Data for 2024

Employment in Services, 2024

Name: Employment in Services, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2024 covers 182 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.2769; Burundi is lowest, at 11.5128. The middle country reads 59.2648. Against 2023, 182 values changed (165 up, 17 down), 2 left.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2024

HighestDjibouti

92.2769

LowestBurundi

11.5128

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.2769
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	91.2808
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	88.5175
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.7395
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.6979
6	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	85.1019
7	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.3570
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84.2327
9	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83.9435
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	83.8824
11	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83.6302
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.0028
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	82.5048
14	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	81.5628
15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.4578
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	81.1666
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	81.1579
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	80.5257
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79.9376
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.4677
21	United States`USA`Northern America	79.3873
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.3762
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.3308
24	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	79.0369
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.4104
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78.3168
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.0650
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.8855
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.8521
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77.5948
31	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	77.3622
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.1068
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	76.4351
34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	76.0981
35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75.4573
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.4149
37	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	74.3641
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.1236
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.8842
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.7727
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	73.7530
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.7499
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73.3523
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	72.9175
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	72.6567
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	72.6164
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.3810
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.3417
49	Chile`CHL`South America	72.1008
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	71.9821
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.6393
52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	71.4368
53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	71.3953
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	71.1441
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71.1302
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	71.0977
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.4787
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.8905
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.6192
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.5890
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	69.1656
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	68.8521
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	68.7961
64	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.6194
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	68.5078
66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	68.1965
67	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.9435
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.5499
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	67.1960
70	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	67.0251
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.7849
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.6198
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.1443
74	Colombia`COL`South America	65.7242
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	65.2114
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.0595
77	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64.9442
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	64.8790
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	64.5608
80	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.1714
81	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.1041
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	63.6982
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	63.2978
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	62.8084
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.6594
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.8517
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.8871
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60.5766
89	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.1112
90	Peru`PER`South America	59.7982
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.3162
92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.2134
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.0104
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.2134
95	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.1204
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	58.0799
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.5035
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.9883
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.8615
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	56.8251
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	56.0827
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.5887
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	55.1239
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.8308
105	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	54.4434
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.3443
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	54.0395
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.0005
109	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.8106
110	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	52.4747
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.4180
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	52.2815
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52.2463
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.1617
115	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.9885
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.6221
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	51.2855
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.2828
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.1591
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.7670
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.9715
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.8776
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	49.8454
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49.8327
125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.8068
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.7538
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.6161
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	49.0899
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.0600
130	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.8807
131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.7593
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.0904
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.0196
134	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.6152
135	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.0918
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	46.9339
137	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.7791
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.1511
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.4889
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.3766
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	45.1059
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.3827
143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.7175
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.6020
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.5735
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.0390
147	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	41.2758
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.1826
149	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.6876
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.6672
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.8063
152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.7450
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.6065
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.2723
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37.7281
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.4015
157	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.3716
158	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	36.5905
159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.5136
160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.7676
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.7541
162	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.6643
163	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.3948
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33.0950
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.5756
166	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.2743
167	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.3427
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31.1556
169	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29.5022
170	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.6152
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.7959
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.4346
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.3611
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.8591
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.6880
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23.1832
177	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.6173
178	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.4991
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.4987
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.5723
181	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.3308
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.5128

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.2769
2Luxembourg91.2808
3Macau88.5175
4Singapore85.7395
5Hong Kong85.6979

Lowest

182Burundi11.5128
181Niger17.3308
180Chad19.5723
179Mozambique20.4987
178Central African Republic20.4991

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.2648. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
165 · 17rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda33.8998 → 45.3766+11.4768
Costa Rica66.3827 → 69.6192+3.2365
Bulgaria64.1643 → 67.0251+2.8608
Timor-Leste48.5113 → 49.8327+1.3214
Poland61.9770 → 63.2978+1.3208

Fell most

Ecuador52.5355 → 50.7670−1.7685
Guyana58.5116 → 56.9883−1.5233
Panama67.8303 → 66.6198−1.2106
North Macedonia61.1889 → 60.5766−0.6123
Ireland78.0908 → 77.5948−0.4961

− Lebanon

− South Sudan

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 2024.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Employment in Services, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2024

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