Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Solomon Islands

Employment in services in the Solomon Islands in 2025 — 50%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 4.7 pp.

2025 50% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 126of 182
Period maximum 51.3%2019
Period minimum 45.1%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Solomon Islands, 1991–2025444648505219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 45.3%1992: 45.1%1993: 45.4%1994: 45.5%1995: 45.2%1996: 45.8%1997: 46.5%1998: 47.2%1999: 47.9%2000: 49%2001: 50.6%2002: 49.8%2003: 49%2004: 48.9%2005: 49.4%2006: 49.5%2007: 49.4%2008: 49.3%2009: 49.4%2010: 49.2%2011: 49%2012: 49.1%2013: 49%2014: 49.3%2015: 49.9%2016: 50.1%2017: 50.5%2018: 50.8%2019: 51.3%2020: 49.1%2021: 48.4%2022: 48.9%2023: 49.2%2024: 49.6%2025: 50%
Change over the period: +4.7 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Solomon Islands 50%
World 50.6%
Melanesia computed 54.8%
Employment in services — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50 +0.3 pp
2024 49.6 +0.4 pp
2023 49.2 +0.3 pp
2022 48.9 +0.4 pp
2021 48.4 −0.6 pp
2020 49.1 −2.3 pp
2019 51.3 +0.5 pp
2018 50.8 +0.3 pp
2017 50.5 +0.4 pp
2016 50.1 +0.3 pp
2015 49.9 +0.6 pp
2014 49.3 +0.2 pp
2013 49 −0 pp
2012 49.1 +0 pp
2011 49 −0.2 pp
2010 49.2 −0.2 pp
2009 49.4 +0.1 pp
2008 49.3 −0.1 pp
2007 49.4 −0.1 pp
2006 49.5 +0.1 pp
2005 49.4 +0.4 pp
2004 48.9 −0.1 pp
2003 49 −0.8 pp
2002 49.8 −0.8 pp
2001 50.6 +1.5 pp
2000 49 +1.1 pp
1999 47.9 +0.7 pp
1998 47.2 +0.8 pp
1997 46.5 +0.6 pp
1996 45.8 +0.6 pp
1995 45.2 −0.3 pp
1994 45.5 +0.1 pp
1993 45.4 +0.3 pp
1992 45.1 −0.2 pp
1991 45.3

Melanesia, 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.