Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Vanuatu

Employment in services in Vanuatu in 2025 — 45.4%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.3 pp.

2025 45.4% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 141of 182
Period maximum 46.3%2019
Period minimum 33.2%2010

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Vanuatu, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 35.1%1992: 35.2%1993: 35.2%1994: 35.3%1995: 35.4%1996: 35.5%1997: 35.6%1998: 35.8%1999: 36%2000: 36.1%2001: 36.2%2002: 36.3%2003: 36.5%2004: 36.7%2005: 36.8%2006: 37%2007: 37%2008: 37%2009: 37.3%2010: 33.2%2011: 34.6%2012: 36%2013: 37.4%2014: 38.6%2015: 40.2%2016: 41.8%2017: 43.3%2018: 44.8%2019: 46.3%2020: 44.7%2021: 44.1%2022: 44.6%2023: 44.8%2024: 45.1%2025: 45.4%
Change over the period: +10.3 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vanuatu 45.4%
World 50.6%
Melanesia computed 54.8%
Employment in services — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.4 +0.3 pp
2024 45.1 +0.3 pp
2023 44.8 +0.2 pp
2022 44.6 +0.5 pp
2021 44.1 −0.6 pp
2020 44.7 −1.6 pp
2019 46.3 +1.5 pp
2018 44.8 +1.5 pp
2017 43.3 +1.5 pp
2016 41.8 +1.7 pp
2015 40.2 +1.5 pp
2014 38.6 +1.2 pp
2013 37.4 +1.4 pp
2012 36 +1.4 pp
2011 34.6 +1.4 pp
2010 33.2 −4.1 pp
2009 37.3 +0.3 pp
2008 37 +0 pp
2007 37 +0 pp
2006 37 +0.2 pp
2005 36.8 +0.2 pp
2004 36.7 +0.1 pp
2003 36.5 +0.2 pp
2002 36.3 +0.1 pp
2001 36.2 +0.1 pp
2000 36.1 +0.2 pp
1999 36 +0.2 pp
1998 35.8 +0.2 pp
1997 35.6 +0.1 pp
1996 35.5 +0.1 pp
1995 35.4 +0 pp
1994 35.3 +0.1 pp
1993 35.2 −0 pp
1992 35.2 +0.1 pp
1991 35.1

Melanesia, 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.