Data for 2011

Employment in Services, 2011

Name: Employment in Services, 2011
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2011, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2011 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.500; Burundi is lowest, at 9.008. The middle country reads 56.018. Against 2010, 187 values changed (132 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2011

HighestDjibouti

93.500

LowestBurundi

9.008

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

187countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.500
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.972
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	85.323
4	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	84.836
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	83.130
6	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	82.247
7	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	81.399
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.321
9	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.169
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	80.435
11	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	80.115
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	79.633
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	79.126
14	United States`USA`Northern America	78.568
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78.085
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	77.753
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.571
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.500
19	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	76.907
20	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	76.847
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.824
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	76.780
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.957
24	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	75.467
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	75.466
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	75.384
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	75.274
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	74.885
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	74.725
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	74.447
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	74.291
32	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73.176
33	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.065
34	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	72.728
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	72.686
36	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.570
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.467
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	71.244
39	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	71.110
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.614
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	70.413
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.408
43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.376
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	70.250
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	70.150
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	69.554
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.072
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.037
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.943
50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.433
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	68.196
52	Chile`CHL`South America	68.124
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	68.031
54	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	67.337
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	67.334
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.207
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67.190
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.018
59	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	66.956
60	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.949
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.287
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.177
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.101
64	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	66.052
65	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	65.501
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	64.955
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	64.871
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.740
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.584
70	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64.275
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.085
72	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	63.876
73	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.657
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.524
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	63.281
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	63.170
77	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.153
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	63.075
79	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	63.062
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	62.012
81	Colombia`COL`South America	61.968
82	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	60.440
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.677
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.558
85	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.417
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.371
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.288
88	Peru`PER`South America	58.061
89	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	57.941
90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.706
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.460
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.137
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	56.663
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.018
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	55.834
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	55.334
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	55.248
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	55.047
99	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	54.582
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.117
101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.858
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.344
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	52.615
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	52.160
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	51.682
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.676
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.106
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.316
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.096
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.985
111	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.916
112	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.048
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	49.034
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	48.678
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.654
116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48.149
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.113
118	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.043
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.905
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	47.636
121	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.249
122	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	47.067
123	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	47.031
124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.773
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	46.549
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.873
127	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	44.537
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.413
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.269
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.991
131	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.938
132	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.934
133	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.590
134	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	42.766
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.691
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	42.595
137	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.216
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	42.110
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.349
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.404
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.003
142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.586
143	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.551
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.915
145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	38.364
146	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	38.274
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.913
148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.777
149	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	35.788
150	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.700
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.093
152	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	34.575
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.337
154	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	34.181
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34.174
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	33.814
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.397
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.193
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.758
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	31.308
161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.118
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.014
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.840
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30.645
165	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30.410
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29.478
167	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	28.557
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	28.461
169	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.545
170	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.377
171	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.981
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	25.936
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.360
174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.224
175	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.934
176	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	24.916
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.954
178	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	23.696
179	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.985
180	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.322
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.293
182	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	19.186
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.592
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.580
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.697
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	16.510
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.008

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.500
2Hong Kong85.972
3Luxembourg85.323
4Macau84.836
5Bahamas83.130

Lowest

187Burundi9.008
186Laos16.510
185Niger17.697
184Chad18.580
183Mozambique18.592

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 56.018. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
132 · 55rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zambia22.369 → 25.224+2.855
Jamaica63.722 → 66.287+2.565
Uruguay67.752 → 70.250+2.497
Qatar42.152 → 44.537+2.385
Bulgaria59.909 → 62.012+2.103

Fell most

Bhutan33.617 → 30.645−2.972
Estonia65.465 → 63.153−2.312
Angola48.856 → 46.549−2.306
Cambodia29.241 → 26.981−2.261
Albania38.006 → 35.788−2.217

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 2011.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2011). Employment in Services, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2011

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