Data for 2000

Employment in Services, 2000

Name: Employment in Services, 2000
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2000, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2000 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.634; Burundi is lowest, at 5.780. The middle country reads 51.504. Against 1999, 187 values changed (140 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2000

HighestDjibouti

93.634

LowestBurundi

5.780

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

187countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.634
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.420
3	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	79.120
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	78.879
5	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	78.824
6	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	78.762
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	78.704
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78.408
9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	78.147
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	76.885
11	Suriname`SUR`South America	76.787
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	76.763
13	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.762
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.143
15	United States`USA`Northern America	74.934
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.919
17	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	74.372
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74.190
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73.923
20	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	73.144
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	73.026
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.722
23	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	72.529
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.504
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.279
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	72.224
27	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.072
28	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.994
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	70.826
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.695
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	70.456
32	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.893
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	69.686
34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.184
35	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.091
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.969
37	Argentina`ARG`South America	67.618
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	67.014
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.979
40	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.618
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	66.161
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	66.072
43	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	65.840
44	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	65.253
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	65.163
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.827
47	Chile`CHL`South America	64.234
48	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	64.119
49	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.874
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	63.831
51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	63.773
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.586
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.272
54	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	62.979
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	62.509
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.484
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	62.293
58	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.974
59	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	60.885
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.850
61	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.511
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	60.503
63	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.480
64	Colombia`COL`South America	60.453
65	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	60.325
66	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.315
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.137
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.053
69	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.794
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.724
71	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58.645
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.523
73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.514
74	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.316
75	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.647
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	57.563
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.315
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.126
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	57.112
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	56.733
81	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.553
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.486
83	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.022
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.291
85	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	54.285
86	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.982
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.973
88	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.313
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	53.206
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52.994
91	Peru`PER`South America	52.788
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.253
93	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52.133
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51.504
95	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.481
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.296
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.679
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.613
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	49.484
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.308
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.048
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.540
103	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.112
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.925
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.726
106	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.609
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	47.333
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.314
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.577
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.992
111	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.616
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45.246
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	44.455
114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	43.947
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	42.868
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.820
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.626
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.621
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.748
120	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	41.486
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.415
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.401
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.012
124	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.815
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.251
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.073
127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.169
128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	38.695
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.611
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.591
131	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.353
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.280
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.187
134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.013
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.338
136	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37.332
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.300
138	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.101
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.659
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36.622
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.409
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.146
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35.843
144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.573
145	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.530
146	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	35.240
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.148
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.670
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.226
150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.614
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	33.363
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.609
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.729
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.563
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30.332
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.986
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.291
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.312
159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25.698
160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.659
161	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.313
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.920
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.650
164	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.051
165	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.727
166	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	23.673
167	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23.377
168	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22.811
169	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.758
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.007
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.401
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.205
173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.315
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.228
175	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.123
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.079
177	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.988
178	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.877
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.770
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.543
181	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.446
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.225
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.869
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14.607
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.098
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.192
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.780

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.634
2Oman82.420
3Channel Islands79.120
4Bahamas78.879
5Macau78.824

Lowest

187Burundi5.780
186Laos10.192
185Madagascar13.098
184Mozambique14.607
183Rwanda15.869

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 51.504. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
140 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Yemen31.849 → 35.148+3.299
Namibia55.505 → 58.514+3.009
Liberia41.332 → 43.947+2.615
Morocco31.815 → 34.226+2.412
Slovakia52.254 → 54.285+2.031

Fell most

Syria43.873 → 41.012−2.861
Ecuador51.730 → 49.308−2.422
Zimbabwe38.949 → 36.659−2.290
Moldova37.458 → 35.240−2.218
Pakistan38.619 → 36.409−2.210

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 2000.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2000). Employment in Services, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2000

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