Data for 2021

Employment in Services, 2021

Name: Employment in Services, 2021
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2021, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2021 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.628; Burundi is lowest, at 11.280. The middle country reads 58.220. Against 2020, 187 values changed (84 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2021

HighestDjibouti

92.628

LowestBurundi

11.280

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

187countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.628
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.811
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	87.538
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	86.155
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.447
6	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	84.571
7	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.184
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	83.755
9	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83.305
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	83.261
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83.253
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	82.181
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.865
14	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	80.557
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	80.275
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.915
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79.299
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	79.231
19	United States`USA`Northern America	79.154
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.152
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.745
22	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	78.696
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.600
24	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.308
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.001
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.970
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	77.796
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.470
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.996
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	76.689
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.063
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	75.927
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	75.411
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	75.253
35	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	75.027
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.175
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.908
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	73.667
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.361
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.155
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.136
42	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.866
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.687
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.607
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.573
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	72.529
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.766
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.740
49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.407
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.744
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.639
52	Chile`CHL`South America	70.449
53	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.310
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	70.304
55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.200
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	70.049
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.771
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.437
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.310
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	68.707
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	68.434
62	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	68.295
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67.579
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.513
65	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.473
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	67.278
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.246
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.214
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.167
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.644
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.455
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	66.444
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.301
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.933
75	Colombia`COL`South America	64.878
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.840
77	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	64.753
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.378
79	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64.234
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	64.093
81	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.910
82	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.781
83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	63.583
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	62.223
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.228
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	60.793
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	60.665
88	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.632
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.586
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.348
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.304
92	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	60.206
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.642
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.220
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	58.059
96	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57.772
97	Peru`PER`South America	57.375
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.810
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	56.583
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.983
101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.970
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	55.572
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.305
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.269
105	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.757
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	53.529
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	53.181
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.976
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.951
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.938
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.356
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.345
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.008
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.921
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.465
116	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.375
117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.984
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.858
119	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.635
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.430
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.424
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	50.092
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.651
124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.313
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.251
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.188
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.828
128	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.758
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.713
130	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.478
131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	48.443
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48.094
133	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.801
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.140
135	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.725
136	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	46.397
137	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.849
138	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.833
139	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.830
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.743
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.597
142	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.617
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.427
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.086
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	43.923
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.534
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.153
148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.636
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.748
150	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.382
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.523
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.239
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.846
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.575
155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.474
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.417
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.263
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.454
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.167
160	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.960
161	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.943
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	34.532
163	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	34.213
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.160
165	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.890
166	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.014
167	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.450
168	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.160
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.737
170	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.227
171	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.174
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30.152
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.094
174	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.408
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.395
176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.343
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.198
178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.136
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.580
180	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.042
181	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22.197
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.192
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	19.977
184	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19.340
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.300
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.336
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.280

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.628
2Luxembourg88.811
3Macau87.538
4Hong Kong86.155
5Singapore85.447

Lowest

187Burundi11.280
186Niger16.336
185Chad19.300
184Madagascar19.340
183Mozambique19.977

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 58.220. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
84 · 103rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Peru52.783 → 57.375+4.592
Saudi Arabia73.932 → 77.796+3.864
Zimbabwe29.065 → 32.890+3.825
Montenegro74.060 → 76.689+2.628
Ghana47.376 → 49.651+2.275

Fell most

Oman61.047 → 53.529−7.518
Afghanistan35.535 → 30.152−5.384
Senegal52.048 → 48.713−3.335
Rwanda32.648 → 29.408−3.240
Bosnia and Herzegovina53.666 → 50.858−2.808

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

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2021.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2021). Employment in Services, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2021

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