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 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Bahamas | % | 82.1% | 82.6% | 82.8% | 82.8% | 83.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Brunei | % | 80.8% | 81.3% | 82.0% | 82.5% | 79.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Cyprus | % | 79.1% | 79.8% | 79.3% | 80.4% | 81.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark | % | 78.2% | 78.1% | 78.6% | 78.9% | 78.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong | % | 87.8% | 87.9% | 88.0% | 88.3% | 88.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Iceland | % | 77.0% | 77.9% | 78.7% | 78.8% | 79.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | % | 81.2% | 81.4% | 81.5% | 81.6% | 81.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | % | 87.6% | 86.4% | 86.9% | 87.8% | 87.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Macao | % | 83.9% | 83.8% | 85.9% | 89.0% | 89.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Malta | % | 78.0% | 78.5% | 79.0% | 79.2% | 80.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | % | 81.5% | 81.3% | 81.3% | 81.2% | 81.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | % | 82.3% | 82.6% | 82.9% | 83.2% | 83.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Singapore | % | 82.2% | 82.5% | 83.1% | 83.5% | 83.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Sweden | % | 79.4% | 79.7% | 79.9% | 80.0% | 80.1% | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | % | 79.8% | 80.2% | 80.4% | 80.6% | 80.8% |