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Employment in services, % of total employment: ranking of countries
187 countries ranked by their latest value (2021–2025). Djibouti is highest at 92.2%; Burundi is lowest at 11.6%.
World 50.6% (2025)Median country 59.5%187 countries
Jobs in services: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Jobs in services | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 92.2% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 91.5% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 88.6% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 85.9% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 85.8% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Channel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 85.3% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 84.5% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 84.4% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | 84.1% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 84.1% | 2025 | |
| 11 | French Polynesia | East Asia & Pacific | 83.7% | 2025 | |
| 12 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 83.2% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 82.6% | 2025 | |
| 14 | US Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 81.9% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 81.6% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 81.4% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 81.4% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80.8% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Canada | North America | 80.1% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 79.8% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 79.7% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 79.6% | 2025 | |
| 23 | United States | North America | 79.6% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Guam | East Asia & Pacific | 79.2% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 78.5% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 78.4% | 2025 | |
| 27 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 78.2% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 78.1% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 77.9% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| 32 | New Caledonia | East Asia & Pacific | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 76.8% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 76.4% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 76.3% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 75.7% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 74.7% | 2025 | |
| 38 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 74.6% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 74.0% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 74.0% | 2025 | |
| 43 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 73.8% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 73.5% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 73.2% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 72.7% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 72.6% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 72.4% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 72.2% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 71.8% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Maldives | South Asia | 71.8% | 2025 | |
| 54 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 71.4% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 71.3% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 71.0% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 70.2% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 70.0% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 69.8% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 69.4% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 69.3% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 68.9% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 68.8% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 68.5% | 2025 | |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 68.0% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.7% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 67.4% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 67.0% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 66.9% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.2% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 65.8% | 2025 | |
| 76 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 65.3% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 65.1% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 64.9% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 64.4% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 64.3% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 64.1% | 2025 | |
| 84 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 63.8% | 2022 | |
| 85 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 63.3% | 2025 | |
| 87 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 62.4% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.1% | 2025 | |
| 90 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 60.9% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 60.7% | 2021 | |
| 92 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 60.4% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 58.7% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 58.5% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 58.5% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 58.3% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 57.7% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 57.3% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 57.2% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 56.7% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 56.5% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 55.9% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 55.5% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 54.6% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 54.3% | 2025 | |
| 111 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 53.6% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 53.1% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 53.0% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 52.8% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 52.7% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 52.6% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 52.3% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 52.2% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.6% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 50.9% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.5% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 50.0% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 49.9% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 49.2% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 48.3% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 48.2% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.9% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 47.8% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 47.2% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.2% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.5% | 2025 | |
| 142 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 46.5% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.2% | 2022 | |
| 144 | Nepal | South Asia | 45.8% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 45.4% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 44.6% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.0% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.5% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Bhutan | South Asia | 41.8% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.7% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.4% | 2025 | |
| 154 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.9% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 40.1% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 39.1% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.1% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.2% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.7% | 2025 | |
| 167 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.6% | 2023 | |
| 168 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.2% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.5% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.4% | 2025 | |
| 171 | India | South Asia | 32.6% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.8% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 29.5% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.2% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.9% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.7% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.3% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 24.0% | 2025 | |
| 181 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 23.5% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.6% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)