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Employment in services — Zimbabwe

Employment in services in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 34.2%. Ranked 163 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.9 pp.

2025 34.2% +0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 163of 182
Period maximum 39.5%1998
Period minimum 21%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Zimbabwe, 1991–2025202530354019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.1%1992: 37.3%1993: 37%1994: 38%1995: 38.3%1996: 39.1%1997: 39.3%1998: 39.5%1999: 38.9%2000: 36.7%2001: 34.7%2002: 31.4%2003: 27.9%2004: 25.3%2005: 23.8%2006: 22.6%2007: 21.9%2008: 21%2009: 22.7%2010: 24.7%2011: 24.9%2012: 25.8%2013: 25.4%2014: 25.4%2015: 25.6%2016: 25.7%2017: 25.9%2018: 26.4%2019: 26.4%2020: 29.1%2021: 32.9%2022: 34.4%2023: 33.2%2024: 33.4%2025: 34.2%
Change over the period: −3.9 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 34.2%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.2 +0.8 pp
2024 33.4 +0.2 pp
2023 33.2 −1.2 pp
2022 34.4 +1.5 pp
2021 32.9 +3.8 pp
2020 29.1 +2.7 pp
2019 26.4 −0 pp
2018 26.4 +0.6 pp
2017 25.9 +0.2 pp
2016 25.7 +0 pp
2015 25.6 +0.3 pp
2014 25.4 −0 pp
2013 25.4 −0.4 pp
2012 25.8 +0.9 pp
2011 24.9 +0.2 pp
2010 24.7 +2 pp
2009 22.7 +1.7 pp
2008 21 −1 pp
2007 21.9 −0.7 pp
2006 22.6 −1.2 pp
2005 23.8 −1.4 pp
2004 25.3 −2.6 pp
2003 27.9 −3.5 pp
2002 31.4 −3.3 pp
2001 34.7 −2 pp
2000 36.7 −2.3 pp
1999 38.9 −0.5 pp
1998 39.5 +0.2 pp
1997 39.3 +0.2 pp
1996 39.1 +0.8 pp
1995 38.3 +0.3 pp
1994 38 +0.9 pp
1993 37 −0.3 pp
1992 37.3 −0.8 pp
1991 38.1 —

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
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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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