Data for 1993

Employment in Services, 1993

Name: Employment in Services, 1993
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1993, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1993 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.960; Burundi is lowest, at 6.366. The middle country reads 46.938. Against 1992, 187 values changed (152 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1993

HighestDjibouti

92.960

LowestBurundi

6.366

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

187countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Employment in Services, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.960
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	83.028
3	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	82.292
4	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	81.878
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	77.156
6	Suriname`SUR`South America	76.049
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	75.278
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.346
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74.007
10	United States`USA`Northern America	73.834
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.669
12	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	72.931
13	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	72.756
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	72.577
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	72.015
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71.832
17	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.654
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.356
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.102
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.553
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	70.362
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.354
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.785
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	69.076
25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	68.804
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.736
27	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	68.321
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.257
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	67.925
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	67.618
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	67.177
32	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	66.396
33	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.383
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.241
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.002
36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.875
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65.737
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.692
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.250
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	65.079
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.380
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.270
43	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.213
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.180
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.311
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.918
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.915
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61.356
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	61.190
50	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.494
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.042
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	59.793
53	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.721
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.226
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59.211
56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.155
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.152
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.833
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.810
60	Chile`CHL`South America	58.224
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.159
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	58.079
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.833
64	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.991
65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.933
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.819
67	Colombia`COL`South America	55.576
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.552
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.349
70	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.870
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.753
72	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54.205
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.910
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.705
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	53.126
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52.935
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.794
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.769
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.328
80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	52.044
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.511
82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.046
83	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	50.921
84	Peru`PER`South America	50.681
85	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	50.628
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.406
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.498
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.265
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.797
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.303
91	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.779
92	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47.725
93	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.391
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.938
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	46.795
96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46.572
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.482
98	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	46.438
99	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	46.387
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.335
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.305
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.302
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.353
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.042
105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.020
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.857
107	Guyana`GUY`South America	43.599
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	42.579
109	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	42.413
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.309
111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.278
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.174
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.163
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.850
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.566
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.279
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.058
118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.598
119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.392
120	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.276
121	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	39.853
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.572
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.303
124	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.272
125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.040
126	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.006
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.474
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.027
129	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37.561
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.048
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.805
132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.616
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.573
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.476
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.391
136	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	36.189
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.035
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.237
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.229
140	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.761
141	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.657
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.277
143	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.010
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.989
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.875
146	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.532
147	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	32.078
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.859
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.255
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.125
151	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.431
152	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29.600
153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	29.155
154	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	28.527
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.364
156	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	28.313
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.062
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.439
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.708
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.973
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.189
162	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.577
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.300
164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.700
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.489
166	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.200
167	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.707
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.539
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.867
170	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.647
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.973
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.749
173	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.481
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.897
175	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.388
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.223
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.917
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16.761
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.056
180	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.518
181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.033
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.578
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13.051
184	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.495
185	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.930
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.119
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.366

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.960
2Oman83.028
3Bahamas82.292
4French Polynesia81.878
5Channel Islands77.156

Lowest

187Burundi6.366
186Laos8.119
185Burkina Faso11.930
184Madagascar12.495
183Mozambique13.051

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 46.938. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
152 · 35rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Estonia45.785 → 50.628+4.843
Sri Lanka42.578 → 46.305+3.728
Bolivia38.228 → 41.850+3.622
Azerbaijan36.746 → 40.276+3.530
Hong Kong65.672 → 69.076+3.404

Fell most

Liberia37.224 → 33.989−3.235
Syria44.626 → 42.278−2.348
Ecuador52.447 → 50.406−2.041
DR Congo30.370 → 28.527−1.843
Honduras47.980 → 46.335−1.645

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 1993.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1993). Employment in Services, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1993

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