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Employment in services — Uganda

Employment in services in Uganda in 2025 — 27.9%. Ranked 172 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.6 pp.

2025 27.9% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 172of 182
Period maximum 30.9%2019
Period minimum 18.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Uganda, 1991–2025152025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 18.3%1992: 18.3%1993: 18.7%1994: 18.9%1995: 19.6%1996: 20.1%1997: 20.4%1998: 20.6%1999: 21.1%2000: 21.2%2001: 21.5%2002: 22.2%2003: 22.4%2004: 21.7%2005: 21%2006: 20.8%2007: 20.3%2008: 19.7%2009: 19.1%2010: 25.2%2011: 23.7%2012: 24%2013: 19.5%2014: 21.3%2015: 21.4%2016: 21.6%2017: 21.7%2018: 26%2019: 30.9%2020: 27.9%2021: 26.2%2022: 26.5%2023: 26.9%2024: 27.4%2025: 27.9%
Change over the period: +9.6 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uganda 27.9%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.9 +0.5 pp
2024 27.4 +0.4 pp
2023 26.9 +0.4 pp
2022 26.5 +0.3 pp
2021 26.2 −1.7 pp
2020 27.9 −3 pp
2019 30.9 +4.9 pp
2018 26 +4.3 pp
2017 21.7 +0.1 pp
2016 21.6 +0.1 pp
2015 21.4 +0.2 pp
2014 21.3 +1.7 pp
2013 19.5 −4.4 pp
2012 24 +0.3 pp
2011 23.7 −1.6 pp
2010 25.2 +6.1 pp
2009 19.1 −0.6 pp
2008 19.7 −0.5 pp
2007 20.3 −0.5 pp
2006 20.8 −0.2 pp
2005 21 −0.8 pp
2004 21.7 −0.7 pp
2003 22.4 +0.3 pp
2002 22.2 +0.6 pp
2001 21.5 +0.3 pp
2000 21.2 +0.1 pp
1999 21.1 +0.5 pp
1998 20.6 +0.2 pp
1997 20.4 +0.2 pp
1996 20.1 +0.6 pp
1995 19.6 +0.7 pp
1994 18.9 +0.2 pp
1993 18.7 +0.4 pp
1992 18.3 +0 pp
1991 18.3 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
Full table for all countries

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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