Data for 2017

Employment in Services, 2017

Name: Employment in Services, 2017
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2017 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.041; Burundi is lowest, at 10.218. The middle country reads 58.744. Against 2016, 187 values changed (142 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2017

HighestDjibouti

93.041

LowestBurundi

10.218

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

187countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
187distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Employment in Services, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93.041
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	87.926
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	86.416
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.734
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.570
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	84.000
7	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	83.597
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.862
9	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.756
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	82.514
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.615
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.192
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.632
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	80.425
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	80.005
16	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	79.837
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	79.208
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.951
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.760
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.731
21	United States`USA`Northern America	78.562
22	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	78.189
23	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.157
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77.974
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.647
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	77.584
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.983
28	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	76.476
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	76.384
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.113
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	75.652
32	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	74.979
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	74.749
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.412
35	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	73.586
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	73.310
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.041
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	72.809
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.778
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	72.369
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.202
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.849
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71.821
44	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	71.477
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	71.411
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.314
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	71.148
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.099
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.354
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	70.218
51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.214
52	Chile`CHL`South America	70.209
53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.067
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	69.907
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.864
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	69.745
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	69.566
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	69.168
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.954
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.016
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.514
62	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67.198
63	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67.082
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.915
65	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.886
66	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	66.827
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.762
68	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.687
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.428
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	66.201
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	65.136
72	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.122
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.897
74	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64.783
75	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	64.772
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.765
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	64.570
78	Colombia`COL`South America	64.422
79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	63.871
80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.668
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	63.492
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	63.440
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.954
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.989
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.986
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	60.678
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	60.475
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.940
89	Peru`PER`South America	59.620
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.540
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.453
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.139
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.856
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.744
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.531
96	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.111
97	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	57.984
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	57.106
99	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.320
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.156
101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.056
102	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.868
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.962
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.710
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.580
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.401
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	53.137
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.031
109	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.876
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.823
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.066
112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.045
113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	51.966
114	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.948
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.898
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	51.156
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.750
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.712
119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	50.512
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.485
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.793
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.276
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.218
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.201
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.914
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.381
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.416
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.356
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	46.949
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	46.876
131	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	46.825
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.815
133	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.385
134	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.570
135	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.522
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.031
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.857
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	44.472
139	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	44.251
140	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.738
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.346
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	43.294
143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.877
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.488
145	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.242
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41.675
147	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	41.515
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.170
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.758
150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.478
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.064
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.018
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.983
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.915
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.861
156	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.802
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.593
158	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.529
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.303
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.160
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.852
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	34.068
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.576
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.959
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.905
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.818
167	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.467
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31.390
169	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	30.752
170	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	29.680
171	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.380
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	29.273
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	28.634
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.126
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.888
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.716
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.488
178	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	25.850
179	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23.195
180	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	22.956
181	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.692
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.298
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.611
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.440
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.784
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.629
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.218

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti93.041
2Luxembourg87.926
3Macau86.416
4Hong Kong85.734
5Bahamas84.570

Lowest

187Burundi10.218
186Niger17.629
185Madagascar17.784
184Chad20.440
183Mozambique20.611

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 58.744. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
142 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone39.265 → 41.675+2.411
Somalia54.037 → 56.320+2.284
Latvia68.194 → 70.354+2.159
Senegal51.010 → 53.137+2.127
Bangladesh36.876 → 38.983+2.108

Fell most

Honduras56.656 → 53.401−3.255
Oman54.206 → 51.966−2.240
Eritrea30.902 → 29.273−1.629
Algeria60.119 → 58.856−1.262
Hungary64.522 → 63.440−1.082

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.

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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 2017.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2017). Employment in Services, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2017

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