Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Samoa

Employment in services in Samoa in 2025 — 57.2%. Ranked 99 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 20.1 pp.

2025 57.2% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 99of 182
Period maximum 57.2%2025
Period minimum 37.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Samoa, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 37.1%1992: 37.4%1993: 37.6%1994: 37.8%1995: 38.1%1996: 38.3%1997: 38.5%1998: 39.2%1999: 39.9%2000: 40.3%2001: 40.8%2002: 42%2003: 43.4%2004: 44.5%2005: 45.7%2006: 47.1%2007: 48.9%2008: 50.1%2009: 51.3%2010: 52.7%2011: 53.9%2012: 54.3%2013: 54.5%2014: 55.3%2015: 55.6%2016: 55.7%2017: 56.1%2018: 56.7%2019: 56.9%2020: 56.1%2021: 56%2022: 56.4%2023: 56.6%2024: 56.9%2025: 57.2%
Change over the period: +20.1 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Samoa 57.2%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.2 +0.3 pp
2024 56.9 +0.2 pp
2023 56.6 +0.3 pp
2022 56.4 +0.4 pp
2021 56 −0.1 pp
2020 56.1 −0.8 pp
2019 56.9 +0.2 pp
2018 56.7 +0.7 pp
2017 56.1 +0.4 pp
2016 55.7 +0.1 pp
2015 55.6 +0.3 pp
2014 55.3 +0.7 pp
2013 54.5 +0.2 pp
2012 54.3 +0.4 pp
2011 53.9 +1.2 pp
2010 52.7 +1.4 pp
2009 51.3 +1.2 pp
2008 50.1 +1.2 pp
2007 48.9 +1.9 pp
2006 47.1 +1.3 pp
2005 45.7 +1.2 pp
2004 44.5 +1.2 pp
2003 43.4 +1.4 pp
2002 42 +1.2 pp
2001 40.8 +0.6 pp
2000 40.3 +0.4 pp
1999 39.9 +0.7 pp
1998 39.2 +0.6 pp
1997 38.5 +0.3 pp
1996 38.3 +0.1 pp
1995 38.1 +0.4 pp
1994 37.8 +0.2 pp
1993 37.6 +0.2 pp
1992 37.4 +0.3 pp
1991 37.1

Polynesia, 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.