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Labor Statistics > Employment in services > % of total employment (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Bermuda: 89.1 %   1996 Time series
# 2   Hong Kong: 84.6 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Aruba: 82.9 %   1997 Time series
# 4   Man, Isle of: 82.5 %   2001 Time series
# 5   Oman: 82.1 %   2000 Time series
# 6   Netherlands Antilles: 80.8 %   2000 Time series
# 7   Djibouti: 80.2 %   1991 Time series
# 8   Puerto Rico: 79 %   2005 Time series
# 9   Bahamas, The: 78.4 %   2005 Time series
# 10   Luxembourg: 77.9 %   2005 Time series
# 11   United States: 77.8 %   2005 Time series
# 12   Eritrea: 77.4 %   1984 Time series
# 13   Brunei: 77.2 %   2001 Time series
# 14   United Kingdom: 76.3 %   2005 Time series
# 15   Norway: 75.9 %   2005 Time series
# 16   Sweden: 75.7 %   2005 Time series
# 17   Israel: 75.6 %   2005 Time series
# 18   Peru: 75.5 %   2005 Time series
# 19   Suriname: 75.4 %   1999 Time series
# 20   Canada: 75.3 %   2005 Time series
= 21   Nigeria: 75.1 %   1995 Time series
= 21   Argentina: 75.1 %   2005 Time series
# 23   Australia: 75 %   2005 Time series
# 24   Macau: 74.6 %   2005 Time series
= 25   Jordan: 74.2 %   2003 Time series
= 25   Saudi Arabia: 74.2 %   2002 Time series
# 27   Antigua and Barbuda: 74 %   1991 Time series
# 28   Uruguay: 73.5 %   2005 Time series
# 29   Switzerland: 73.3 %   2004 Time series
# 30   Netherlands: 72.9 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Belgium: 72.8 %   2004 Time series
# 32   Denmark: 72.7 %   2005 Time series
# 33   France: 71 %   2004 Time series
= 34   Cyprus: 70.6 %   2004 Time series
= 34   New Zealand: 70.6 %   2005 Time series
# 36   Ecuador: 70.4 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Barbados: 69.7 %   2004 Time series
# 38   Singapore: 69.6 %   2005 Time series
# 39   Finland: 69.4 %   2005 Time series
# 40   Venezuela: 69.1 %   2003 Time series
# 41   Iceland: 69 %   2002 Time series
# 42   Malta: 68.2 %   2004 Time series
# 43   New Caledonia: 68 %   1996 Time series
# 44   Germany: 67.8 %   2005 Time series
# 45   Panama: 67.1 %   2005 Time series
# 46   Bolivia: 67 %   2000 Time series
# 47   Austria: 66.7 %   2005 Time series
# 48   Japan: 66.4 %   2005 Time series
# 49   Ireland: 65.6 %   2005 Time series
= 50   Italy: 65.1 %   2005 Time series
= 50   Greece: 65.1 %   2005 Time series
= 50   South Africa: 65.1 %   2003 Time series
= 50   Korea, South: 65.1 %   2005 Time series
# 54   Spain: 65 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Trinidad and Tobago: 64.4 %   2002 Time series
# 56   Jamaica: 64.1 %   2005 Time series
# 57   Chile: 63.9 %   2005 Time series
# 58   Dominican Republic: 63 %   2002 Time series
# 59   Costa Rica: 62.8 %   2005 Time series
# 60   Hungary: 62.6 %   2005 Time series
# 61   Kenya: 61.9 %   1999 Time series
# 62   Latvia: 61.8 %   2005 Time series
# 63   Estonia: 60.7 %   2005 Time series
# 64   Russia: 60 %   2005 Time series
# 65   Cuba: 59.4 %   2004 Time series
# 66   Colombia: 58.8 %   2005 Time series
# 67   San Marino: 58.7 %   2004 Time series
= 68   Grenada: 58.6 %   1998 Time series
= 68   Mexico: 58.6 %   2005 Time series
= 68   United Arab Emirates: 58.6 %   2000 Time series
# 71   Brazil: 57.9 %   2004 Time series
# 72   Mauritius: 57.4 %   2005 Time series
# 73   El Salvador: 57.2 %   2004 Time series
# 74   Lithuania: 56.9 %   2005 Time series
# 75   Bulgaria: 56.8 %   2005 Time series
# 76   Czech Republic: 56.5 %   2005 Time series
# 77   Ukraine: 56.4 %   2005 Time series
# 78   Slovakia: 56.3 %   2005 Time series
# 79   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 56.1 %   2001 Time series
= 80   Qatar: 56 %   2004 Time series
= 80   Namibia: 56 %   2000 Time series
# 82   Belize: 55.3 %   1999 Time series
# 83   Portugal: 55.2 %   2003 Time series
# 84   Croatia: 54 %   2005 Time series
# 85   Dominica: 53.8 %   1997 Time series
= 86   Poland: 53.4 %   2005 Time series
= 86   Slovenia: 53.4 %   2005 Time series
# 88   Algeria: 53 %   2004 Time series
= 89   Paraguay: 52.7 %   2003 Time series
= 89   Saint Lucia: 52.7 %   2003 Time series
# 91   Malaysia: 52.5 %   2004 Time series
# 92   Egypt: 50.4 %   2003 Time series
# 93   Maldives: 50.2 %   2000 Time series
# 94   Botswana: 49.7 %   2004 Time series
# 95   Kazakhstan: 49.1 %   2004 Time series
# 96   Azerbaijan: 48.6 %   2005 Time series
# 97   Philippines: 48.1 %   2005 Time series
# 98   Macedonia, Republic of: 48 %   2005 Time series
# 99   Guyana: 47.9 %   1997 Time series
# 100   Turkey: 45.8 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Iran: 44.6 %   2005 Time series
# 102   Mongolia: 43.7 %   2004 Time series
# 103   Moldova: 43.3 %   2005 Time series
# 104   Syria: 42.8 %   2002 Time series
= 105   Nicaragua: 40 %   2003 Time series
= 105   Belarus: 40 %   1994 Time series
# 107   Honduras: 39.7 %   2005 Time series
= 108   Sri Lanka: 38.7 %   2003 Time series
= 108   Haiti: 38.7 %   1999 Time series
# 110   Indonesia: 38 %   2005 Time series
= 111   Romania: 37.5 %   2005 Time series
= 111   Armenia: 37.5 %   2003 Time series
= 111   Guatemala: 37.5 %   2002 Time series
= 114   Thailand: 37.1 %   2005 Time series
= 114   Pakistan: 37.1 %   2002 Time series
# 116   Kyrgyzstan: 37 %   2002 Time series
# 117   Georgia: 36.2 %   2005 Time series
# 118   Uzbekistan: 35.2 %   1999 Time series
# 119   Yemen: 34.7 %   1999 Time series
# 120   Bangladesh: 34.6 %   2003 Time series
# 121   Morocco: 32 %   2005 Time series
# 122   Ghana: 31.1 %   2000 Time series
# 123   Albania: 27.8 %   2005 Time series
# 124   Cambodia: 27 %   2004 Time series
# 125   Burma: 25.1 %   1998 Time series
# 126   Vietnam: 24.7 %   2004 Time series
# 127   Lesotho: 23.2 %   1997 Time series
# 128   Cameroon: 23.1 %   1990 Time series
# 129   Zambia: 23 %   1998 Time series
# 130   Papua New Guinea: 22.7 %   2000 Time series
# 131   Uganda: 22.2 %   2003 Time series
# 132   Nepal: 21 %   1995 Time series
# 133   India: 20.3 %   1995 Time series
= 134   China: 16.1 %   2002 Time series
= 134   Ethiopia: 16.1 %   1999 Time series
= 136   Madagascar: 15.3 %   2002 Time series
= 136   Tanzania: 15.3 %   2001 Time series
# 138   Laos: 11 %   1995 Time series
# 139   Rwanda: 6.7 %   1989 Time series
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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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