Data for 2016

Employment in Services, 2016

Name: Employment in Services, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2016 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.156; Burundi is lowest, at 10.205. The middle country reads 58.331. Against 2015, 187 values changed (146 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2016

HighestDjibouti

93.156

LowestBurundi

10.205

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

187countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
187distinct values13 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.156
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	86.305
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	85.771
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.665
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.676
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.724
7	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	83.415
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.679
9	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.635
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	82.037
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.699
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.484
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.400
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.914
15	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	79.346
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	79.306
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	78.973
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.645
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.618
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.540
21	United States`USA`Northern America	78.503
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.434
23	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	77.979
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	77.877
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.484
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77.391
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.834
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.172
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	76.161
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	76.128
31	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	76.016
32	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	74.793
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	74.406
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.810
35	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	73.645
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.123
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.927
38	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.810
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.808
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	72.708
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	72.611
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.162
43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	72.006
44	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71.745
45	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.356
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.260
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	71.115
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.488
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.175
50	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.089
51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.993
52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	69.961
53	Chile`CHL`South America	69.762
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	69.627
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	69.015
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.832
57	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.701
58	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	68.194
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	67.679
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.571
61	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.365
62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	66.887
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.756
64	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	66.418
65	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	66.327
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.313
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	65.884
68	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	65.849
69	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.739
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	65.732
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.666
72	Colombia`COL`South America	65.248
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	64.884
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.617
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.591
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	64.586
77	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64.522
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	64.291
79	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.640
80	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.414
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	62.928
82	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	62.351
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	62.337
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	61.724
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.146
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.595
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	60.338
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.222
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.119
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.996
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.251
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.027
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.716
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.331
95	Peru`PER`South America	58.236
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.210
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.968
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	56.800
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	56.656
100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.702
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	55.438
102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.650
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.505
104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	54.206
105	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	54.037
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.732
107	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.227
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.798
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.675
110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.515
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.881
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.723
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.394
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.010
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.668
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.617
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.469
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.206
119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	50.120
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.669
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.610
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.522
123	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.335
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.126
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.924
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.258
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.768
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	46.634
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.508
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	46.482
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.447
132	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	46.169
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.300
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	45.143
135	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.045
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.656
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.426
138	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	44.229
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.997
140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.933
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.876
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.748
143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.287
144	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42.065
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.808
146	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.211
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.114
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.044
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.925
150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.848
151	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.736
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.265
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.517
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.956
155	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	36.876
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.797
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.696
158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	35.758
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	35.757
160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.240
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.139
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	33.373
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.255
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.853
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.647
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.244
167	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.606
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31.312
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.902
170	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	29.372
171	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.161
172	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.745
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	28.380
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.955
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.368
176	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.105
177	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	25.940
178	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	25.672
179	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22.978
180	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	21.773
181	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.573
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.824
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.583
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.097
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.820
186	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16.945
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.205

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.156
2Luxembourg86.305
3Macau85.771
4Hong Kong85.665
5Bahamas84.676

Lowest

187Burundi10.205
186Madagascar16.945
185Niger17.820
184Chad20.097
183Mozambique20.583

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 58.331. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
146 · 41rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia32.610 → 36.696+4.086
Sierra Leone36.597 → 39.265+2.668
Namibia58.588 → 60.595+2.007
Kazakhstan61.426 → 63.414+1.989
Armenia48.761 → 50.617+1.856

Fell most

Oman57.259 → 54.206−3.052
Senegal53.675 → 51.010−2.665
Bosnia and Herzegovina51.512 → 49.669−1.843
Paraguay60.560 → 59.251−1.309
Côte d’Ivoire40.901 → 39.736−1.165

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2016.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Employment in Services, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2016

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