 72.4 +0.1 pp
1991 72.3

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.