Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Turkmenistan

Employment in services in Turkmenistan in 2025 — 49.5%. Ranked 128 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 16.6 pp.

2025 49.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 128of 182
Period maximum 49.5%2025
Period minimum 32.2%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Turkmenistan, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 32.9%1992: 32.2%1993: 32.5%1994: 32.7%1995: 32.7%1996: 33.1%1997: 33.4%1998: 34%1999: 35%2000: 35.8%2001: 36.4%2002: 36.7%2003: 37.4%2004: 38%2005: 39%2006: 39.8%2007: 40.5%2008: 40.8%2009: 41.4%2010: 42.2%2011: 42.8%2012: 43.4%2013: 44.1%2014: 44.8%2015: 45.6%2016: 46.2%2017: 46.8%2018: 47.4%2019: 48%2020: 47.6%2021: 47.8%2022: 48.1%2023: 48.7%2024: 49.1%2025: 49.5%
Change over the period: +16.6 pp Annual average: 0.49 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Turkmenistan 49.5%
World 50.6%
Central Asia computed 55.7%
Employment in services — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.5 +0.4 pp
2024 49.1 +0.4 pp
2023 48.7 +0.5 pp
2022 48.1 +0.3 pp
2021 47.8 +0.2 pp
2020 47.6 −0.4 pp
2019 48 +0.6 pp
2018 47.4 +0.6 pp
2017 46.8 +0.7 pp
2016 46.2 +0.6 pp
2015 45.6 +0.7 pp
2014 44.8 +0.7 pp
2013 44.1 +0.7 pp
2012 43.4 +0.6 pp
2011 42.8 +0.6 pp
2010 42.2 +0.7 pp
2009 41.4 +0.6 pp
2008 40.8 +0.3 pp
2007 40.5 +0.7 pp
2006 39.8 +0.8 pp
2005 39 +0.9 pp
2004 38 +0.7 pp
2003 37.4 +0.7 pp
2002 36.7 +0.4 pp
2001 36.4 +0.5 pp
2000 35.8 +0.8 pp
1999 35 +1 pp
1998 34 +0.7 pp
1997 33.4 +0.3 pp
1996 33.1 +0.4 pp
1995 32.7 −0 pp
1994 32.7 +0.2 pp
1993 32.5 +0.3 pp
1992 32.2 −0.7 pp
1991 32.9

Central Asia, 2025

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

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.