Data for 2005

Employment in Services, 2005

Name: Employment in Services, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2005 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.668; Burundi is lowest, at 6.809. The middle country reads 52.747. Against 2004, 187 values changed (150 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2005

HighestDjibouti

93.668

LowestBurundi

6.809

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

187countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.668
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84.016
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80.967
4	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	80.947
5	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	80.422
6	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	79.230
7	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	79.225
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	79.084
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	78.778
10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	78.680
11	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	76.603
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	76.455
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	76.220
14	United States`USA`Northern America	76.066
15	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	75.962
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	75.847
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75.770
18	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	75.448
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.259
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	75.187
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	74.510
22	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	74.420
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	73.769
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.275
25	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	73.192
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.925
27	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.538
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	72.359
29	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	72.136
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	71.865
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.778
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	71.214
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.653
34	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.420
35	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	69.559
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.191
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	69.065
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	68.630
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.587
40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.503
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.424
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	67.910
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.842
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.835
45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	67.378
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	67.314
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.152
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.390
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.290
50	Chile`CHL`South America	65.992
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	65.797
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.130
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	65.117
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.099
55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.982
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	64.757
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.417
58	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	64.363
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	64.121
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.662
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	63.491
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.302
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	62.758
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.563
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.334
66	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	62.187
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	62.077
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.027
69	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	61.842
70	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.473
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.873
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	60.755
73	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.733
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	60.637
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.595
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	60.423
77	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	60.213
78	Colombia`COL`South America	59.914
79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.279
80	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.751
81	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.465
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.257
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.276
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.883
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.859
86	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.819
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.669
88	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.101
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.633
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.229
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	54.989
92	Peru`PER`South America	54.784
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.072
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52.747
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.649
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.612
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.202
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.638
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.443
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.951
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.902
102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.817
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	50.364
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.096
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.016
106	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.758
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	49.589
108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.367
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.091
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.910
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.756
112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.605
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.431
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	47.341
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.091
116	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.821
117	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.119
118	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.728
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.423
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.169
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	43.614
122	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	43.168
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.123
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	42.852
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.818
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	42.470
127	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.818
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.794
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.597
130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	41.421
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40.816
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	40.427
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	40.413
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.267
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	39.793
136	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.579
137	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.386
138	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.985
139	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.365
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.109
141	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38.081
142	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	37.150
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.874
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.841
145	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	36.810
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.620
147	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	36.359
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.149
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.676
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.942
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.463
152	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	33.966
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.528
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	31.769
155	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.400
156	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.391
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	31.162
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.440
159	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.065
160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.061
161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.378
162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	27.268
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.372
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.293
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.092
166	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.978
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25.708
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.572
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.857
170	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.701
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.498
172	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.844
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	22.050
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21.285
175	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.959
176	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.683
177	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.481
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	19.594
179	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.935
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.233
181	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.865
182	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.813
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16.714
184	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.621
185	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.517
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	12.625
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.809

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.668
2Hong Kong84.016
3Luxembourg80.967
4Macau80.947
5Channel Islands80.422

Lowest

187Burundi6.809
186Laos12.625
185Ethiopia14.517
184Madagascar14.621
183Mozambique16.714

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.747. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 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

São Tomé and Príncipe57.371 → 60.595+3.224
Montenegro69.743 → 72.136+2.393
South Africa65.916 → 67.910+1.994
Maldives60.305 → 62.187+1.882
Türkiye44.965 → 46.821+1.855

Fell most

Oman75.627 → 73.192−2.435
Bolivia43.119 → 40.816−2.303
Angola60.432 → 58.465−1.966
Kuwait78.347 → 76.603−1.744
Zimbabwe25.288 → 23.844−1.443

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 2005.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2005). Employment in Services, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2005

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