Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Northern Africa

Employment in services in Northern Africa in 2025 — 54%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 14 pp.

2025 54% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 54%2025
Period minimum 40%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Northern Africa, 1991–20254045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 40%1992: 40.5%1993: 42%1994: 42.3%1995: 42.7%1996: 42.7%1997: 43.9%1998: 44.9%1999: 45.1%2000: 45.7%2001: 46.3%2002: 47.1%2003: 46.7%2004: 45.4%2005: 45.4%2006: 45.4%2007: 45.4%2008: 45.9%2009: 46.7%2010: 47%2011: 47.8%2012: 48.5%2013: 48.8%2014: 49.1%2015: 49.9%2016: 50.4%2017: 50.2%2018: 51.7%2019: 51.4%2020: 51.3%2021: 51.9%2022: 52.4%2023: 53.5%2024: 53.8%2025: 54%
Change over the period: +14 pp Annual average: 0.41 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Africa 54%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54 +0.2 pp
2024 53.8 +0.3 pp
2023 53.5 +1.1 pp
2022 52.4 +0.6 pp
2021 51.9 +0.5 pp
2020 51.3 −0.1 pp
2019 51.4 −0.3 pp
2018 51.7 +1.5 pp
2017 50.2 −0.2 pp
2016 50.4 +0.5 pp
2015 49.9 +0.8 pp
2014 49.1 +0.3 pp
2013 48.8 +0.3 pp
2012 48.5 +0.7 pp
2011 47.8 +0.8 pp
2010 47 +0.2 pp
2009 46.7 +0.8 pp
2008 45.9 +0.5 pp
2007 45.4 −0 pp
2006 45.4 +0.1 pp
2005 45.4 +0 pp
2004 45.4 −1.3 pp
2003 46.7 −0.4 pp
2002 47.1 +0.8 pp
2001 46.3 +0.6 pp
2000 45.7 +0.6 pp
1999 45.1 +0.2 pp
1998 44.9 +1 pp
1997 43.9 +1.1 pp
1996 42.7 +0 pp
1995 42.7 +0.4 pp
1994 42.3 +0.3 pp
1993 42 +1.6 pp
1992 40.5 +0.4 pp
1991 40

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.