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Employment in services — Yemen

Employment in services in Yemen in 2025 — 57.3%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 26.6 pp.

2025 57.3% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 98of 182
Period maximum 57.9%2019
Period minimum 29.9%1998

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Yemen, 1991–2025203040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 30.6%1992: 30.7%1993: 31.1%1994: 31.3%1995: 30.9%1996: 30.5%1997: 30.2%1998: 29.9%1999: 31.8%2000: 35.1%2001: 38.8%2002: 42.5%2003: 46.2%2004: 50%2005: 51%2006: 52%2007: 52.8%2008: 53.5%2009: 54.1%2010: 54.8%2011: 55%2012: 55.5%2013: 55.9%2014: 56.3%2015: 56.6%2016: 56.8%2017: 57.1%2018: 57.5%2019: 57.9%2020: 56.1%2021: 55.6%2022: 56%2023: 56.4%2024: 56.8%2025: 57.3%
Change over the period: +26.6 pp Annual average: 0.78 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Yemen 57.3%
World 50.6%
Middle East & North Africa 51.7%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.3 +0.4 pp
2024 56.8 +0.4 pp
2023 56.4 +0.4 pp
2022 56 +0.4 pp
2021 55.6 −0.5 pp
2020 56.1 −1.7 pp
2019 57.9 +0.3 pp
2018 57.5 +0.4 pp
2017 57.1 +0.3 pp
2016 56.8 +0.2 pp
2015 56.6 +0.3 pp
2014 56.3 +0.4 pp
2013 55.9 +0.4 pp
2012 55.5 +0.4 pp
2011 55 +0.2 pp
2010 54.8 +0.8 pp
2009 54.1 +0.6 pp
2008 53.5 +0.7 pp
2007 52.8 +0.8 pp
2006 52 +1.1 pp
2005 51 +1 pp
2004 50 +3.8 pp
2003 46.2 +3.7 pp
2002 42.5 +3.7 pp
2001 38.8 +3.6 pp
2000 35.1 +3.3 pp
1999 31.8 +2 pp
1998 29.9 −0.3 pp
1997 30.2 −0.3 pp
1996 30.5 −0.4 pp
1995 30.9 −0.4 pp
1994 31.3 +0.2 pp
1993 31.1 +0.4 pp
1992 30.7 +0.1 pp
1991 30.6 —

Western Asia, 2025

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

IL Israel 84.1 CY Cyprus 81.6 JO Jordan 80.8 SA Saudi Arabia 74.4 KW Kuwait 73.5 AE United Arab Emirates 68 IQ Iraq 65.3 BH Bahrain 64.3 QA Qatar 60.4 SY Syria 58.5 TR Türkiye 58.5 YE Yemen 57.3 OM Oman 54.6 AM Armenia 51.7 AZ Azerbaijan 50.2 GE Georgia 49.5
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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 agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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

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

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