DEFINITION
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 Nigeria
75.1 %
1995 ...
#22 Argentina
75.1 %
2005 ...
#23 Australia
75 %
2005 ...
#24 Macau
74.6 %
2005 ...
#25 Jordan
74.2 %
2003 ...
#26 Saudi Arabia
74.2 %
2002 ...
#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 Greece
65.1 %
2005 ...
#52 South Africa
65.1 %
2003 ...
#53 Korea, South
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 Grenada
58.6 %
1998 ...
#69 Mexico
58.6 %
2005 ...
#70 United Arab Emirates
58.6 %
2000 ...
#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 Qatar
56 %
2004 ...
#81 Namibia
56 %
2000 ...
#82 Belize
55.3 %
1999 ...
#83 Portugal
55.2 %
2003 ...
#84 Croatia
54 %
2005 ...
#85 Dominica
53.8 %
1997 ...
#86 Poland
53.4 %
2005 ...
#87 Slovenia
53.4 %
2005 ...
#88 Algeria
53 %
2004 ...
#89 Paraguay
52.7 %
2003 ...
#90 Saint Lucia
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 Sri Lanka
38.7 %
2003 ...
#109 Haiti
38.7 %
1999 ...
#110 Indonesia
38 %
2005 ...
#111 Romania
37.5 %
2005 ...
#112 Armenia
37.5 %
2003 ...
#113 Guatemala
37.5 %
2002 ...
#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 India
20.3 %
1995 ...
#134 China
16.1 %
2002 ...
#135 Ethiopia
16.1 %
1999 ...
#136 Madagascar
15.3 %
2002 ...
#137 Tanzania
15.3 %
2001 ...
#138 Laos
11 %
1995 ...
#139 Rwanda
6.7 %
1989 ...
Weighted average:
55.5 %
DEFINITION: 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.
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