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Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories G-P (ISIC revision 3) and include 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.
Labor Statistics > Employment in services > % of total employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Bermuda :
89.1 %
1996 ...
#2
Hong Kong :
84.6 %
2005 ...
#3
Aruba :
82.9 %
1997 ...
#4
Man, Isle of :
82.5 %
2001 ...
#5
Oman :
82.1 %
2000 ...
#6
Netherlands Antilles :
80.8 %
2000 ...
#7
Djibouti :
80.2 %
1991 ...
#8
Puerto Rico :
79 %
2005 ...
#9
Bahamas, The :
78.4 %
2005 ...
#10
Luxembourg :
77.9 %
2005 ...
#11
United States :
77.8 %
2005 ...
#12
Eritrea :
77.4 %
1984 ...
#13
Brunei :
77.2 %
2001 ...
#14
United Kingdom :
76.3 %
2005 ...
#15
Norway :
75.9 %
2005 ...
#16
Sweden :
75.7 %
2005 ...
#17
Israel :
75.6 %
2005 ...
#18
Peru :
75.5 %
2005 ...
#19
Suriname :
75.4 %
1999 ...
#20
Canada :
75.3 %
2005 ...
#21
Argentina :
75.1 %
2005 ...
#22
Nigeria :
75.1 %
1995 ...
#23
Australia :
75 %
2005 ...
#24
Macau :
74.6 %
2005 ...
#25
Saudi Arabia :
74.2 %
2002 ...
#26
Jordan :
74.2 %
2003 ...
#27
Antigua and Barbuda :
74 %
1991 ...
#28
Uruguay :
73.5 %
2005 ...
#29
Switzerland :
73.3 %
2004 ...
#30
Netherlands :
72.9 %
2005 ...
#31
Belgium :
72.8 %
2004 ...
#32
Denmark :
72.7 %
2005 ...
#33
France :
71 %
2004 ...
#34
Cyprus :
70.6 %
2004 ...
#35
New Zealand :
70.6 %
2005 ...
#36
Ecuador :
70.4 %
2005 ...
#37
Barbados :
69.7 %
2004 ...
#38
Singapore :
69.6 %
2005 ...
#39
Finland :
69.4 %
2005 ...
#40
Venezuela :
69.1 %
2003 ...
#41
Iceland :
69 %
2002 ...
#42
Malta :
68.2 %
2004 ...
#43
New Caledonia :
68 %
1996 ...
#44
Germany :
67.8 %
2005 ...
#45
Panama :
67.1 %
2005 ...
#46
Bolivia :
67 %
2000 ...
#47
Austria :
66.7 %
2005 ...
#48
Japan :
66.4 %
2005 ...
#49
Ireland :
65.6 %
2005 ...
#50
Italy :
65.1 %
2005 ...
#51
Korea, South :
65.1 %
2005 ...
#52
South Africa :
65.1 %
2003 ...
#53
Greece :
65.1 %
2005 ...
#54
Spain :
65 %
2005 ...
#55
Trinidad and Tobago :
64.4 %
2002 ...
#56
Jamaica :
64.1 %
2005 ...
#57
Chile :
63.9 %
2005 ...
#58
Dominican Republic :
63 %
2002 ...
#59
Costa Rica :
62.8 %
2005 ...
#60
Hungary :
62.6 %
2005 ...
#61
Kenya :
61.9 %
1999 ...
#62
Latvia :
61.8 %
2005 ...
#63
Estonia :
60.7 %
2005 ...
#64
Russia :
60 %
2005 ...
#65
Cuba :
59.4 %
2004 ...
#66
Colombia :
58.8 %
2005 ...
#67
San Marino :
58.7 %
2004 ...
#68
United Arab Emirates :
58.6 %
2000 ...
#69
Grenada :
58.6 %
1998 ...
#70
Mexico :
58.6 %
2005 ...
#71
Brazil :
57.9 %
2004 ...
#72
Mauritius :
57.4 %
2005 ...
#73
El Salvador :
57.2 %
2004 ...
#74
Lithuania :
56.9 %
2005 ...
#75
Bulgaria :
56.8 %
2005 ...
#76
Czech Republic :
56.5 %
2005 ...
#77
Ukraine :
56.4 %
2005 ...
#78
Slovakia :
56.3 %
2005 ...
#79
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
56.1 %
2001 ...
#80
Namibia :
56 %
2000 ...
#81
Qatar :
56 %
2004 ...
#82
Belize :
55.3 %
1999 ...
#83
Portugal :
55.2 %
2003 ...
#84
Croatia :
54 %
2005 ...
#85
Dominica :
53.8 %
1997 ...
#86
Slovenia :
53.4 %
2005 ...
#87
Poland :
53.4 %
2005 ...
#88
Algeria :
53 %
2004 ...
#89
Saint Lucia :
52.7 %
2003 ...
#90
Paraguay :
52.7 %
2003 ...
#91
Malaysia :
52.5 %
2004 ...
#92
Egypt :
50.4 %
2003 ...
#93
Maldives :
50.2 %
2000 ...
#94
Botswana :
49.7 %
2004 ...
#95
Kazakhstan :
49.1 %
2004 ...
#96
Azerbaijan :
48.6 %
2005 ...
#97
Philippines :
48.1 %
2005 ...
#98
Macedonia, Republic of :
48 %
2005 ...
#99
Guyana :
47.9 %
1997 ...
#100
Turkey :
45.8 %
2005 ...
#101
Iran :
44.6 %
2005 ...
#102
Mongolia :
43.7 %
2004 ...
#103
Moldova :
43.3 %
2005 ...
#104
Syria :
42.8 %
2002 ...
#105
Nicaragua :
40 %
2003 ...
#106
Belarus :
40 %
1994 ...
#107
Honduras :
39.7 %
2005 ...
#108
Haiti :
38.7 %
1999 ...
#109
Sri Lanka :
38.7 %
2003 ...
#110
Indonesia :
38 %
2005 ...
#111
Armenia :
37.5 %
2003 ...
#112
Guatemala :
37.5 %
2002 ...
#113
Romania :
37.5 %
2005 ...
#114
Thailand :
37.1 %
2005 ...
#115
Pakistan :
37.1 %
2002 ...
#116
Kyrgyzstan :
37 %
2002 ...
#117
Georgia :
36.2 %
2005 ...
#118
Uzbekistan :
35.2 %
1999 ...
#119
Yemen :
34.7 %
1999 ...
#120
Bangladesh :
34.6 %
2003 ...
#121
Morocco :
32 %
2005 ...
#122
Ghana :
31.1 %
2000 ...
#123
Albania :
27.8 %
2005 ...
#124
Cambodia :
27 %
2004 ...
#125
Burma :
25.1 %
1998 ...
#126
Vietnam :
24.7 %
2004 ...
#127
Lesotho :
23.2 %
1997 ...
#128
Cameroon :
23.1 %
1990 ...
#129
Zambia :
23 %
1998 ...
#130
Papua New Guinea :
22.7 %
2000 ...
#131
Uganda :
22.2 %
2003 ...
#132
Nepal :
21 %
1995 ...
#133