Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Thailand

Employment in services in Thailand in 2025 — 49.2%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 20.2 pp.

2025 49.2% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 131of 182
Period maximum 49.2%2025
Period minimum 27.9%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Thailand, 1991–20252030405019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 29%1992: 27.9%1993: 30.4%1994: 30.5%1995: 33.1%1996: 34.1%1997: 34.9%1998: 35.9%1999: 38%2000: 37.1%2001: 38.4%2002: 38.2%2003: 38.9%2004: 39.2%2005: 39.4%2006: 39.6%2007: 39.9%2008: 40.3%2009: 40.7%2010: 41.1%2011: 39.6%2012: 38%2013: 39.4%2014: 43%2015: 43.9%2016: 45%2017: 45.6%2018: 45%2019: 45.6%2020: 46%2021: 45.8%2022: 47.3%2023: 47.9%2024: 48.8%2025: 49.2%
Change over the period: +20.2 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Thailand 49.2%
World 50.6%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
Employment in services — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.2 +0.4 pp
2024 48.8 +0.9 pp
2023 47.9 +0.5 pp
2022 47.3 +1.5 pp
2021 45.8 −0.2 pp
2020 46 +0.4 pp
2019 45.6 +0.7 pp
2018 45 −0.6 pp
2017 45.6 +0.5 pp
2016 45 +1.1 pp
2015 43.9 +1 pp
2014 43 +3.5 pp
2013 39.4 +1.4 pp
2012 38 −1.5 pp
2011 39.6 −1.6 pp
2010 41.1 +0.4 pp
2009 40.7 +0.4 pp
2008 40.3 +0.4 pp
2007 39.9 +0.3 pp
2006 39.6 +0.2 pp
2005 39.4 +0.2 pp
2004 39.2 +0.3 pp
2003 38.9 +0.7 pp
2002 38.2 −0.2 pp
2001 38.4 +1.3 pp
2000 37.1 −0.9 pp
1999 38 +2.1 pp
1998 35.9 +0.9 pp
1997 34.9 +0.8 pp
1996 34.1 +1 pp
1995 33.1 +2.6 pp
1994 30.5 +0 pp
1993 30.4 +2.6 pp
1992 27.9 −1.2 pp
1991 29

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.