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Employment in services — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Employment in services in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2025 — 69.8%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15.8 pp.

2025 69.8% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 60of 182
Period maximum 69.8%2025
Period minimum 54%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1991–2025505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 54%1992: 54.8%1993: 55.8%1994: 57%1995: 57.8%1996: 58.8%1997: 59.6%1998: 60.3%1999: 61.4%2000: 62.5%2001: 63.4%2002: 63.8%2003: 64.1%2004: 64.4%2005: 64.8%2006: 64.9%2007: 65%2008: 65.6%2009: 66%2010: 66.5%2011: 67%2012: 67.4%2013: 67.7%2014: 68.2%2015: 68.4%2016: 68.7%2017: 69%2018: 69.2%2019: 69.6%2020: 69.5%2021: 69.4%2022: 69.3%2023: 69.4%2024: 69.6%2025: 69.8%
Change over the period: +15.8 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.8%
World 50.6%
Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.8 +0.2 pp
2024 69.6 +0.2 pp
2023 69.4 +0.1 pp
2022 69.3 −0.1 pp
2021 69.4 −0.1 pp
2020 69.5 −0.1 pp
2019 69.6 +0.4 pp
2018 69.2 +0.3 pp
2017 69 +0.3 pp
2016 68.7 +0.3 pp
2015 68.4 +0.2 pp
2014 68.2 +0.5 pp
2013 67.7 +0.3 pp
2012 67.4 +0.4 pp
2011 67 +0.5 pp
2010 66.5 +0.5 pp
2009 66 +0.5 pp
2008 65.6 +0.6 pp
2007 65 +0.1 pp
2006 64.9 +0.1 pp
2005 64.8 +0.4 pp
2004 64.4 +0.3 pp
2003 64.1 +0.3 pp
2002 63.8 +0.4 pp
2001 63.4 +0.9 pp
2000 62.5 +1.1 pp
1999 61.4 +1.1 pp
1998 60.3 +0.7 pp
1997 59.6 +0.8 pp
1996 58.8 +1.1 pp
1995 57.8 +0.8 pp
1994 57 +1.1 pp
1993 55.8 +1 pp
1992 54.8 +0.8 pp
1991 54 —

Caribbean, 2025

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

BS Bahamas 84.4 PR Puerto Rico 84.1 BB Barbados 82.6 VI United States Virgin Islands 81.9 LC Saint Lucia 76.3 DO Dominican Republic 74 TT Trinidad and Tobago 71.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.8 JM Jamaica 68.9 CU Cuba 67.6 HT Haiti 44.6
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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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