Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Slovakia

Employment in services in Slovakia in 2025 — 63.3%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 17.7 pp.

2025 63.3% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 84of 182
Period maximum 63.3%2025
Period minimum 45.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Slovakia, 1991–2025455055606519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 45.6%1992: 47.5%1993: 48.3%1994: 48.5%1995: 50.3%1996: 49.9%1997: 49.8%1998: 50.3%1999: 52.3%2000: 54.3%2001: 54.5%2002: 53.7%2003: 54.3%2004: 54.4%2005: 55%2006: 55.4%2007: 55.1%2008: 55.1%2009: 57.6%2010: 58.9%2011: 58.4%2012: 58.4%2013: 60.1%2014: 60%2015: 60%2016: 60%2017: 59.5%2018: 60.6%2019: 60.4%2020: 60.2%2021: 60.3%2022: 61.6%2023: 62.2%2024: 62.8%2025: 63.3%
Change over the period: +17.7 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Slovakia 63.3%
World 50.6%
Eastern Europe computed 66%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63.3 +0.5 pp
2024 62.8 +0.6 pp
2023 62.2 +0.6 pp
2022 61.6 +1.3 pp
2021 60.3 +0.1 pp
2020 60.2 −0.2 pp
2019 60.4 −0.1 pp
2018 60.6 +1.1 pp
2017 59.5 −0.5 pp
2016 60 +0 pp
2015 60 +0 pp
2014 60 −0.1 pp
2013 60.1 +1.6 pp
2012 58.4 +0 pp
2011 58.4 −0.5 pp
2010 58.9 +1.2 pp
2009 57.6 +2.6 pp
2008 55.1 +0 pp
2007 55.1 −0.3 pp
2006 55.4 +0.4 pp
2005 55 +0.6 pp
2004 54.4 +0.1 pp
2003 54.3 +0.5 pp
2002 53.7 −0.8 pp
2001 54.5 +0.2 pp
2000 54.3 +2 pp
1999 52.3 +1.9 pp
1998 50.3 +0.5 pp
1997 49.8 −0.1 pp
1996 49.9 −0.4 pp
1995 50.3 +1.8 pp
1994 48.5 +0.2 pp
1993 48.3 +0.8 pp
1992 47.5 +1.9 pp
1991 45.6

Eastern Europe, 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.