Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Türkiye

Employment in services in Türkiye in 2025 — 58.5%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 27.4 pp.

2025 58.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 95of 182
Period maximum 58.5%2025
Period minimum 31.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Türkiye, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 31.1%1992: 32.5%1993: 34.7%1994: 34.3%1995: 34.5%1996: 34.3%1997: 35%1998: 36.1%1999: 37.6%2000: 39.2%2001: 38.9%2002: 41.2%2003: 42.5%2004: 45%2005: 46.8%2006: 48%2007: 48.6%2008: 48.3%2009: 50.5%2010: 48.8%2011: 48.1%2012: 49.1%2013: 49.4%2014: 49.9%2015: 51.2%2016: 52.5%2017: 52.9%2018: 53.7%2019: 55.3%2020: 54.9%2021: 55.3%2022: 56.6%2023: 57.8%2024: 58.1%2025: 58.5%
Change over the period: +27.4 pp Annual average: 0.8 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Türkiye 58.5%
World 50.6%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Employment in services — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.5 +0.4 pp
2024 58.1 +0.3 pp
2023 57.8 +1.1 pp
2022 56.6 +1.4 pp
2021 55.3 +0.3 pp
2020 54.9 −0.4 pp
2019 55.3 +1.7 pp
2018 53.7 +0.8 pp
2017 52.9 +0.4 pp
2016 52.5 +1.3 pp
2015 51.2 +1.3 pp
2014 49.9 +0.4 pp
2013 49.4 +0.3 pp
2012 49.1 +1 pp
2011 48.1 −0.7 pp
2010 48.8 −1.7 pp
2009 50.5 +2.2 pp
2008 48.3 −0.3 pp
2007 48.6 +0.6 pp
2006 48 +1.2 pp
2005 46.8 +1.9 pp
2004 45 +2.5 pp
2003 42.5 +1.3 pp
2002 41.2 +2.3 pp
2001 38.9 −0.3 pp
2000 39.2 +1.5 pp
1999 37.6 +1.6 pp
1998 36.1 +1 pp
1997 35 +0.7 pp
1996 34.3 −0.2 pp
1995 34.5 +0.3 pp
1994 34.3 −0.4 pp
1993 34.7 +2.1 pp
1992 32.5 +1.4 pp
1991 31.1

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.