Data for 1992

Employment in Services, 1992

Name: Employment in Services, 1992
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1992, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1992 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.716; Burundi is lowest, at 6.441. The middle country reads 46.243. Against 1991, 187 values changed (135 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1992

HighestDjibouti

92.716

LowestBurundi

6.441

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

187countries
1measure
1992the 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.716
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.909
3	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	81.610
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.448
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	76.859
6	Suriname`SUR`South America	76.423
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	75.835
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	73.750
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.594
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.367
11	United States`USA`Northern America	73.241
12	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	72.696
13	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	72.384
14	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	71.696
15	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.555
16	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.412
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71.339
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.105
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.643
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.337
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.002
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.758
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.319
24	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.114
25	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	68.316
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.129
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67.842
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	67.618
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	67.354
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.638
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	66.401
32	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.282
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65.962
34	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.948
35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	65.672
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.159
37	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.053
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.865
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.783
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64.678
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	63.491
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.253
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	62.932
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.837
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.799
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.033
47	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	60.978
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.798
49	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.683
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.329
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.211
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.137
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	58.922
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.917
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.868
56	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.604
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.575
58	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.420
59	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	57.808
60	Chile`CHL`South America	57.519
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.407
62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.378
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.790
64	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.454
65	Colombia`COL`South America	55.616
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.908
67	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.832
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.739
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.338
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54.270
71	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.690
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.611
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.135
74	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.774
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.447
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52.439
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.175
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.076
79	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.472
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.441
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	50.995
82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	50.892
83	Peru`PER`South America	50.386
84	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	50.205
85	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	49.746
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.568
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.616
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	48.595
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.980
90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.531
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	47.476
92	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	46.730
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.671
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.243
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.116
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	46.111
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.031
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46.014
99	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	45.785
100	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	45.782
101	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.495
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.087
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	44.626
104	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	43.914
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	43.540
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.413
107	Guyana`GUY`South America	42.781
108	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.578
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.994
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.962
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41.916
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.631
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.719
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	40.165
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40.137
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.895
117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.797
118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.744
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.207
120	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.988
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.793
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.781
123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	38.413
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.228
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.190
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.188
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	37.913
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37.395
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.303
130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37.224
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.975
132	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	36.746
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.369
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.357
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.238
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.026
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.017
138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.749
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.231
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.023
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.724
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.061
143	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	33.860
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.673
145	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.529
146	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.244
147	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	31.843
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.378
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.873
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.736
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.370
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.174
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.052
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.935
155	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	27.867
156	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.852
157	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27.310
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.271
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.462
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.104
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.374
162	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.439
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.156
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.926
165	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.819
166	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.572
167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.466
168	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.800
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.642
170	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.187
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.563
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.330
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.302
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.998
175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.513
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.444
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.027
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16.639
179	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.909
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.358
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.409
182	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.099
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.717
184	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.515
185	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.815
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.000
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.441

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.716
2Oman82.909
3French Polynesia81.610
4Bahamas79.448
5Channel Islands76.859

Lowest

187Burundi6.441
186Laos8.000
185Burkina Faso11.815
184Madagascar12.515
183Mozambique12.717

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 46.243. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
135 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka38.377 → 42.578+4.201
South Korea47.360 → 49.746+2.386
Ecuador50.094 → 52.447+2.353
Estonia43.674 → 45.785+2.111
Latvia49.512 → 51.472+1.961

Fell most

Liberia40.631 → 37.224−3.407
Bolivia41.287 → 38.228−3.059
Syria46.695 → 44.626−2.069
DR Congo32.350 → 30.370−1.980
Azerbaijan38.260 → 36.746−1.514

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1992). Employment in Services, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1992

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