Data for 1998

Employment in Services, 1998

Name: Employment in Services, 1998
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1998, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 1998 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.545; Burundi is lowest, at 5.594. The middle country reads 51.165. Against 1997, 187 values changed (146 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 1998

HighestDjibouti

93.545

LowestBurundi

5.594

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

187countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment in Services, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.545
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	83.786
3	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.179
4	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	79.577
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	78.576
6	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	77.270
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	77.015
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	76.875
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	76.459
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.542
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	75.473
12	Suriname`SUR`South America	75.297
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	75.032
14	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.685
15	United States`USA`Northern America	74.214
16	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	73.967
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.892
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.755
19	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	72.689
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.549
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	72.457
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.335
23	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	71.169
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.061
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.801
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	70.517
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	70.418
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.161
29	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	70.053
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.034
31	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.842
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	69.478
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	69.365
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.449
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.224
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.561
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.271
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.608
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.499
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	65.317
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.013
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.719
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.717
44	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.630
45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.592
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.263
47	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.401
48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	63.315
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.282
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62.830
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.222
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.104
53	Chile`CHL`South America	61.990
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.902
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.791
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.707
57	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	61.684
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	61.505
59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.497
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	60.861
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	60.319
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.197
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.175
64	Colombia`COL`South America	60.082
65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.553
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.388
67	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	59.104
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	58.855
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.560
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	58.537
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.426
72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.782
73	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.748
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.275
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	57.012
76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57.001
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	56.195
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.589
79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.571
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.920
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.841
82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.526
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.428
84	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	53.411
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.189
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.840
87	Peru`PER`South America	52.567
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.420
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.676
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.460
91	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.375
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.302
93	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.295
94	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.165
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.706
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.563
97	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.325
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	49.380
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.187
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.765
101	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	47.614
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.546
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.482
104	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.243
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.114
106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	46.930
107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.458
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	46.149
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	45.923
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45.611
111	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	44.915
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.348
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.055
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	43.496
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.235
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.091
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.315
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.054
119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.836
120	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	41.770
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.728
122	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.514
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.069
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	39.708
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.514
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.491
127	Bolivia`BOL`South America	39.286
128	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.275
129	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	39.212
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	39.197
131	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.617
132	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.372
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.341
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.129
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.677
136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.511
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.269
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.049
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.010
140	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.066
141	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.871
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.802
143	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.548
144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	35.470
145	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34.034
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.995
147	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.855
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.218
149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	33.074
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.908
151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.814
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	30.358
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.981
154	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29.890
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29.846
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.438
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.286
158	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.700
159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.825
160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.783
161	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25.181
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.123
163	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.981
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.659
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.557
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23.051
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	23.026
168	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.977
169	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.934
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.738
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.339
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.621
173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.774
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.911
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.842
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.228
177	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.937
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	17.532
179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.961
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.784
181	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.713
182	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.051
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.582
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13.986
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.747
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.430
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.594

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.545
2Oman83.786
3Bahamas81.179
4French Polynesia79.577
5Channel Islands78.576

Lowest

187Burundi5.594
186Laos9.430
185Madagascar12.747
184Mozambique13.986
183Rwanda14.582

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 51.165. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
146 · 41rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belize51.847 → 57.001+5.154
Suriname71.294 → 75.297+4.002
Namibia49.341 → 52.420+3.079
Liberia36.947 → 39.212+2.265
South Korea57.316 → 59.553+2.237

Fell most

Portugal60.582 → 55.589−4.992
Moldova43.682 → 39.708−3.974
Sri Lanka45.342 → 42.054−3.287
Cambodia20.606 → 18.228−2.378
Botswana66.143 → 64.592−1.551

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 1998.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1998). Employment in Services, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/1998

0635 held

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