Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Melanesia

Employment in services in Melanesia in 2025 — 54.8%. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.9 pp.

2025 54.8% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 62.2%2010
Period minimum 53.4%2022

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Melanesia, 1991–202552.55557.56062.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 57.8%1992: 58%1993: 58.1%1994: 58.3%1995: 58.5%1996: 58.9%1997: 58.9%1998: 59.6%1999: 59.7%2000: 59.7%2001: 60.2%2002: 60.3%2003: 60.5%2004: 60.9%2005: 61.2%2006: 61.4%2007: 61.7%2008: 61.8%2009: 62.2%2010: 62.2%2011: 61.8%2012: 61.4%2013: 60.8%2014: 60.2%2015: 59.7%2016: 59.3%2017: 58.6%2018: 58.2%2019: 57.6%2020: 55.4%2021: 54.1%2022: 53.4%2023: 54%2024: 54.4%2025: 54.8%
Change over the period: −2.9 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Melanesia 54.8%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.8 +0.4 pp
2024 54.4 +0.4 pp
2023 54 +0.6 pp
2022 53.4 −0.7 pp
2021 54.1 −1.3 pp
2020 55.4 −2.1 pp
2019 57.6 −0.6 pp
2018 58.2 −0.5 pp
2017 58.6 −0.6 pp
2016 59.3 −0.5 pp
2015 59.7 −0.4 pp
2014 60.2 −0.7 pp
2013 60.8 −0.5 pp
2012 61.4 −0.4 pp
2011 61.8 −0.4 pp
2010 62.2 +0.1 pp
2009 62.2 +0.3 pp
2008 61.8 +0.2 pp
2007 61.7 +0.3 pp
2006 61.4 +0.2 pp
2005 61.2 +0.3 pp
2004 60.9 +0.3 pp
2003 60.5 +0.2 pp
2002 60.3 +0.1 pp
2001 60.2 +0.5 pp
2000 59.7 +0.1 pp
1999 59.7 +0.1 pp
1998 59.6 +0.7 pp
1997 58.9 +0 pp
1996 58.9 +0.4 pp
1995 58.5 +0.2 pp
1994 58.3 +0.2 pp
1993 58.1 +0.1 pp
1992 58 +0.2 pp
1991 57.8

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.