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Employment in services — Togo

Employment in services in Togo in 2025 — 44.2%. Ranked 143 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.5 pp.

2025 44.2% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 143of 182
Period maximum 46.9%2017
Period minimum 34.8%1993

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Togo, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36.7%1992: 36%1993: 34.8%1994: 36.2%1995: 36.3%1996: 36.8%1997: 37.8%1998: 37.7%1999: 37.6%2000: 37.3%2001: 37.2%2002: 37.3%2003: 38%2004: 37.7%2005: 36.9%2006: 37.2%2007: 37.7%2008: 39.1%2009: 40.1%2010: 42.2%2011: 44.3%2012: 44.8%2013: 45.4%2014: 45.7%2015: 46.2%2016: 46.5%2017: 46.9%2018: 43.5%2019: 40.9%2020: 40.2%2021: 40.7%2022: 42.1%2023: 43%2024: 43.6%2025: 44.2%
Change over the period: +7.5 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Togo 44.2%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.2 +0.6 pp
2024 43.6 +0.6 pp
2023 43 +0.9 pp
2022 42.1 +1.3 pp
2021 40.7 +0.5 pp
2020 40.2 −0.6 pp
2019 40.9 −2.7 pp
2018 43.5 −3.3 pp
2017 46.9 +0.4 pp
2016 46.5 +0.3 pp
2015 46.2 +0.5 pp
2014 45.7 +0.3 pp
2013 45.4 +0.6 pp
2012 44.8 +0.5 pp
2011 44.3 +2.1 pp
2010 42.2 +2.1 pp
2009 40.1 +1 pp
2008 39.1 +1.4 pp
2007 37.7 +0.5 pp
2006 37.2 +0.4 pp
2005 36.9 −0.8 pp
2004 37.7 −0.3 pp
2003 38 +0.7 pp
2002 37.3 +0.1 pp
2001 37.2 −0.1 pp
2000 37.3 −0.3 pp
1999 37.6 −0 pp
1998 37.7 −0.1 pp
1997 37.8 +1 pp
1996 36.8 +0.4 pp
1995 36.3 +0.1 pp
1994 36.2 +1.4 pp
1993 34.8 −1.3 pp
1992 36 −0.7 pp
1991 36.7 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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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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The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

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