Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Switzerland

Employment in services in Switzerland in 2025 — 78.2%. Ranked 28 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.2 pp.

2025 78.2% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 28of 182
Period maximum 78.2%2025
Period minimum 68%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Switzerland, 1991–20256570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 68%1992: 69.3%1993: 69.8%1994: 69.4%1995: 68.6%1996: 69.2%1997: 70.1%1998: 70.2%1999: 70.4%2000: 70.7%2001: 71%2002: 72.2%2003: 73.3%2004: 73.7%2005: 73.8%2006: 73.5%2007: 73.4%2008: 73.6%2009: 74.5%2010: 74.3%2011: 74.4%2012: 74.9%2013: 74.8%2014: 75.4%2015: 75.9%2016: 76.2%2017: 76.4%2018: 76.6%2019: 77%2020: 77.1%2021: 77.5%2022: 77.7%2023: 77.8%2024: 77.9%2025: 78.2%
Change over the period: +10.2 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Switzerland 78.2%
World 50.6%
Western Europe computed 76.5%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 78.2 +0.3 pp
2024 77.9 +0 pp
2023 77.8 +0.1 pp
2022 77.7 +0.2 pp
2021 77.5 +0.4 pp
2020 77.1 +0 pp
2019 77 +0.5 pp
2018 76.6 +0.2 pp
2017 76.4 +0.2 pp
2016 76.2 +0.3 pp
2015 75.9 +0.5 pp
2014 75.4 +0.6 pp
2013 74.8 −0.1 pp
2012 74.9 +0.5 pp
2011 74.4 +0.1 pp
2010 74.3 −0.1 pp
2009 74.5 +0.8 pp
2008 73.6 +0.2 pp
2007 73.4 −0.1 pp
2006 73.5 −0.2 pp
2005 73.8 +0 pp
2004 73.7 +0.4 pp
2003 73.3 +1.1 pp
2002 72.2 +1.3 pp
2001 71 +0.3 pp
2000 70.7 +0.3 pp
1999 70.4 +0.2 pp
1998 70.2 +0.1 pp
1997 70.1 +0.9 pp
1996 69.2 +0.6 pp
1995 68.6 −0.8 pp
1994 69.4 −0.4 pp
1993 69.8 +0.5 pp
1992 69.3 +1.3 pp
1991 68

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.