Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Singapore

Employment in services in Singapore in 2025 — 85.9%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 21.3 pp.

2025 85.9% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 4of 182
Period maximum 86.1%2023
Period minimum 64.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Singapore, 1991–20256070809019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 64.6%1992: 65.1%1993: 65.9%1994: 67%1995: 68.3%1996: 69.6%1997: 70.1%1998: 71.2%1999: 72%2000: 72.5%2001: 73.7%2002: 74.4%2003: 75.1%2004: 75.4%2005: 76%2006: 76.6%2007: 76.3%2008: 76.1%2009: 77.3%2010: 78.1%2011: 79.1%2012: 79.5%2013: 80.2%2014: 82.3%2015: 82.6%2016: 83.7%2017: 84%2018: 83.8%2019: 84.9%2020: 85.1%2021: 85.4%2022: 85.3%2023: 86.1%2024: 85.7%2025: 85.9%
Change over the period: +21.3 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Singapore 85.9%
World 50.6%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 85.9 +0.2 pp
2024 85.7 −0.3 pp
2023 86.1 +0.7 pp
2022 85.3 −0.1 pp
2021 85.4 +0.4 pp
2020 85.1 +0.1 pp
2019 84.9 +1.1 pp
2018 83.8 −0.2 pp
2017 84 +0.3 pp
2016 83.7 +1.1 pp
2015 82.6 +0.3 pp
2014 82.3 +2.1 pp
2013 80.2 +0.7 pp
2012 79.5 +0.4 pp
2011 79.1 +1 pp
2010 78.1 +0.9 pp
2009 77.3 +1.1 pp
2008 76.1 −0.1 pp
2007 76.3 −0.3 pp
2006 76.6 +0.6 pp
2005 76 +0.5 pp
2004 75.4 +0.4 pp
2003 75.1 +0.6 pp
2002 74.4 +0.8 pp
2001 73.7 +1.1 pp
2000 72.5 +0.6 pp
1999 72 +0.8 pp
1998 71.2 +1 pp
1997 70.1 +0.6 pp
1996 69.6 +1.3 pp
1995 68.3 +1.3 pp
1994 67 +1.1 pp
1993 65.9 +0.8 pp
1992 65.1 +0.5 pp
1991 64.6

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.