Data for 1997

Employment in Services, 1997

Name: Employment in Services, 1997
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1997, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1997 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.459; Burundi is lowest, at 5.382. The middle country reads 50.485. Against 1996, 187 values changed (144 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1997

HighestDjibouti

93.459

LowestBurundi

5.382

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

187countries
1measure
1997the 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.459
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	84.358
3	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.515
4	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	80.895
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	78.263
6	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	76.504
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	76.240
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	75.859
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.386
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	74.844
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.490
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	74.335
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.936
14	United States`USA`Northern America	73.931
15	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	73.723
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.414
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	73.369
18	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	72.427
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.134
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	71.807
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.454
22	Suriname`SUR`South America	71.294
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.202
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.991
25	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	70.122
26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.056
27	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.025
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	69.874
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.805
30	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.797
31	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	69.381
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	69.211
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.885
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.415
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.315
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.547
37	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.239
38	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.143
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	65.944
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.545
41	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	64.850
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.803
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.789
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.656
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.408
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.010
47	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.083
48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	62.846
49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	62.508
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62.384
51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.295
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.043
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.036
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.951
55	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	61.722
56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	61.491
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.976
58	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	60.598
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.582
60	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60.537
61	Chile`CHL`South America	60.318
62	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.963
63	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	59.625
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.180
65	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	59.137
66	Colombia`COL`South America	59.120
67	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.864
68	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.279
69	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58.032
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	57.971
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.638
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.316
73	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	56.871
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.418
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	56.366
76	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.875
77	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.595
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	55.465
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.744
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.527
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.009
82	Peru`PER`South America	52.696
83	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.690
84	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.588
85	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.270
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.847
87	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	51.703
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.434
89	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	50.992
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.849
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.787
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.657
93	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.501
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.485
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.000
96	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	49.814
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.341
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	48.730
99	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.720
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.472
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.411
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.315
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.873
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	46.652
105	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.458
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	45.741
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.342
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.275
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.980
110	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.831
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.287
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.175
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	44.070
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	43.682
115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.492
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.004
117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.903
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.625
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.951
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.499
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	41.265
122	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.326
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.243
124	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.035
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.757
126	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.740
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.298
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.258
129	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.587
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.567
131	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.549
132	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.348
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.865
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.756
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.122
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.973
137	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.947
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.919
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.520
140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.598
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	35.389
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.046
143	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	34.949
144	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.947
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.830
146	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	33.382
147	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.185
148	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.970
149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	32.844
150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.710
151	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.436
152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.198
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.981
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.925
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29.622
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.135
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.215
158	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.400
159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.112
160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.823
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.587
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.975
163	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.933
164	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.459
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.369
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.786
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	22.695
168	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.597
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.573
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.362
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.168
172	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.606
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.384
174	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.071
175	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.986
176	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.689
177	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.638
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	17.316
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	17.217
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.595
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.452
182	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.309
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.204
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13.551
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.602
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.884
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.382

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.459
2Oman84.358
3Bahamas81.515
4French Polynesia80.895
5Channel Islands78.263

Lowest

187Burundi5.382
186Laos8.884
185Madagascar12.602
184Mozambique13.551
183Rwanda14.204

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 50.485. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
144 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia55.756 → 62.508+6.753
Russia52.354 → 58.032+5.678
Liberia31.835 → 36.947+5.112
Morocco27.921 → 31.436+3.515
El Salvador45.421 → 48.730+3.309

Fell most

Sri Lanka48.406 → 45.342−3.065
Latvia55.342 → 52.588−2.754
Belize54.357 → 51.847−2.510
Fiji47.128 → 45.275−1.853
Bolivia40.427 → 38.587−1.840

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1997). Employment in Services, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1997

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