Data for 2018

Employment in Services, 2018

Name: Employment in Services, 2018
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2018, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2018 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.916; Burundi is lowest, at 10.945. The middle country reads 58.755. Against 2017, 187 values changed (143 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2018

HighestDjibouti

92.916

LowestBurundi

10.945

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

187countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.916
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	86.862
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	86.536
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.841
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.643
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.846
7	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	83.823
8	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.977
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.923
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.978
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.863
12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.173
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.848
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.224
15	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	80.207
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	80.088
17	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	79.535
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.177
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.899
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.880
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.776
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	78.666
23	United States`USA`Northern America	78.478
24	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	78.410
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.215
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77.496
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.271
28	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	76.802
29	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	76.602
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	76.561
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.421
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	75.660
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	75.219
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.591
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.104
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	73.824
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.289
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	73.082
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.978
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	72.743
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.535
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.417
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	72.039
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	71.716
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.491
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.385
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	71.292
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.870
49	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.797
50	Chile`CHL`South America	70.699
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	70.452
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.413
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	70.313
54	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.170
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.146
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.099
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	69.801
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	69.792
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.223
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.303
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.615
62	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67.376
63	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.154
64	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67.050
65	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.537
66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.536
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.518
68	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	66.411
69	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	66.281
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.774
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	65.456
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	65.358
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	65.300
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	65.121
75	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.097
76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	65.092
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.926
78	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	64.803
79	Colombia`COL`South America	63.867
80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.799
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	62.989
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	62.626
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.262
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	62.115
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.338
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.189
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.088
88	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	60.784
89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.580
90	Peru`PER`South America	59.790
91	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	59.738
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.700
93	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.145
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.755
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.565
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.419
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.056
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	57.523
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.706
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.492
101	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.102
102	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.245
103	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.759
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.867
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.690
106	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.665
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.649
108	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.588
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.327
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.869
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.252
112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.963
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.758
114	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	51.459
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.213
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.079
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	51.045
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.992
119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	50.846
120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.685
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.528
122	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	49.414
123	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.091
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.019
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.598
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.308
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.169
128	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.062
129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.984
130	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.409
131	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.228
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.190
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.564
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	46.038
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.618
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	45.235
137	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.953
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.768
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.613
140	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44.542
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.885
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.547
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	43.331
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.330
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.227
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.989
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.802
148	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.708
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	42.329
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.574
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.300
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.777
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	39.181
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.741
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.456
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.595
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37.240
158	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.017
159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.256
160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.202
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	35.984
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.571
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.400
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.046
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.981
166	India`IND`Southern Asia	33.339
167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.944
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31.833
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.059
170	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.633
171	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	30.353
172	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	30.281
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29.487
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	29.340
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.285
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	28.135
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.858
178	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.447
179	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.004
180	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23.392
181	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.342
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.587
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.867
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.689
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.473
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.654
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.945

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.916
2Macau86.862
3Luxembourg86.536
4Hong Kong85.841
5Bahamas84.643

Lowest

187Burundi10.945
186Niger17.654
185Madagascar18.473
184Chad20.689
183Mozambique20.867

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 58.755. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
143 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uganda21.692 → 26.004+4.312
New Caledonia73.586 → 76.802+3.217
Egypt48.381 → 51.459+3.078
Georgia41.515 → 44.542+3.027
Ghana40.478 → 43.330+2.853

Fell most

Armenia51.948 → 48.308−3.640
Togo46.876 → 43.547−3.329
Brunei82.514 → 79.535−2.979
Oman51.966 → 49.414−2.551
Montenegro74.979 → 73.082−1.897

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 2018.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2018). Employment in Services, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2018

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