Data for 2002

Employment in Services, 2002

Name: Employment in Services, 2002
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2002, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2002 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.686; Burundi is lowest, at 6.368. The middle country reads 53.089. Against 2001, 187 values changed (150 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2002

HighestDjibouti

93.686

LowestBurundi

6.368

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

187countries
1measure
2002the 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.686
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	80.785
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	80.312
4	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	79.742
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.593
6	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	79.287
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	79.238
8	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	79.109
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78.755
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78.451
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.939
12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	77.937
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.085
14	United States`USA`Northern America	75.575
15	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	74.924
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.841
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74.653
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.511
19	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	74.441
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.436
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.375
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	73.978
23	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	73.800
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	73.749
25	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.301
26	Suriname`SUR`South America	72.540
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.426
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	72.244
29	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.919
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	71.564
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	71.100
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	70.567
33	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.084
34	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.774
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.729
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	69.185
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	68.890
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.781
39	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.589
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.435
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	67.326
42	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	67.202
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	66.843
44	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	66.701
45	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.220
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	65.972
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.345
48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	65.146
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.752
50	Chile`CHL`South America	64.724
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	64.696
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.282
53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	64.145
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.806
55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.603
56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	63.476
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.315
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.231
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.957
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.499
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	62.138
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	62.107
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	62.084
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.859
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61.669
66	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	61.084
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	60.902
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.653
69	Colombia`COL`South America	60.303
70	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.811
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.099
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.831
73	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58.660
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.524
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.523
76	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	58.422
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.237
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.137
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	57.841
80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.799
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	57.244
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.632
83	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	56.595
84	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.375
85	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	55.494
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	54.940
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.626
88	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.156
89	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.990
90	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.760
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	53.749
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.473
93	Peru`PER`South America	53.256
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.089
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.220
96	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.161
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.026
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.582
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.463
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.429
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.833
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.683
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.489
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.588
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.433
106	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48.422
107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.287
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.239
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.458
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	46.181
111	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.581
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	45.567
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.295
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.213
115	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	44.655
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.812
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	43.605
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.266
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.103
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.518
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.323
122	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.281
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.202
124	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.990
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.158
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.687
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.624
128	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.097
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.001
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.956
131	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.942
132	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	38.736
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.725
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.646
135	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.618
136	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.158
137	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.027
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.024
139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.549
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37.515
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.439
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.300
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	36.720
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.644
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.309
146	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	35.916
147	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	35.589
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.418
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.221
150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.750
151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	33.670
152	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	33.647
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.104
154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.421
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.032
156	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30.873
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.652
158	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	28.600
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.645
160	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	26.115
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.021
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.512
163	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.842
164	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.748
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.735
166	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	24.453
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.388
168	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.222
169	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.102
170	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23.590
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.006
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	22.153
173	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.290
174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.828
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.932
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.665
177	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.417
178	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.931
179	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.875
180	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.779
181	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.812
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.747
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15.802
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.796
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.379
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.060
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.368

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.686
2Hong Kong80.785
3Macau80.312
4Channel Islands79.742
5Bahamas79.593

Lowest

187Burundi6.368
186Laos11.060
185Madagascar12.379
184Ethiopia15.796
183Mozambique15.802

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.089. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
150 · 37rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Yemen38.782 → 42.518+3.736
Estonia59.902 → 63.603+3.701
Saint Lucia65.779 → 69.185+3.406
Bangladesh21.931 → 24.842+2.911
Romania36.323 → 39.097+2.775

Fell most

Zimbabwe34.705 → 31.421−3.284
Botswana69.322 → 67.202−2.120
Suriname74.615 → 72.540−2.075
Lithuania55.790 → 53.990−1.800
Oman80.881 → 79.287−1.594

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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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2002). Employment in Services, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2002

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