Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Romania

Employment in services in Romania in 2025 — 56.5%. Ranked 101 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 26.1 pp.

2025 56.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 101of 182
Period maximum 56.5%2025
Period minimum 30.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Romania, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 30.3%1992: 30.9%1993: 31.3%1994: 31.6%1995: 32.2%1996: 34.2%1997: 34.9%1998: 35.5%1999: 35.3%2000: 35.5%2001: 36.3%2002: 39.1%2003: 39.6%2004: 42.7%2005: 43.6%2006: 45%2007: 45.2%2008: 45.8%2009: 47.2%2010: 47.3%2011: 48.7%2012: 48.7%2013: 49%2014: 49.1%2015: 52.2%2016: 52.8%2017: 52.8%2018: 53.3%2019: 54.2%2020: 55.2%2021: 55.3%2022: 55.9%2023: 54.9%2024: 56.1%2025: 56.5%
Change over the period: +26.1 pp Annual average: 0.77 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Romania 56.5%
World 50.6%
Eastern Europe computed 66%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 56.5 +0.4 pp
2024 56.1 +1.2 pp
2023 54.9 −1 pp
2022 55.9 +0.6 pp
2021 55.3 +0.1 pp
2020 55.2 +1 pp
2019 54.2 +0.9 pp
2018 53.3 +0.5 pp
2017 52.8 +0 pp
2016 52.8 +0.6 pp
2015 52.2 +3 pp
2014 49.1 +0.1 pp
2013 49 +0.3 pp
2012 48.7 −0 pp
2011 48.7 +1.4 pp
2010 47.3 +0.1 pp
2009 47.2 +1.4 pp
2008 45.8 +0.6 pp
2007 45.2 +0.3 pp
2006 45 +1.4 pp
2005 43.6 +1 pp
2004 42.7 +3 pp
2003 39.6 +0.5 pp
2002 39.1 +2.8 pp
2001 36.3 +0.8 pp
2000 35.5 +0.2 pp
1999 35.3 −0.2 pp
1998 35.5 +0.6 pp
1997 34.9 +0.7 pp
1996 34.2 +2 pp
1995 32.2 +0.7 pp
1994 31.6 +0.3 pp
1993 31.3 +0.4 pp
1992 30.9 +0.5 pp
1991 30.3

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.