Which Country Has the Most Workers in Services?

Employment In Services (As % of Total Workforce) (%), 2020
Labour | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2020, Macao ranked the highest in Employment In Services (As % of Total Workforce) with 90.1% followed by Hong Kong and Luxembourg. On the other end of the scale was Burundi with 6.54%, Somalia with 13.4% and Central African Republic with 17.5%.

Average Employment In Services (As % of Total Workforce) reached 50.4% in 2020 in the World. This is 0.334 % more than in the previous year and 12.8 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average Employment In Services (As % of Total Workforce) reached an all time high of 50.6% in 2019 and an all time low of 34.5% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to 1.14 % since 1962.

Data for more countries are available at Employment In Services (As % of Total Workforce) indicator page.

Employment In Services (As % of Total Workforce) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Bahamas % 84.7% 84.9% 85.0% 85.2% 84.8%
Brunei % 82.5% 79.5% 77.3% 74.9% 75.0%
Cyprus % 80.4% 81.2% 79.2% 77.8% 79.2%
Denmark % 79.0% 78.9% 79.2% 79.0% 78.6%
Hong Kong % 85.7% 85.8% 86.1% 86.3% 86.1%
Iceland % 78.8% 79.2% 78.5% 78.0% 77.0%
Israel % 81.6% 82.0% 82.7% 83.3% 83.3%
Luxembourg % 87.8% 87.2% 88.5% 88.9% 89.5%
Macao % 85.8% 86.5% 86.9% 84.7% 85.4%
Malta % 79.2% 80.4% 80.0% 80.6% 81.1%
Netherlands % 81.2% 81.7% 81.8% 82.0% 83.8%
Puerto Rico % 85.6% 85.9% 86.2% 86.3% 86.5%
Singapore % 84.0% 83.9% 85.0% 85.0% 85.4%
Sweden % 80.0% 80.1% 79.9% 80.0% 79.9%
United Kingdom % 80.6% 80.8% 80.8% 80.9% 80.9%