Data for 2019

Employment in Services, 2019

Name: Employment in Services, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2019 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.818; Burundi is lowest, at 11.729. The middle country reads 58.823. Against 2018, 187 values changed (143 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2019

HighestDjibouti

92.818

LowestBurundi

11.729

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

187countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.818
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.703
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	87.089
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	86.108
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	84.921
6	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.622
7	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	84.044
8	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83.027
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.927
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.682
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.057
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.690
13	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	80.555
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	80.260
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.891
16	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	79.621
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.231
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79.159
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	79.154
20	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	78.562
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.491
22	United States`USA`Northern America	78.459
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.383
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.224
25	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.205
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.796
27	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	77.283
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.093
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.048
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.802
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	75.902
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	75.889
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	75.422
34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	75.339
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.660
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.650
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.627
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.530
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	73.438
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.253
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.960
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	72.557
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	72.451
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.429
45	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	72.399
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.772
47	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.663
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.654
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	71.231
50	Chile`CHL`South America	71.106
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.988
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.720
53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.560
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	70.279
55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.235
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	70.164
57	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.035
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.634
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.276
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.602
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.581
62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67.864
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.599
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.435
65	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67.427
66	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.421
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	67.284
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.275
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	66.696
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.681
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.600
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.483
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.282
74	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	66.024
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	65.947
76	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.597
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	65.310
78	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.127
79	Colombia`COL`South America	64.396
80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.940
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	63.725
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.135
83	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	63.129
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	62.802
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.852
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.197
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	61.115
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.930
89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.433
90	Peru`PER`South America	60.340
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.276
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.086
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.911
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	58.823
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.777
96	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.713
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.556
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.857
99	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	57.854
100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.873
101	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.438
102	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.006
103	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	55.866
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.330
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	55.297
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	55.120
107	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	54.192
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	54.111
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.797
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.733
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.203
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.454
113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.831
114	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.819
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.691
116	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.407
117	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	51.337
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.846
119	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.590
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.359
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.293
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.236
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	49.980
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.924
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.861
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.219
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.136
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.920
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.270
130	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.973
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.687
132	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.616
133	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.381
134	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.066
135	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	46.294
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	46.263
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	46.097
138	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.620
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.590
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	45.527
141	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	45.433
142	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.519
143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.038
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.890
145	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	43.783
146	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	43.609
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.515
148	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.216
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.383
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.856
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.245
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.666
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	39.355
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	39.133
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.893
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37.560
157	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.514
158	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.360
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.020
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.088
161	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.876
162	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.791
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	35.659
164	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.097
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.900
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	33.889
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	33.603
168	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.542
169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.427
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.325
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.537
172	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31.429
173	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.335
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.299
175	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.891
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	28.591
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.276
178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.439
179	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.406
180	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23.718
181	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.633
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.963
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	21.150
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.906
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19.461
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.555
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.729

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.818
2Luxembourg88.703
3Macau87.089
4Hong Kong86.108
5Singapore84.921

Lowest

187Burundi11.729
186Niger17.555
185Madagascar19.461
184Chad20.906
183Mozambique21.150

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 58.823. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 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

Oman49.414 → 55.120+5.705
Uganda26.004 → 30.891+4.887
Mali29.340 → 33.889+4.550
Zambia30.281 → 33.542+3.262
Ghana43.330 → 46.263+2.932

Fell most

Togo43.547 → 40.856−2.691
Brunei79.535 → 77.283−2.252
Cyprus81.173 → 79.154−2.019
Bosnia and Herzegovina51.079 → 49.219−1.860
Guinea-Bissau28.285 → 26.439−1.846

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 2019.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2019). Employment in Services, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2019

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