Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Trinidad and Tobago

Employment in services in Trinidad and Tobago in 2025 — 71.3%. Ranked 56 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 14.4 pp.

2025 71.3% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 56of 182
Period maximum 71.3%2025
Period minimum 57%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Trinidad and Tobago, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 57%1992: 58.9%1993: 59.8%1994: 59.4%1995: 61.3%1996: 62.5%1997: 62%1998: 61.9%1999: 62.5%2000: 63.3%2001: 61.9%2002: 63.3%2003: 64.5%2004: 64.3%2005: 64.1%2006: 64.3%2007: 64.1%2008: 63.8%2009: 65.3%2010: 66.1%2011: 67.3%2012: 67.3%2013: 67.4%2014: 67.8%2015: 68.2%2016: 69%2017: 69.6%2018: 69.8%2019: 70.2%2020: 70.5%2021: 70.3%2022: 71.3%2023: 70.6%2024: 71.1%2025: 71.3%
Change over the period: +14.4 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Trinidad and Tobago 71.3%
World 50.6%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71.3 +0.2 pp
2024 71.1 +0.6 pp
2023 70.6 −0.7 pp
2022 71.3 +1 pp
2021 70.3 −0.2 pp
2020 70.5 +0.4 pp
2019 70.2 +0.4 pp
2018 69.8 +0.2 pp
2017 69.6 +0.6 pp
2016 69 +0.8 pp
2015 68.2 +0.4 pp
2014 67.8 +0.4 pp
2013 67.4 +0.1 pp
2012 67.3 −0 pp
2011 67.3 +1.2 pp
2010 66.1 +0.8 pp
2009 65.3 +1.5 pp
2008 63.8 −0.3 pp
2007 64.1 −0.2 pp
2006 64.3 +0.2 pp
2005 64.1 −0.2 pp
2004 64.3 −0.2 pp
2003 64.5 +1.2 pp
2002 63.3 +1.5 pp
2001 61.9 −1.4 pp
2000 63.3 +0.7 pp
1999 62.5 +0.6 pp
1998 61.9 −0 pp
1997 62 −0.5 pp
1996 62.5 +1.2 pp
1995 61.3 +1.9 pp
1994 59.4 −0.3 pp
1993 59.8 +0.9 pp
1992 58.9 +2 pp
1991 57

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.