Data for 2025

Employment in Services, 2025

Name: Employment in Services, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment in Services, 2025 covers 182 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 92.166; Burundi is lowest, at 11.556. The middle country reads 59.506. Against 2024, 182 values changed (176 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment in Services · Data for 2025

HighestDjibouti

92.166

LowestBurundi

11.556

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

182countries
1measure
2025the 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.166
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	91.478
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	88.633
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.907
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.803
6	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	85.293
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84.540
8	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.435
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	84.141
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	84.094
11	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83.748
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.235
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	82.583
14	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	81.862
15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.577
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	81.411
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	81.386
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	80.757
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	80.147
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.769
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.664
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.575
23	United States`USA`Northern America	79.563
24	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	79.183
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.531
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78.413
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.327
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	78.169
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.149
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77.933
31	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	77.579
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.570
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	76.774
34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	76.316
35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75.667
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.668
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.644
38	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	74.430
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	74.373
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.020
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.958
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	73.833
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73.497
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.151
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.007
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	72.955
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.673
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.586
49	Chile`CHL`South America	72.434
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	72.159
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.815
52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	71.766
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	71.513
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	71.500
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	71.375
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71.324
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	71.046
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.227
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	70.032
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.791
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	69.435
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	69.311
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	69.059
64	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.929
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	68.795
66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	68.518
67	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.968
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.689
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	67.563
70	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	67.434
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.952
72	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.921
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.199
74	Colombia`COL`South America	65.843
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	65.424
76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	65.352
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.295
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.084
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	64.862
80	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.374
81	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.259
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	64.079
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	63.752
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	63.309
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.011
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	62.397
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.115
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60.871
89	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.360
90	Peru`PER`South America	60.079
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.548
92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.463
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.720
94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.502
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	58.489
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.254
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.731
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	57.255
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.182
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.692
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	56.483
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.940
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	55.492
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	55.266
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.905
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	54.617
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	54.262
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.644
109	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	53.118
110	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.048
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	52.835
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52.691
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.649
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.282
115	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.219
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.730
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.711
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	51.674
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.648
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.928
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.531
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	50.238
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.191
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.177
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.170
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.955
127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.906
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	49.500
129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	49.477
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.456
131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.206
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.275
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.235
134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.925
135	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.839
136	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.244
137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.171
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.541
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.531
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.809
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	45.427
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.585
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.247
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.168
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44.037
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.531
147	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	41.751
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.733
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.442
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.851
151	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.302
152	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.131
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	39.072
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.515
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.490
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.721
157	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.706
158	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	36.944
159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.886
160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.086
161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.192
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.748
163	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.161
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33.454
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	33.409
166	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.558
167	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.782
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31.558
169	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29.472
170	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.214
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	28.396
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.850
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.679
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.325
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.988
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23.515
177	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.888
178	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.554
179	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.546
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.762
181	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.737
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.556

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti92.166
2Luxembourg91.478
3Macau88.633
4Singapore85.907
5Hong Kong85.803

Lowest

182Burundi11.556
181Niger17.737
180Chad19.762
179Central African Republic20.546
178Mozambique20.554

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.506. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
176 · 6rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda45.377 → 46.541+1.165
Senegal47.092 → 47.925+0.833
Ethiopia32.576 → 33.409+0.833
Benin40.667 → 41.442+0.775
Zimbabwe33.395 → 34.161+0.766

Fell most

Guyana56.988 → 56.692−0.296
Eswatini59.010 → 58.720−0.290
Djibouti92.277 → 92.166−0.111
Afghanistan29.502 → 29.472−0.030
Libya71.395 → 71.375−0.020

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

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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 2025.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2025). Employment in Services, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2025

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