Working in services
% of employment · no best or worst — largest to smallest
186 of 216 countries report a figure for working in services
World average: 58.4%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Djibouti | 92.2% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Luxembourg | 91.5% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Macau | 88.6% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Singapore | 85.9% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Hong Kong | 85.8% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 84.5% | 2025 | |
| #7 | The Bahamas | 84.4% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Puerto Rico | 84.1% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Israel | 84.1% | 2025 | |
| #10 | French Polynesia | 83.7% | 2025 | |
| #11 | United Kingdom | 83.2% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Barbados | 82.6% | 2025 | |
| #13 | United States Virgin Islands | 81.9% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Cyprus | 81.6% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Sweden | 81.4% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Malta | 81.4% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Jordan | 80.8% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Canada | 80.1% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Belgium | 79.8% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Norway | 79.7% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Denmark | 79.6% | 2025 | |
| #22 | United States | 79.6% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Guam | 79.2% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Australia | 78.5% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Brunei | 78.4% | 2025 | |
| #26 | France | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Switzerland | 78.2% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Iceland | 78.1% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Ireland | 77.9% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Montenegro | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| #31 | New Caledonia | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Spain | 76.8% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Lebanon | 76.4% | 2023 | |
| #34 | Saint Lucia | 76.3% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Finland | 75.7% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Mauritius | 74.7% | 2025 | |
| #37 | New Zealand | 74.6% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Saudi Arabia | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Venezuela | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Dominican Republic | 74.0% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Japan | 74.0% | 2025 | |
| #42 | South Africa | 73.8% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Kuwait | 73.5% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Uruguay | 73.2% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Greece | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Germany | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Portugal | 72.7% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Austria | 72.6% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Chile | 72.4% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Brazil | 72.2% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Argentina | 71.8% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Maldives | 71.8% | 2025 | |
| #53 | South Korea | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Latvia | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Libya | 71.4% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.3% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Estonia | 71.0% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Italy | 70.2% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Costa Rica | 70.0% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.8% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Lithuania | 69.4% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Croatia | 69.3% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Russia | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Jamaica | 68.9% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Kazakhstan | 68.8% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Belize | 68.5% | 2025 | |
| #67 | United Arab Emirates | 68.0% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Cape Verde | 67.7% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Cuba | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Bulgaria | 67.4% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Panama | 67.0% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Suriname | 66.9% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Botswana | 66.2% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Colombia | 65.8% | 2025 | |
| #75 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Hungary | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Iraq | 65.3% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Paraguay | 65.1% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Malaysia | 64.9% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Slovenia | 64.4% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Bahrain | 64.3% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Mexico | 64.1% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Palestine | 63.8% | 2022 | |
| #84 | Poland | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Slovakia | 63.3% | 2025 | |
| #86 | El Salvador | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Czech Republic | 62.4% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Namibia | 61.1% | 2025 | |
| #89 | North Macedonia | 60.9% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Ukraine | 60.7% | 2021 | |
| #91 | Qatar | 60.4% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Peru | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Philippines | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Belarus | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Eswatini | 58.7% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Syria | 58.5% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Turkey | 58.5% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Algeria | 58.3% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.7% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Yemen | 57.3% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Samoa | 57.2% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Guyana | 56.7% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Romania | 56.5% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Honduras | 55.9% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Bolivia | 55.5% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Papua New Guinea | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Serbia | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Oman | 54.6% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Tunisia | 54.3% | 2025 | |
| #110 | The Gambia | 53.6% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Egypt | 53.1% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Tonga | 53.0% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Mauritania | 52.8% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Nicaragua | 52.6% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Gabon | 52.3% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Somalia | 52.2% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Armenia | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Fiji | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Iran | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Comoros | 51.6% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Ecuador | 50.9% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Liberia | 50.5% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Azerbaijan | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Uzbekistan | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Timor-Leste | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Indonesia | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Solomon Islands | 50.0% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Mongolia | 49.9% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Turkmenistan | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Georgia | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Nigeria | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Thailand | 49.2% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Morocco | 48.3% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Guatemala | 48.2% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Senegal | 47.9% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Sri Lanka | 47.8% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Albania | 47.2% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Ghana | 47.2% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Rwanda | 46.5% | 2025 | |
| #141 | People's Republic of China | 46.5% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Sudan | 46.2% | 2022 | |
| #143 | Nepal | 45.8% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Vanuatu | 45.4% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Haiti | 44.6% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Togo | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Republic of the Congo | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Sierra Leone | 44.0% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Cameroon | 43.5% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Bhutan | 41.8% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Kenya | 41.7% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Benin | 41.4% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Angola | 40.9% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Ivory Coast | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Vietnam | 40.1% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Tajikistan | 39.1% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Pakistan | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Cambodia | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Bangladesh | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Moldova | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Myanmar | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Lesotho | 36.1% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Zambia | 35.2% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.7% | 2025 | |
| #166 | South Sudan | 34.6% | 2023 | |
| #167 | Zimbabwe | 34.2% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33.5% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Ethiopia | 33.4% | 2025 | |
| #170 | India | 32.6% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Eritrea | 31.8% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Burkina Faso | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Afghanistan | 29.5% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.2% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Mali | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Uganda | 27.9% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Malawi | 27.7% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Tanzania | 27.3% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Laos | 24.0% | 2025 | |
| #180 | North Korea | 23.5% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Madagascar | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Mozambique | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Central African Republic | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Chad | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Niger | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Burundi | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)