Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Eastern Europe

Employment in services in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 66%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 20.8 pp.

2025 66% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 66%2025
Period minimum 45.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Eastern Europe, 1991–20254050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 45.3%1992: 45.4%1993: 46.2%1994: 47.2%1995: 48.8%1996: 50.3%1997: 53.6%1998: 54.4%1999: 53.2%2000: 53.6%2001: 54.6%2002: 55.3%2003: 55.8%2004: 56.9%2005: 57.2%2006: 57.8%2007: 58.5%2008: 58.8%2009: 60.2%2010: 60.5%2011: 60.7%2012: 60.9%2013: 61.4%2014: 61.7%2015: 62.3%2016: 62.5%2017: 62.9%2018: 63.1%2019: 63.3%2020: 63.4%2021: 63.6%2022: 64.5%2023: 65.1%2024: 65.7%2025: 66%
Change over the period: +20.8 pp Annual average: 0.61 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Europe 66%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 66 +0.3 pp
2024 65.7 +0.6 pp
2023 65.1 +0.7 pp
2022 64.5 +0.8 pp
2021 63.6 +0.2 pp
2020 63.4 +0.1 pp
2019 63.3 +0.2 pp
2018 63.1 +0.2 pp
2017 62.9 +0.4 pp
2016 62.5 +0.2 pp
2015 62.3 +0.5 pp
2014 61.7 +0.3 pp
2013 61.4 +0.5 pp
2012 60.9 +0.2 pp
2011 60.7 +0.3 pp
2010 60.5 +0.3 pp
2009 60.2 +1.3 pp
2008 58.8 +0.3 pp
2007 58.5 +0.7 pp
2006 57.8 +0.6 pp
2005 57.2 +0.3 pp
2004 56.9 +1.1 pp
2003 55.8 +0.5 pp
2002 55.3 +0.7 pp
2001 54.6 +1 pp
2000 53.6 +0.5 pp
1999 53.2 −1.2 pp
1998 54.4 +0.8 pp
1997 53.6 +3.2 pp
1996 50.3 +1.5 pp
1995 48.8 +1.6 pp
1994 47.2 +1 pp
1993 46.2 +0.7 pp
1992 45.4 +0.2 pp
1991 45.3

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.