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Employment in services — Rwanda

Employment in services in Rwanda in 2025 — 46.5%. Ranked 138 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 30.9 pp.

2025 46.5% +1.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 138of 182
Period maximum 46.5%2025
Period minimum 14.2%1997

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Rwanda, 1991–2025020406019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 15.6%1992: 15.9%1993: 15%1994: 14.7%1995: 14.9%1996: 14.4%1997: 14.2%1998: 14.6%1999: 15.1%2000: 15.9%2001: 16.6%2002: 17.9%2003: 18.2%2004: 19.2%2005: 20.5%2006: 21.9%2007: 23.2%2008: 24.9%2009: 26%2010: 27.3%2011: 28.6%2012: 29.9%2013: 30.4%2014: 31%2015: 32.2%2016: 32.9%2017: 33.6%2018: 34.4%2019: 37%2020: 32.6%2021: 29.4%2022: 30.2%2023: 33.9%2024: 45.4%2025: 46.5%
Change over the period: +30.9 pp Annual average: 0.91 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 46.5%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 46.5 +1.2 pp
2024 45.4 +11.5 pp
2023 33.9 +3.7 pp
2022 30.2 +0.8 pp
2021 29.4 −3.2 pp
2020 32.6 −4.4 pp
2019 37 +2.6 pp
2018 34.4 +0.8 pp
2017 33.6 +0.7 pp
2016 32.9 +0.7 pp
2015 32.2 +1.1 pp
2014 31 +0.6 pp
2013 30.4 +0.5 pp
2012 29.9 +1.3 pp
2011 28.6 +1.3 pp
2010 27.3 +1.3 pp
2009 26 +1.1 pp
2008 24.9 +1.7 pp
2007 23.2 +1.3 pp
2006 21.9 +1.4 pp
2005 20.5 +1.3 pp
2004 19.2 +1 pp
2003 18.2 +0.3 pp
2002 17.9 +1.3 pp
2001 16.6 +0.8 pp
2000 15.9 +0.8 pp
1999 15.1 +0.5 pp
1998 14.6 +0.4 pp
1997 14.2 −0.2 pp
1996 14.4 −0.5 pp
1995 14.9 +0.2 pp
1994 14.7 −0.3 pp
1993 15 −0.9 pp
1992 15.9 +0.3 pp
1991 15.6 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
Full table for all countries

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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