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Employment in services — Senegal

Employment in services in Senegal in 2025 — 47.9%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 11.9 pp.

2025 47.9% +0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 134of 182
Period maximum 55.9%2019
Period minimum 35.9%1994

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Senegal, 1991–202535404550556019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36%1992: 36%1993: 36%1994: 35.9%1995: 36.2%1996: 36.3%1997: 36.5%1998: 37%1999: 37.6%2000: 38%2001: 38.4%2002: 39%2003: 39.9%2004: 41%2005: 41.8%2006: 42.6%2007: 43.4%2008: 44.1%2009: 44.9%2010: 46.1%2011: 47.2%2012: 48.6%2013: 49.8%2014: 51.9%2015: 53.7%2016: 51%2017: 53.1%2018: 54.8%2019: 55.9%2020: 52%2021: 48.7%2022: 45.9%2023: 46.3%2024: 47.1%2025: 47.9%
Change over the period: +11.9 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Senegal 47.9%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.9 +0.8 pp
2024 47.1 +0.8 pp
2023 46.3 +0.4 pp
2022 45.9 −2.8 pp
2021 48.7 −3.3 pp
2020 52 −3.8 pp
2019 55.9 +1.1 pp
2018 54.8 +1.6 pp
2017 53.1 +2.1 pp
2016 51 −2.7 pp
2015 53.7 +1.8 pp
2014 51.9 +2.1 pp
2013 49.8 +1.2 pp
2012 48.6 +1.3 pp
2011 47.2 +1.2 pp
2010 46.1 +1.2 pp
2009 44.9 +0.8 pp
2008 44.1 +0.7 pp
2007 43.4 +0.8 pp
2006 42.6 +0.8 pp
2005 41.8 +0.8 pp
2004 41 +1.1 pp
2003 39.9 +0.9 pp
2002 39 +0.6 pp
2001 38.4 +0.4 pp
2000 38 +0.4 pp
1999 37.6 +0.6 pp
1998 37 +0.5 pp
1997 36.5 +0.2 pp
1996 36.3 +0.1 pp
1995 36.2 +0.3 pp
1994 35.9 −0.2 pp
1993 36 +0 pp
1992 36 +0 pp
1991 36 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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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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The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

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