Data for 1996

Employment in Services, 1996

Name: Employment in Services, 1996
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1996, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1996 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.347; Burundi is lowest, at 5.416. The middle country reads 49.768. Against 1995, 187 values changed (154 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1996

HighestDjibouti

93.347

LowestBurundi

5.416

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

187countries
1measure
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.347
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	85.021
3	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	81.745
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	80.206
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	77.990
6	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	75.760
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	75.560
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.478
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	75.475
10	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	74.416
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.250
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74.137
13	United States`USA`Northern America	73.885
14	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	73.522
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	73.439
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.059
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	72.475
18	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	72.242
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	71.975
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	71.671
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.590
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	70.877
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.329
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.728
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.624
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	69.559
27	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.551
28	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	69.355
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.200
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	69.176
31	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.148
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.760
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	68.566
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.049
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.979
36	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.512
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.413
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65.627
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	65.487
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.470
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	65.020
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.876
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.317
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.004
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.775
46	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	63.675
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.530
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	62.483
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	62.465
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.173
51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	61.976
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61.793
53	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	61.680
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.433
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.183
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.861
57	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60.520
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.454
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	60.240
60	Chile`CHL`South America	59.817
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.639
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	58.849
63	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	58.814
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.783
65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.455
66	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.116
67	Colombia`COL`South America	57.277
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.866
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.702
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	56.529
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	56.366
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.033
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.756
74	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	55.736
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.562
76	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.342
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.735
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.662
79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	54.620
80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.357
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.894
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.801
83	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.672
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	52.354
85	Peru`PER`South America	52.281
86	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.237
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.214
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.054
89	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.602
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.330
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.320
92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	49.910
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	49.844
94	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.768
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.358
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.221
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	48.406
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.188
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.958
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.142
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.128
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.663
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.419
104	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.820
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	45.514
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.421
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.269
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	45.158
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.392
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.131
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.130
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.633
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.319
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.796
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.725
116	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.209
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	42.108
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.651
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.613
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.195
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.650
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40.427
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.037
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.993
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.635
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.087
127	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	38.995
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.823
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.815
130	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.521
131	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.255
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.549
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.490
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.875
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.817
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.792
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.369
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.282
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.481
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	35.285
141	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.327
142	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	34.202
143	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.131
144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.628
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.485
146	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	33.120
147	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	32.557
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.463
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.835
150	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.772
151	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.557
152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.510
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29.372
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.882
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.368
156	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.921
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.907
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.132
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.197
160	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.000
161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.084
162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.043
163	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23.739
164	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.215
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.508
166	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	22.239
167	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.321
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.124
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.023
170	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.772
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.759
172	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.484
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.147
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.858
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.560
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.738
177	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.299
178	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	17.233
179	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	17.214
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.653
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.225
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.372
183	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.530
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13.191
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.456
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.732
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.416

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.347
2Oman85.021
3French Polynesia81.745
4Bahamas80.206
5Channel Islands77.990

Lowest

187Burundi5.416
186Laos8.732
185Madagascar12.456
184Mozambique13.191
183Burkina Faso13.530

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 49.768. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
154 · 33rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka43.515 → 48.406+4.892
Luxembourg70.872 → 74.416+3.544
Kyrgyzstan41.316 → 44.130+2.814
Namibia44.092 → 46.663+2.571
Russia50.293 → 52.354+2.061

Fell most

Morocco29.927 → 27.921−2.006
Albania40.609 → 38.995−1.613
Suriname70.467 → 69.148−1.319
Bahamas81.416 → 80.206−1.210
Hungary59.262 → 58.455−0.807

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 1996.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1996). Employment in Services, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1996

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