Data for 2020

Employment in Services, 2020

Name: Employment in Services, 2020
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2020, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2020 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.808; Burundi is lowest, at 11.597. The middle country reads 58.526. Against 2019, 187 values changed (74 up, 113 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2020

HighestDjibouti

92.808

LowestBurundi

11.597

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

187countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.808
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.979
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	87.483
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	86.346
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.062
6	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.722
7	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	84.512
8	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83.310
9	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83.293
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.910
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.273
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.831
13	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	81.006
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	80.621
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.313
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.959
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	79.121
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.011
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.958
20	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	78.957
21	United States`USA`Northern America	78.835
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.298
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.296
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.043
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.011
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	77.757
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.685
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.066
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.697
30	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	76.081
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	75.681
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	75.615
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	75.287
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75.161
35	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.948
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	74.693
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	74.060
38	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.932
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.596
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.497
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	73.340
42	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73.172
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	72.811
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.705
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.692
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.656
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.569
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.307
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	71.278
50	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	71.271
51	Chile`CHL`South America	70.882
52	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.852
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	70.523
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.429
55	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.086
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	69.983
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.845
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.567
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.531
60	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	68.999
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	68.946
62	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.279
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	67.558
64	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67.527
65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.329
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	67.203
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.201
68	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.844
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.601
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.345
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	66.321
72	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.857
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	65.698
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	65.517
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	65.379
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	65.230
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.059
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.581
79	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.501
80	Colombia`COL`South America	64.370
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.363
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	63.362
83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	62.477
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	62.474
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	61.141
86	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	61.047
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.850
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.375
89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.216
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.144
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.892
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.639
93	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.743
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.526
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.276
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	57.497
97	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	56.993
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.779
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	56.388
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.315
101	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.235
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	56.111
103	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.100
104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.174
105	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.941
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	53.666
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.979
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.868
109	Peru`PER`South America	52.783
110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.624
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.476
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	52.350
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.324
114	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.219
115	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.067
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.048
117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.931
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.477
119	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	51.124
120	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.697
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.591
122	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	49.804
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.380
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	49.233
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.075
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.072
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.057
128	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.053
129	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.994
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	48.787
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48.510
132	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.589
133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.376
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.700
135	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.414
136	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.008
137	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.964
138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	45.529
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.420
140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.268
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.809
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.659
143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.554
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.194
145	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.241
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.504
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.310
148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.441
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.952
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.225
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.766
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.482
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.219
154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.955
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.550
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.494
157	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.923
158	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36.318
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.210
160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.535
161	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.233
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.226
163	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	34.992
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.955
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.722
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.648
167	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.217
168	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.898
169	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.621
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.914
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.438
172	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.390
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29.746
174	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.065
175	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.880
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.667
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.224
178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.622
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.070
180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.632
181	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22.446
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.483
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.108
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.541
185	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.969
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.312
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.597

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.808
2Luxembourg88.979
3Macau87.483
4Hong Kong86.346
5Singapore85.062

Lowest

187Burundi11.597
186Niger16.312
185Madagascar18.969
184Chad19.541
183Mozambique20.108

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 58.526. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
74 · 113rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar43.783 → 56.235+12.452
Oman55.120 → 61.047+5.928
Bosnia and Herzegovina49.219 → 53.666+4.447
Mongolia47.616 → 50.697+3.080
Zimbabwe26.406 → 29.065+2.659

Fell most

Mali33.889 → 22.632−11.257
Peru60.340 → 52.783−7.557
Rwanda37.020 → 32.648−4.372
Somalia56.006 → 52.067−3.939
Senegal55.866 → 52.048−3.818

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 2020.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2020). Employment in Services, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2020

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