Industry & Services
Service employment
SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
Countries compared
9 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 70.23% for Italy in 2025, over a series running from 1991 to 2025 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (Netherlands, 84.54%) to the lowest (Mali, 28.4%).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | Mali | Cyprus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.23% | 76.77% | 84.54% | 79.56% | 46.53% | 44.04% | 28.4% | 81.58% | |
| 2024 | 69.89% | 76.44% | 84.23% | 79.39% | 46.15% | 43.57% | 27.8% | 81.46% | |
| 2023 | 69.77% | 76.48% | 83.86% | 79.09% | 45.77% | 34.57% | 43.23% | 27.51% | 81.41% |
| 2022 | 69.34% | 75.52% | 83.88% | 79.1% | 44.99% | 34.26% | 42.59% | 27.17% | 80.47% |
| 2021 | 69.31% | 75.25% | 83.75% | 79.15% | 45.6% | 34.21% | 42.15% | 24.58% | 79.23% |
| 2020 | 69.57% | 75.29% | 82.27% | 78.84% | 45.27% | 34.99% | 42.31% | 22.63% | 77.76% |
| 2019 | 70.23% | 75.42% | 82.06% | 78.46% | 44.52% | 36.09% | 43.89% | 33.89% | 79.15% |
| 2018 | 70.17% | 75.66% | 81.86% | 78.48% | 43.88% | 36.26% | 43.23% | 29.34% | 81.17% |
| 2017 | 70.21% | 75.65% | 81.19% | 78.56% | 43.35% | 36.16% | 41.68% | 28.63% | 80.43% |
| 2016 | 69.99% | 76.13% | 81.7% | 78.5% | 42.93% | 35.76% | 39.26% | 28.38% | 79.31% |
| 2015 | 69.65% | 75.71% | 81.29% | 78.42% | 42.4% | 35.65% | 36.6% | 29.47% | 79.78% |
| 2014 | 69.46% | 76.54% | 81.66% | 78.39% | 40.6% | 35.04% | 36.28% | 25.3% | 79.05% |
| 2013 | 69.35% | 75.55% | 81.12% | 78.47% | 38.5% | 34.52% | 34.98% | 24.82% | 79.33% |
| 2012 | 68.73% | 75.12% | 79.85% | 78.62% | 36.1% | 34.29% | 32.9% | 24.77% | 76.92% |
| 2011 | 68.03% | 74.73% | 80.44% | 78.57% | 35.7% | 34.18% | 31.01% | 25.36% | 75.27% |
| 2010 | 67.62% | 72.71% | 79.53% | 78.66% | 34.6% | 34.3% | 29.99% | 25.17% | 75.8% |
| 2009 | 67.07% | 71.47% | 78.7% | 78.38% | 34.1% | 34.36% | 28.87% | 24.79% | 74.25% |
| 2008 | 66.5% | 68.47% | 77.96% | 76.93% | 33.2% | 34.24% | 28.25% | 25.01% | 72.72% |
| 2007 | 65.9% | 66.53% | 77.02% | 76.3% | 32.4% | 34.17% | 27.33% | 25.04% | 73.1% |
| 2006 | 65.68% | 65.85% | 76.17% | 75.99% | 32.2% | 34.07% | 26.23% | 25.08% | 73.09% |
| 2005 | 65.12% | 65.13% | 75.26% | 76.07% | 31.4% | 33.97% | 25.57% | 24.5% | 71.21% |
| 2004 | 65.03% | 64.31% | 76.61% | 75.89% | 30.6% | 33.87% | 25.03% | 23.84% | 71.18% |
| 2003 | 63.53% | 63.58% | 77.05% | 75.79% | 29.3% | 33.76% | 27.2% | 23.74% | 71.94% |
| 2002 | 63.48% | 62.96% | 76.08% | 75.57% | 28.6% | 33.65% | 26.65% | 23.01% | 71.56% |
| 2001 | 63.05% | 61.99% | 75.31% | 75.29% | 27.7% | 33.51% | 25.1% | 22.83% | 71.47% |
| 2000 | 62.98% | 62.48% | 75.14% | 74.93% | 25.31% | 33.36% | 26.31% | 22.01% | 70.83% |
| 1999 | 62.2% | 62.11% | 74.46% | 74.75% | 26.9% | 33.24% | 25.69% | 22.02% | 70.99% |
| 1998 | 61.5% | 61.79% | 73.75% | 74.21% | 26.7% | 33.07% | 25.78% | 21.74% | 70.42% |
| 1997 | 61.49% | 62.04% | 73.41% | 73.93% | 26.4% | 32.84% | 25.59% | 21.36% | 69.87% |
| 1996 | 60.52% | 62.17% | 73.06% | 73.89% | 26% | 32.56% | 26.2% | 21.12% | 69.18% |
| 1995 | 59.76% | 60.81% | 72.82% | 73.72% | 24.8% | 32.36% | 25.96% | 20.77% | 68.59% |
| 1994 | 59.34% | 60.25% | 72.67% | 73.75% | 23% | 32.19% | 26.61% | 20.79% | 67.78% |
| 1993 | 58.81% | 59.23% | 71.83% | 73.83% | 21.2% | 32.08% | 26.71% | 20.54% | 66.24% |
| 1992 | 57.41% | 58.58% | 71.34% | 73.24% | 19.8% | 31.84% | 26.46% | 20.47% | 64.68% |
| 1991 | 56.76% | 57.34% | 70.88% | 72.69% | 18.93% | 31.61% | 27.56% | 20.58% | 63.55% |
World Bank definition
Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).
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