Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Sweden

Employment in services in Sweden in 2025 — 81.4%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 12.2 pp.

2025 81.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 16of 182
Period maximum 81.4%2025
Period minimum 69.2%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Sweden, 1991–2025657075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 69.2%1992: 69.8%1993: 70.4%1994: 70.5%1995: 71%1996: 70.9%1997: 71.2%1998: 71.1%1999: 72%2000: 72.7%2001: 73.6%2002: 74.5%2003: 74.9%2004: 75.1%2005: 75.8%2006: 75.9%2007: 76.1%2008: 76.6%2009: 77.7%2010: 78%2011: 78.1%2012: 78.3%2013: 78.8%2014: 79.4%2015: 79.7%2016: 79.9%2017: 80%2018: 80.1%2019: 79.9%2020: 80%2021: 79.9%2022: 80.9%2023: 80.9%2024: 81.2%2025: 81.4%
Change over the period: +12.2 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sweden 81.4%
World 50.6%
Northern Europe computed 81.2%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 81.4 +0.2 pp
2024 81.2 +0.2 pp
2023 80.9 +0 pp
2022 80.9 +1 pp
2021 79.9 −0 pp
2020 80 +0.1 pp
2019 79.9 −0.2 pp
2018 80.1 +0.1 pp
2017 80 +0.1 pp
2016 79.9 +0.2 pp
2015 79.7 +0.3 pp
2014 79.4 +0.6 pp
2013 78.8 +0.5 pp
2012 78.3 +0.2 pp
2011 78.1 +0.1 pp
2010 78 +0.3 pp
2009 77.7 +1.1 pp
2008 76.6 +0.4 pp
2007 76.1 +0.2 pp
2006 75.9 +0.1 pp
2005 75.8 +0.6 pp
2004 75.1 +0.3 pp
2003 74.9 +0.3 pp
2002 74.5 +0.9 pp
2001 73.6 +0.9 pp
2000 72.7 +0.7 pp
1999 72 +0.9 pp
1998 71.1 −0.1 pp
1997 71.2 +0.3 pp
1996 70.9 −0.2 pp
1995 71 +0.5 pp
1994 70.5 +0.2 pp
1993 70.4 +0.6 pp
1992 69.8 +0.5 pp
1991 69.2

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.