Data for 1991

Employment in Services, 1991

Name: Employment in Services, 1991
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1991, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1991 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.598; Burundi is lowest, at 6.496. The middle country reads 45.891.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1991

HighestDjibouti

92.598

LowestBurundi

6.496

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

187countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment in Services, 1991, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Employment in Services, 1991: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.598
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.795
3	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	81.425
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.430
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	76.592
6	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	76.489
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	76.304
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.641
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	73.392
10	United States`USA`Northern America	72.690
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	72.669
12	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	72.455
13	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	72.298
14	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.436
15	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.168
16	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.974
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	70.880
18	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.792
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	70.706
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.132
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	69.464
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.225
23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.044
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.992
25	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	67.940
26	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	67.815
27	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	67.778
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66.912
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.814
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	66.701
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.172
32	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.151
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.927
34	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65.475
35	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	65.154
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.060
37	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	64.575
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63.918
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	63.719
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.548
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.374
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.180
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	62.476
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.356
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	62.339
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.762
47	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	60.483
48	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.525
49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.291
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.921
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.889
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	58.612
53	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.539
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.308
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.206
56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.924
57	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	57.491
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.341
59	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	56.966
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	56.963
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.826
62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.759
63	Chile`CHL`South America	56.517
64	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.184
65	Colombia`COL`South America	56.017
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.475
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.333
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54.223
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.017
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.882
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.230
72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.729
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.275
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.238
75	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.135
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.118
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.986
78	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.319
79	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	50.762
80	Peru`PER`South America	50.629
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	50.613
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.094
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.667
84	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.512
85	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	49.208
86	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.282
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.601
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.559
89	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47.360
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.077
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.894
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.695
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.935
94	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	45.891
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.652
96	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.571
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	45.534
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.405
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	45.359
100	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	45.289
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.276
102	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	44.480
103	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	43.697
104	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	43.674
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.859
106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	41.907
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.832
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.768
109	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.708
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.287
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41.153
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.019
113	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	40.631
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.500
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	40.136
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.104
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.711
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.575
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.309
120	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	38.747
121	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.714
122	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.523
123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.516
124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.382
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	38.377
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	38.260
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.088
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.952
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	37.731
130	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	37.659
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.579
132	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37.088
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.735
134	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	36.365
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.103
136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.081
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.992
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.376
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.354
140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.115
141	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.896
142	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.822
143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.787
144	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.918
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.561
146	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.350
147	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	31.613
148	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.129
149	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.008
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.627
151	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.340
152	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	29.032
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.838
154	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27.766
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.582
156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	27.562
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.407
158	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.251
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.027
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.198
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.444
162	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.287
163	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	22.082
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.928
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.770
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.576
167	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.496
168	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.250
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19.167
170	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.928
171	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.716
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.647
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.588
174	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.275
175	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.156
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.272
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.055
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16.563
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.194
180	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.606
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.302
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.955
183	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.896
184	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.529
185	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.894
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.992
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.496

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.598
2Oman82.795
3French Polynesia81.425
4Bahamas79.430
5Suriname76.592

Lowest

187Burundi6.496
186Laos7.992
185Burkina Faso11.894
184Madagascar12.529
183Bangladesh12.896

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 45.891. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1991.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1991). Employment in Services, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1991

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