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Employment in Services, 2008

2008, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2008 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.4354; Burundi is lowest, at 7.9602. The middle country reads 53.6164. Against 2007, 187 values changed (156 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2008

HighestDjibouti

93.4354

LowestBurundi

7.9602

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment in Services, 2008, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort

Employment in Services, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa93.4354
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia85.6207
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe83.0559
4MacauMACEastern Asia81.5820
5Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe81.1799
6BahamasBHSCaribbean80.8083
7Puerto RicoPRICaribbean80.2612
8BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia79.7217
9French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia79.5462
10IsraelISRWestern Asia79.3744
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe77.9601
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe77.1735
13United StatesUSANorthern America76.9322
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe76.5527
15CanadaCANNorthern America76.5524
16GuamGUMMicronesia76.1829
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia76.1280
18BarbadosBRBCaribbean75.8770
19NorwayNORNorthern Europe75.8228
20United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean75.1480
21MontenegroMNESouthern Europe74.4880
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand74.3025
23DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe74.0390
24FranceFRAWestern Europe73.9740
25BelgiumBELWestern Europe73.7747

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Djibouti93.4354
  2. 2Hong Kong85.6207
  3. 3Luxembourg83.0559
  4. 4Macau81.5820
  5. 5Channel Islands81.1799

Lowest

  1. 187Burundi7.9602
  2. 186Laos14.3573
  3. 185Ethiopia16.5630
  4. 184Zambia17.2194
  5. 183Niger17.3942

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.6164. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 187 in both
  • 156 · 31rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar45.7843 → 38.8511−6.9332
  • Panama65.4171 → 62.2921−3.1250
  • Oman67.9512 → 65.1965−2.7547
  • Kuwait74.1028 → 72.3454−1.7574
  • Angola54.8911 → 53.1497−1.7414

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

Read before you use

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 2008.

  • 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.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2008). Employment in Services, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2008

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07Questions

Employment in Services, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest employment in services in Employment in Services, 2008?

Djibouti, at 93.4354, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Employment in Services, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Employment in Services, 2008 cover?

187.

Where can I download Employment in Services, 2008?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Employment in Services, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Employment in Services, 2025.

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