Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — South-Eastern Asia

Employment in services in South-Eastern Asia in 2025 — 49.5%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 17.4 pp.

2025 49.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 49.5%2025
Period minimum 32.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — South-Eastern Asia, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 32.1%1992: 32.1%1993: 32.7%1994: 33%1995: 33.8%1996: 34.1%1997: 35%1998: 35.7%1999: 35.9%2000: 36%2001: 36.4%2002: 36.5%2003: 36.4%2004: 38%2005: 37.9%2006: 39.1%2007: 39.7%2008: 40%2009: 40.5%2010: 41%2011: 41.3%2012: 41.6%2013: 42.3%2014: 43%2015: 43.8%2016: 44.9%2017: 45.5%2018: 46.2%2019: 47%2020: 47.1%2021: 47.5%2022: 47.6%2023: 48.7%2024: 49.1%2025: 49.5%
Change over the period: +17.4 pp Annual average: 0.51 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia 49.5%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.5 +0.4 pp
2024 49.1 +0.5 pp
2023 48.7 +1 pp
2022 47.6 +0.1 pp
2021 47.5 +0.4 pp
2020 47.1 +0.1 pp
2019 47 +0.8 pp
2018 46.2 +0.7 pp
2017 45.5 +0.6 pp
2016 44.9 +1.1 pp
2015 43.8 +0.8 pp
2014 43 +0.7 pp
2013 42.3 +0.7 pp
2012 41.6 +0.3 pp
2011 41.3 +0.3 pp
2010 41 +0.5 pp
2009 40.5 +0.6 pp
2008 40 +0.3 pp
2007 39.7 +0.5 pp
2006 39.1 +1.3 pp
2005 37.9 −0.1 pp
2004 38 +1.5 pp
2003 36.4 −0 pp
2002 36.5 +0.1 pp
2001 36.4 +0.4 pp
2000 36 +0.1 pp
1999 35.9 +0.2 pp
1998 35.7 +0.7 pp
1997 35 +0.8 pp
1996 34.1 +0.4 pp
1995 33.8 +0.7 pp
1994 33 +0.4 pp
1993 32.7 +0.6 pp
1992 32.1 +0 pp
1991 32.1

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.