Data for 2022

Employment in Services, 2022

Name: Employment in Services, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2022 covers 186 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.572; Burundi is lowest, at 11.249. The middle country reads 59.088. Against 2021, 186 values changed (140 up, 46 down), 1 left.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2022

HighestDjibouti

92.572

LowestBurundi

11.249

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

186countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.572
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.726
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	87.928
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.801
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.344
6	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	84.660
7	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.195
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	83.883
9	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83.504
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	83.406
11	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83.367
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	82.545
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.017
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	80.972
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	80.925
16	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	80.912
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	80.470
18	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.233
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79.323
20	United States`USA`Northern America	79.103
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.809
22	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	78.739
23	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.681
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.553
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.468
26	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.373
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.133
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.952
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.696
30	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	77.013
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	76.897
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.776
33	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	76.683
34	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	76.073
35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	75.525
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75.202
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	73.360
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.330
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.285
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.283
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.203
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.058
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	72.771
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.468
45	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.466
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.029
47	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.953
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	71.738
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.317
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71.290
51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	71.083
52	Chile`CHL`South America	70.832
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.777
54	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.662
55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.240
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	70.111
57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.097
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.342
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.318
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	68.817
61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	68.785
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.926
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67.904
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	67.799
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.697
66	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.688
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.625
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.198
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.174
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	66.794
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.661
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.453
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.300
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.527
75	Colombia`COL`South America	65.028
76	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.642
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.521
78	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64.363
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.918
80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.869
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.844
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	63.776
83	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	63.754
84	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	63.216
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	62.378
86	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	61.618
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.597
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.487
89	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	60.463
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.429
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60.054
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.393
93	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	59.215
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.962
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.719
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.054
97	Peru`PER`South America	57.632
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	57.165
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	56.624
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.451
101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.376
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	55.997
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.918
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.679
105	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	54.402
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.397
107	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	53.764
108	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.752
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.254
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.696
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.423
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.332
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.702
114	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.421
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.305
116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.128
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.029
118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.846
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.502
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	50.349
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.004
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	49.545
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.540
124	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	49.194
125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	48.878
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.847
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.790
128	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48.551
129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.286
130	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	48.137
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.100
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.930
133	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.586
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.472
135	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47.341
136	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.019
137	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.244
138	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	45.972
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.864
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.060
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.989
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.581
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.996
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	43.931
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.787
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.593
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.094
148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.075
149	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	40.804
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.488
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.218
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.016
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.447
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.362
155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.854
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.668
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.765
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.631
159	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.855
160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.236
161	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.229
162	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.368
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.350
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	34.257
165	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.212
166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.940
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31.586
168	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.019
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.709
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.626
171	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.403
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.242
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29.427
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.727
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.267
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.167
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.498
178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.402
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.256
180	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22.498
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.393
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.144
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.074
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.121
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.857
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.249

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.572
2Luxembourg89.726
3Macau87.928
4Hong Kong85.801
5Singapore85.344

Lowest

186Burundi11.249
185Niger16.857
184Chad19.121
183Madagascar20.074
182Mozambique20.144

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.088. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
186values changed, of 186 in both
140 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan34.532 → 40.804+6.272
Tonga45.833 → 49.194+3.360
Paraguay60.793 → 63.844+3.050
Angola37.575 → 40.488+2.913
Kenya37.417 → 40.218+2.802

Fell most

Eswatini68.707 → 63.754−4.953
Ghana49.651 → 45.972−3.679
Armenia52.938 → 49.545−3.393
Timor-Leste50.635 → 47.586−3.048
Senegal48.713 → 45.864−2.849

− Ukraine

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 2022.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Employment in Services, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2022

0635 held

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