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Employment in services — Tonga

Employment in services in Tonga in 2025 — 53%. Ranked 110 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 15.3 pp.

2025 53% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 110of 182
Period maximum 53%2025
Period minimum 37.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Tonga, 1991–2025354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 37.7%1992: 37.9%1993: 38%1994: 38.5%1995: 38.5%1996: 38.8%1997: 39.3%1998: 39.5%1999: 39.7%2000: 40.1%2001: 40.5%2002: 40.7%2003: 41%2004: 41.3%2005: 41.8%2006: 42.3%2007: 42.5%2008: 42.5%2009: 42.9%2010: 42.8%2011: 42.2%2012: 42.2%2013: 42.5%2014: 42.4%2015: 42.3%2016: 42.3%2017: 42.5%2018: 42.8%2019: 44%2020: 44.6%2021: 45.8%2022: 49.2%2023: 52.2%2024: 52.5%2025: 53%
Change over the period: +15.3 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tonga 53%
World 50.6%
East Asia & Pacific 49.9%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53 +0.6 pp
2024 52.5 +0.3 pp
2023 52.2 +3 pp
2022 49.2 +3.4 pp
2021 45.8 +1.3 pp
2020 44.6 +0.5 pp
2019 44 +1.2 pp
2018 42.8 +0.3 pp
2017 42.5 +0.2 pp
2016 42.3 +0 pp
2015 42.3 −0.1 pp
2014 42.4 −0.1 pp
2013 42.5 +0.3 pp
2012 42.2 +0 pp
2011 42.2 −0.6 pp
2010 42.8 −0.1 pp
2009 42.9 +0.5 pp
2008 42.5 +0 pp
2007 42.5 +0.1 pp
2006 42.3 +0.5 pp
2005 41.8 +0.5 pp
2004 41.3 +0.2 pp
2003 41 +0.4 pp
2002 40.7 +0.1 pp
2001 40.5 +0.5 pp
2000 40.1 +0.4 pp
1999 39.7 +0.2 pp
1998 39.5 +0.2 pp
1997 39.3 +0.5 pp
1996 38.8 +0.3 pp
1995 38.5 +0 pp
1994 38.5 +0.4 pp
1993 38 +0.1 pp
1992 37.9 +0.2 pp
1991 37.7 —

Polynesia, 2025

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

PF French Polynesia 83.7 WS Samoa 57.2 TO Tonga 53
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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.

Other indicators for Tonga

Economy Services share of GDP

The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

Tonga by year Labor Employment in industry

The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Tonga by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Tonga by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Tonga by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Tonga by year
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