Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Uruguay

Employment in services in Uruguay in 2025 — 73.2%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.7 pp.

2025 73.2% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 44of 182
Period maximum 73.6%2019
Period minimum 62.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Uruguay, 1991–20256065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 62.5%1992: 62.9%1993: 64.3%1994: 64.8%1995: 65%1996: 65.5%1997: 65.9%1998: 66.3%1999: 66.5%2000: 67%2001: 67.6%2002: 68.8%2003: 69%2004: 68.1%2005: 68.4%2006: 68.8%2007: 68.4%2008: 68.7%2009: 68.8%2010: 67.8%2011: 70.2%2012: 71.2%2013: 70%2014: 70.7%2015: 71.6%2016: 72.6%2017: 72.4%2018: 73.3%2019: 73.6%2020: 73.5%2021: 73.2%2022: 73.3%2023: 72.6%2024: 72.9%2025: 73.2%
Change over the period: +10.7 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uruguay 73.2%
World 50.6%
South America computed 68.9%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 73.2 +0.2 pp
2024 72.9 +0.3 pp
2023 72.6 −0.7 pp
2022 73.3 +0.2 pp
2021 73.2 −0.3 pp
2020 73.5 −0.1 pp
2019 73.6 +0.3 pp
2018 73.3 +0.9 pp
2017 72.4 −0.2 pp
2016 72.6 +1 pp
2015 71.6 +0.9 pp
2014 70.7 +0.7 pp
2013 70 −1.1 pp
2012 71.2 +0.9 pp
2011 70.2 +2.5 pp
2010 67.8 −1.1 pp
2009 68.8 +0.2 pp
2008 68.7 +0.2 pp
2007 68.4 −0.4 pp
2006 68.8 +0.4 pp
2005 68.4 +0.4 pp
2004 68.1 −0.9 pp
2003 69 +0.2 pp
2002 68.8 +1.2 pp
2001 67.6 +0.6 pp
2000 67 +0.5 pp
1999 66.5 +0.2 pp
1998 66.3 +0.3 pp
1997 65.9 +0.5 pp
1996 65.5 +0.5 pp
1995 65 +0.1 pp
1994 64.8 +0.6 pp
1993 64.3 +1.3 pp
1992 62.9 +0.5 pp
1991 62.5

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.