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Employment in services — Syria

Employment in services in Syria in 2025 — 58.5%. Ranked 94 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 11.8 pp.

2025 58.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 94of 182
Period maximum 58.9%2019
Period minimum 41%2000

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Syria, 1991–2025404550556019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 46.7%1992: 44.6%1993: 42.3%1994: 45.3%1995: 41.1%1996: 41.7%1997: 42.6%1998: 43.1%1999: 43.9%2000: 41%2001: 43.2%2002: 45.3%2003: 47.4%2004: 48.8%2005: 50.1%2006: 50.7%2007: 51.8%2008: 52.6%2009: 51.5%2010: 53.6%2011: 55.3%2012: 56.7%2013: 57.5%2014: 57.8%2015: 57.7%2016: 58.2%2017: 58%2018: 58.4%2019: 58.9%2020: 57%2021: 56.6%2022: 57.2%2023: 57.7%2024: 58.1%2025: 58.5%
Change over the period: +11.8 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Syria 58.5%
World 50.6%
Middle East & North Africa 51.7%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.5 +0.4 pp
2024 58.1 +0.4 pp
2023 57.7 +0.5 pp
2022 57.2 +0.6 pp
2021 56.6 −0.4 pp
2020 57 −1.9 pp
2019 58.9 +0.5 pp
2018 58.4 +0.4 pp
2017 58 −0.2 pp
2016 58.2 +0.5 pp
2015 57.7 −0.1 pp
2014 57.8 +0.3 pp
2013 57.5 +0.8 pp
2012 56.7 +1.3 pp
2011 55.3 +1.8 pp
2010 53.6 +2.1 pp
2009 51.5 −1.1 pp
2008 52.6 +0.8 pp
2007 51.8 +1.1 pp
2006 50.7 +0.6 pp
2005 50.1 +1.3 pp
2004 48.8 +1.4 pp
2003 47.4 +2.1 pp
2002 45.3 +2.1 pp
2001 43.2 +2.2 pp
2000 41 −2.9 pp
1999 43.9 +0.8 pp
1998 43.1 +0.5 pp
1997 42.6 +1 pp
1996 41.7 +0.5 pp
1995 41.1 −4.2 pp
1994 45.3 +3.1 pp
1993 42.3 −2.3 pp
1992 44.6 −2.1 pp
1991 46.7 —

Western Asia, 2025

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

IL Israel 84.1 CY Cyprus 81.6 JO Jordan 80.8 SA Saudi Arabia 74.4 KW Kuwait 73.5 AE United Arab Emirates 68 IQ Iraq 65.3 BH Bahrain 64.3 QA Qatar 60.4 SY Syria 58.5 TR Türkiye 58.5 YE Yemen 57.3 OM Oman 54.6 AM Armenia 51.7 AZ Azerbaijan 50.2 GE Georgia 49.5
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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.

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