Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Middle Africa

Employment in services in Middle Africa in 2025 — 35.5%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.8 pp.

2025 35.5% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 35.5%2025
Period minimum 30%2001

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Middle Africa, 1991–20253032343619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 33.7%1992: 32.5%1993: 31.6%1994: 30.9%1995: 30.7%1996: 31%1997: 30.7%1998: 30.7%1999: 30.2%2000: 30.2%2001: 30%2002: 30.5%2003: 31%2004: 31.5%2005: 31.8%2006: 31.9%2007: 32.1%2008: 32.2%2009: 32.3%2010: 32.4%2011: 32.6%2012: 32.7%2013: 32.9%2014: 33.2%2015: 33.7%2016: 33.9%2017: 34.1%2018: 34.4%2019: 34.8%2020: 33.4%2021: 33.2%2022: 34.3%2023: 34.8%2024: 35.2%2025: 35.5%
Change over the period: +1.8 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Middle Africa 35.5%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35.5 +0.3 pp
2024 35.2 +0.4 pp
2023 34.8 +0.5 pp
2022 34.3 +1.1 pp
2021 33.2 −0.2 pp
2020 33.4 −1.4 pp
2019 34.8 +0.4 pp
2018 34.4 +0.3 pp
2017 34.1 +0.2 pp
2016 33.9 +0.1 pp
2015 33.7 +0.6 pp
2014 33.2 +0.3 pp
2013 32.9 +0.2 pp
2012 32.7 +0.1 pp
2011 32.6 +0.1 pp
2010 32.4 +0.1 pp
2009 32.3 +0.1 pp
2008 32.2 +0.2 pp
2007 32.1 +0.2 pp
2006 31.9 +0.1 pp
2005 31.8 +0.3 pp
2004 31.5 +0.5 pp
2003 31 +0.5 pp
2002 30.5 +0.5 pp
2001 30 −0.2 pp
2000 30.2 −0 pp
1999 30.2 −0.5 pp
1998 30.7 +0 pp
1997 30.7 −0.3 pp
1996 31 +0.3 pp
1995 30.7 −0.1 pp
1994 30.9 −0.7 pp
1993 31.6 −1 pp
1992 32.5 −1.1 pp
1991 33.7

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.