Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Australia and New Zealand

Employment in services in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 — 77.9%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.5 pp.

2025 77.9% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 77.9%2025
Period minimum 69.4%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Australia and New Zealand, 1991–202567.57072.57577.58019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 69.4%1992: 69.9%1993: 69.8%1994: 69.8%1995: 70.4%1996: 70.9%1997: 71.3%1998: 71.6%1999: 71.9%2000: 71.7%2001: 72.6%2002: 72.8%2003: 73.5%2004: 73.4%2005: 73.8%2006: 73.8%2007: 74%2008: 73.8%2009: 74.2%2010: 74.3%2011: 74.9%2012: 75.1%2013: 75.6%2014: 75.7%2015: 76.4%2016: 76.7%2017: 77.1%2018: 76.9%2019: 77.7%2020: 77.3%2021: 77.3%2022: 77.6%2023: 77.4%2024: 77.7%2025: 77.9%
Change over the period: +8.5 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 77.9%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 77.9 +0.1 pp
2024 77.7 +0.3 pp
2023 77.4 −0.2 pp
2022 77.6 +0.3 pp
2021 77.3 +0 pp
2020 77.3 −0.5 pp
2019 77.7 +0.8 pp
2018 76.9 −0.2 pp
2017 77.1 +0.5 pp
2016 76.7 +0.3 pp
2015 76.4 +0.7 pp
2014 75.7 +0.1 pp
2013 75.6 +0.5 pp
2012 75.1 +0.2 pp
2011 74.9 +0.6 pp
2010 74.3 +0.2 pp
2009 74.2 +0.4 pp
2008 73.8 −0.2 pp
2007 74 +0.2 pp
2006 73.8 −0.1 pp
2005 73.8 +0.5 pp
2004 73.4 −0.1 pp
2003 73.5 +0.6 pp
2002 72.8 +0.3 pp
2001 72.6 +0.8 pp
2000 71.7 −0.1 pp
1999 71.9 +0.2 pp
1998 71.6 +0.3 pp
1997 71.3 +0.4 pp
1996 70.9 +0.4 pp
1995 70.4 +0.6 pp
1994 69.8 +0.1 pp
1993 69.8 −0.1 pp
1992 69.9 +0.5 pp
1991 69.4

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.