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Employment in services — Somalia

Employment in services in Somalia in 2025 — 52.2%. Ranked 115 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15.9 pp.

2025 52.2% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 115of 182
Period maximum 56.3%2017
Period minimum 32.3%1994

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Somalia, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36.4%1992: 35.7%1993: 36.2%1994: 32.3%1995: 32.5%1996: 33.6%1997: 33.2%1998: 33.9%1999: 34.7%2000: 35.6%2001: 36.4%2002: 37.5%2003: 38.6%2004: 39.5%2005: 40.4%2006: 41.3%2007: 42.7%2008: 43.6%2009: 44.6%2010: 45.6%2011: 47%2012: 48.5%2013: 50.4%2014: 51.6%2015: 53.2%2016: 54%2017: 56.3%2018: 56.1%2019: 56%2020: 52.1%2021: 51.4%2022: 51.4%2023: 51.8%2024: 52%2025: 52.2%
Change over the period: +15.9 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 52.2%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.2 +0.2 pp
2024 52 +0.2 pp
2023 51.8 +0.4 pp
2022 51.4 +0 pp
2021 51.4 −0.7 pp
2020 52.1 −3.9 pp
2019 56 −0.1 pp
2018 56.1 −0.2 pp
2017 56.3 +2.3 pp
2016 54 +0.8 pp
2015 53.2 +1.6 pp
2014 51.6 +1.3 pp
2013 50.4 +1.8 pp
2012 48.5 +1.5 pp
2011 47 +1.4 pp
2010 45.6 +1 pp
2009 44.6 +1 pp
2008 43.6 +0.9 pp
2007 42.7 +1.4 pp
2006 41.3 +0.9 pp
2005 40.4 +1 pp
2004 39.5 +0.9 pp
2003 38.6 +1 pp
2002 37.5 +1.1 pp
2001 36.4 +0.9 pp
2000 35.6 +0.8 pp
1999 34.7 +0.9 pp
1998 33.9 +0.7 pp
1997 33.2 −0.4 pp
1996 33.6 +1.1 pp
1995 32.5 +0.2 pp
1994 32.3 −3.9 pp
1993 36.2 +0.4 pp
1992 35.7 −0.6 pp
1991 36.4 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
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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.

Other indicators for Somalia

Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Somalia by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Somalia by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Somalia by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Somalia by year
All indicators for Somalia