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Employment in services — Upper-middle-income countries

Employment in services in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 52.9%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 24.2 pp.

2025 52.9% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 52.9%2025
Period minimum 28.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Upper-middle-income countries, 1991–2025203040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 28.7%1992: 29.4%1993: 30.7%1994: 32.1%1995: 33.6%1996: 34.5%1997: 34.9%1998: 35.4%1999: 35.7%2000: 34.8%2001: 36.5%2002: 37.1%2003: 37.6%2004: 38.8%2005: 39.3%2006: 40.3%2007: 40.6%2008: 41.3%2009: 42.2%2010: 42.7%2011: 43.5%2012: 43.9%2013: 45.6%2014: 47.1%2015: 48.4%2016: 49.2%2017: 49.6%2018: 50.2%2019: 50.9%2020: 51.1%2021: 51.4%2022: 51.3%2023: 52%2024: 52.5%2025: 52.9%
Change over the period: +24.2 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 52.9%
World 50.6%
Employment in services — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.9 +0.4 pp
2024 52.5 +0.5 pp
2023 52 +0.7 pp
2022 51.3 −0 pp
2021 51.4 +0.3 pp
2020 51.1 +0.2 pp
2019 50.9 +0.7 pp
2018 50.2 +0.5 pp
2017 49.6 +0.5 pp
2016 49.2 +0.7 pp
2015 48.4 +1.3 pp
2014 47.1 +1.5 pp
2013 45.6 +1.7 pp
2012 43.9 +0.4 pp
2011 43.5 +0.8 pp
2010 42.7 +0.5 pp
2009 42.2 +1 pp
2008 41.3 +0.6 pp
2007 40.6 +0.4 pp
2006 40.3 +0.9 pp
2005 39.3 +0.6 pp
2004 38.8 +1.2 pp
2003 37.6 +0.5 pp
2002 37.1 +0.6 pp
2001 36.5 +1.7 pp
2000 34.8 −0.9 pp
1999 35.7 +0.3 pp
1998 35.4 +0.5 pp
1997 34.9 +0.4 pp
1996 34.5 +0.9 pp
1995 33.6 +1.5 pp
1994 32.1 +1.4 pp
1993 30.7 +1.3 pp
1992 29.4 +0.7 pp
1991 28.7 —

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

Upper-middle-income countries by year Labor Employment in agriculture

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

Upper-middle-income countries by year Labor Unemployment rate (IMF)

Unemployment as estimated by the IMF — with a forecast, for countries with reliable labor market statistics.

Upper-middle-income countries by year Labor Unemployment rate

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

Upper-middle-income countries by year Labor Youth unemployment

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

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