Data for 1995

Employment in Services, 1995

Name: Employment in Services, 1995
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1995, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1995 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.202; Burundi is lowest, at 5.749. The middle country reads 48.489. Against 1994, 187 values changed (151 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1995

HighestDjibouti

93.202

LowestBurundi

5.749

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

187countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.202
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	84.400
3	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.383
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.416
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	77.669
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	74.850
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.828
8	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	74.741
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	74.244
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.953
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.919
12	United States`USA`Northern America	73.724
13	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	73.296
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	72.818
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	72.331
16	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	72.015
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	71.976
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.887
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	71.550
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.488
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.043
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.872
23	Suriname`SUR`South America	70.467
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.209
25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.269
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.071
27	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	68.801
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.592
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68.586
30	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.528
31	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.291
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.260
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	68.092
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	66.848
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.640
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.251
37	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.486
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.400
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.985
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.969
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.645
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.424
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.408
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.540
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.457
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.362
47	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	61.989
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61.985
49	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	61.744
50	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	61.536
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.319
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.825
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.816
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.809
55	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60.208
56	Chile`CHL`South America	60.158
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.068
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.931
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59.915
60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.755
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.374
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.262
63	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	58.496
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.193
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.946
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	57.763
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.139
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	56.366
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.194
70	Colombia`COL`South America	55.813
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.622
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.459
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.395
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.285
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.055
76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.034
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.447
78	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	54.305
79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.213
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.973
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.079
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.828
83	Peru`PER`South America	52.141
84	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.132
85	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.162
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.991
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.610
88	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	50.293
89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.274
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	49.625
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.606
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.599
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.205
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.489
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.408
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.269
97	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.020
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.960
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.158
100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.817
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	45.299
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.246
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.206
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	44.651
105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.612
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.286
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.236
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.092
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.515
110	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	42.827
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.637
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.619
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.490
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.402
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	42.055
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.514
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	41.316
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.111
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.930
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.871
121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.609
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.990
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.896
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	39.874
125	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.755
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.601
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.794
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.492
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.291
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.211
131	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.143
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.551
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.232
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.671
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.669
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.346
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.174
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.873
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.352
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.994
141	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.540
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.335
143	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.083
144	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.673
145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	32.495
146	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	32.361
147	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	32.249
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.022
149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.569
150	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.964
151	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.913
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.071
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29.927
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29.039
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.562
156	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.068
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.066
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.809
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.955
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.385
161	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.800
162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.408
163	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.025
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.769
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.356
166	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.787
167	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.061
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.774
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.660
170	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.518
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.320
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19.587
173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	18.659
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.627
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.353
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.078
177	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.470
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	17.058
179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.839
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.480
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.019
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.922
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.950
184	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.525
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.418
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.387
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.749

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.202
2Oman84.400
3French Polynesia82.383
4Bahamas81.416
5Channel Islands77.669

Lowest

187Burundi5.749
186Laos8.387
185Madagascar12.418
184Burkina Faso12.525
183Mozambique12.950

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 48.489. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
151 · 36rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Thailand30.467 → 33.083+2.616
Ecuador52.853 → 55.395+2.542
Namibia41.553 → 44.092+2.538
Russia47.992 → 50.293+2.301
Pakistan35.318 → 37.551+2.233

Fell most

Syria45.328 → 41.111−4.217
Suriname73.959 → 70.467−3.491
Bolivia42.620 → 39.874−2.747
Mongolia33.836 → 31.569−2.267
Kyrgyzstan43.528 → 41.316−2.212

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 1995.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1995). Employment in Services, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1995

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