Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Central Asia

Employment in services in Central Asia in 2025 — 55.7%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 14.9 pp.

2025 55.7% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 55.7%2025
Period minimum 40.8%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Central Asia, 1991–2025404550556019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 40.8%1992: 41%1993: 41.2%1994: 41.1%1995: 41.1%1996: 41.7%1997: 41.9%1998: 42.3%1999: 42.5%2000: 43%2001: 43.6%2002: 44.1%2003: 44.4%2004: 45.4%2005: 46%2006: 46.6%2007: 47.1%2008: 47.9%2009: 48.8%2010: 49.4%2011: 49.9%2012: 50.4%2013: 50.6%2014: 51.1%2015: 52.5%2016: 53.3%2017: 54%2018: 54.8%2019: 55.2%2020: 54.6%2021: 54.6%2022: 54.9%2023: 55.3%2024: 55.6%2025: 55.7%
Change over the period: +14.9 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Central Asia 55.7%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 55.7 +0.1 pp
2024 55.6 +0.3 pp
2023 55.3 +0.3 pp
2022 54.9 +0.3 pp
2021 54.6 +0 pp
2020 54.6 −0.6 pp
2019 55.2 +0.4 pp
2018 54.8 +0.9 pp
2017 54 +0.7 pp
2016 53.3 +0.8 pp
2015 52.5 +1.3 pp
2014 51.1 +0.5 pp
2013 50.6 +0.2 pp
2012 50.4 +0.5 pp
2011 49.9 +0.5 pp
2010 49.4 +0.6 pp
2009 48.8 +0.9 pp
2008 47.9 +0.8 pp
2007 47.1 +0.5 pp
2006 46.6 +0.6 pp
2005 46 +0.7 pp
2004 45.4 +1 pp
2003 44.4 +0.4 pp
2002 44.1 +0.5 pp
2001 43.6 +0.6 pp
2000 43 +0.5 pp
1999 42.5 +0.3 pp
1998 42.3 +0.4 pp
1997 41.9 +0.2 pp
1996 41.7 +0.5 pp
1995 41.1 +0 pp
1994 41.1 −0.1 pp
1993 41.2 +0.2 pp
1992 41 +0.2 pp
1991 40.8

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.