Data for 1994

Employment in Services, 1994

Name: Employment in Services, 1994
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1994, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1994 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.071; Burundi is lowest, at 6.226. The middle country reads 47.992. Against 1993, 187 values changed (138 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1994

HighestDjibouti

93.071

LowestBurundi

6.226

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

187countries
1measure
1994the 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.071
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	83.719
3	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.143
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.657
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	77.356
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	74.948
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.919
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.983
9	Suriname`SUR`South America	73.959
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.770
11	United States`USA`Northern America	73.755
12	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	73.736
13	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	73.190
14	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	73.073
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	72.667
16	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	72.434
17	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.795
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.624
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.581
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	71.064
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.907
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	70.530
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	69.869
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	69.823
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.396
26	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.072
27	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	68.616
28	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.441
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	68.234
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.066
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	67.864
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.778
33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.960
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	66.520
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.468
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.095
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.334
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.073
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.917
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.830
41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.548
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.370
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.295
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.257
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.057
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.904
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61.744
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	61.657
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	61.589
50	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.926
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.688
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.316
53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.251
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.250
55	Chile`CHL`South America	59.619
56	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.583
57	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59.472
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	59.443
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.344
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.280
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.105
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	58.176
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.083
64	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.852
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	56.953
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.278
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.228
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.996
69	Colombia`COL`South America	55.655
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.166
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.160
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.629
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.609
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.565
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54.405
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54.084
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.383
78	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	53.349
79	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.248
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.853
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.523
82	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.276
83	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.775
84	Peru`PER`South America	51.610
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.192
86	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.149
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.923
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.205
89	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	48.835
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.567
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.521
92	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.410
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	48.303
94	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	47.992
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.901
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.557
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	47.485
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.227
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.841
100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.553
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.500
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.328
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	44.618
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.536
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.517
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.182
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.074
108	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.695
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	43.528
110	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	43.346
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.620
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.395
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.078
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	41.880
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.873
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41.845
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	41.792
118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.553
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.263
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.200
121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.713
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.150
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.803
124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.687
125	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.563
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.232
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.687
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.466
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.992
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37.781
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.651
132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.993
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.609
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.533
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.198
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.871
137	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.332
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.318
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.097
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.719
141	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.277
142	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	33.836
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.809
144	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.722
145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	32.268
146	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	32.191
147	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.909
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.737
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.575
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.310
151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.181
152	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.467
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29.584
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	28.566
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.303
156	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.844
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.838
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.200
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.605
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.712
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.222
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.001
163	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.777
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.297
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.526
166	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.400
167	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.809
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.794
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.230
170	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.158
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19.275
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.934
173	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.550
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.369
175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.573
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.415
177	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.018
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16.934
179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.842
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.249
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.830
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.715
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13.058
184	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.339
185	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.911
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.232
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.226

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.071
2Oman83.719
3French Polynesia82.143
4Bahamas81.657
5Channel Islands77.356

Lowest

187Burundi6.226
186Laos8.232
185Burkina Faso11.911
184Madagascar12.339
183Mozambique13.058

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 47.992. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
138 · 49rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Syria42.278 → 45.328+3.050
Estonia50.628 → 53.248+2.620
Panama58.159 → 60.688+2.530
Ecuador50.406 → 52.853+2.447
El Salvador42.309 → 44.536+2.227

Fell most

Somalia36.189 → 32.268−3.921
Sri Lanka46.305 → 43.695−2.610
Saint Lucia56.991 → 54.405−2.586
Suriname76.049 → 73.959−2.091
Liberia33.989 → 31.909−2.080

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 1994.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1994). Employment in Services, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1994

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