Data for 2006

Employment in Services, 2006

Name: Employment in Services, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2006, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2006 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.617; Burundi is lowest, at 7.224. The middle country reads 53.739. Against 2005, 187 values changed (147 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2006

HighestDjibouti

93.617

LowestBurundi

7.224

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

187countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.617
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84.377
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.478
4	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	80.651
5	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	80.416
6	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	79.547
7	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	79.384
8	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.191
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	79.084
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	78.961
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	76.615
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	76.552
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.172
14	United States`USA`Northern America	75.995
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75.860
16	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	75.790
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	75.712
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	75.673
19	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	75.420
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	75.410
21	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	74.645
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	74.494
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.581
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	73.543
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.353
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.094
27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	73.009
28	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.323
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	72.224
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	72.208
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.138
32	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.894
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	70.641
34	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.273
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	70.069
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.487
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.838
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	68.743
39	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.742
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.600
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	68.399
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	68.111
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.887
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.635
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	67.155
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.704
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	66.594
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	66.459
49	Chile`CHL`South America	66.443
50	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	66.235
51	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.898
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.851
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	65.677
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.295
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.275
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	64.876
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.628
58	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	64.422
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	64.322
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	64.296
61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.107
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.917
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.600
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.089
65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	63.018
66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.839
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.227
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.220
69	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	62.034
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	61.845
71	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	61.483
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.429
73	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.395
74	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.371
75	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.170
76	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.907
77	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	60.851
78	Colombia`COL`South America	60.570
79	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.808
80	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.353
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.843
82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.582
83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	57.419
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.200
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	57.068
86	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	56.688
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.597
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	56.409
89	Peru`PER`South America	55.543
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.538
91	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.463
92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.398
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.109
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.739
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	53.533
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.820
97	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.717
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.513
99	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.006
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.756
101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51.520
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.742
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.623
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	50.546
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.231
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	50.024
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.731
108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.463
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.889
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.336
111	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.100
112	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.997
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.982
114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.931
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	47.920
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.456
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47.058
118	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.245
119	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44.980
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.883
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.778
122	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	44.659
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.751
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.281
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.112
126	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.625
127	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	42.393
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.313
129	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	42.170
130	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.142
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.821
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	41.348
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.034
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.658
135	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	40.504
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.069
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.815
138	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.796
139	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.620
140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39.124
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.193
142	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.408
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.225
144	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	37.163
145	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37.082
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	37.003
147	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	36.570
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.151
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.944
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.416
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.438
152	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	34.070
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.088
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.303
155	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.200
156	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.129
157	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.964
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.877
159	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.900
160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.529
161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.217
162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	27.513
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.865
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.581
165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.452
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.230
167	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.203
168	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25.942
169	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.876
170	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	25.288
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.080
172	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.646
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	22.465
174	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.913
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21.779
176	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.669
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.759
178	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	19.864
179	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.319
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.405
181	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	17.151
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.062
183	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.931
184	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16.000
185	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.158
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.108
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.224

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.617
2Hong Kong84.377
3Luxembourg81.478
4Channel Islands80.651
5Macau80.416

Lowest

187Burundi7.224
186Laos13.108
185Ethiopia15.158
184Madagascar16.000
183Zambia16.931

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.739. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
147 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Croatia54.072 → 56.409+2.337
Indonesia38.365 → 40.504+2.139
Maldives62.187 → 64.322+2.135
Cyprus71.214 → 73.094+1.880
Vietnam28.065 → 29.900+1.836

Fell most

Oman73.192 → 70.641−2.551
Angola58.465 → 56.688−1.778
Zimbabwe23.844 → 22.646−1.199
Kuwait76.603 → 75.420−1.183
Bahrain67.378 → 66.235−1.143

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 2006.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2006). Employment in Services, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2006

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