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Afghanistan - Services Employment 2008

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Employment in services · World Bank

27.66% +0.44% from 2007 Global rank: 20th

Afghanistan's services employment was 27.66% in 2008, increased +0.44% from 27.22% in 2007. This was the 20th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Services Employment by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	7.96%	4.7%
2nd	Lao PDR	14.36%	4.9%
3rd	Zambia	17.22%	0.9%
4th	Niger	17.39%	1.8%
5th	Mozambique	17.76%	1.4%
6th	Chad	17.85%	1.2%
7th	Central African Republic	18.80%	0.5%
8th	Madagascar	19.26%	9.5%
9th	Uganda	19.72%	-2.7%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	20.47%	1.7%
11th	Zimbabwe	20.98%	-4.4%
12th	Tanzania	22.56%	1.1%
13th	Burkina Faso	22.77%	2.1%
14th	Malawi	24.10%	2.9%
15th	Rwanda	24.89%	7.4%
16th	Mali	25.01%	-0.1%
17th	India	26.37%	0.2%
18th	Guinea-Bissau	26.62%	0.3%
19th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	27.41%	1.2%
20th	Afghanistan	27.66%	1.6%
21st	Sierra Leone	28.25%	3.4%
22nd	Myanmar	28.30%	1.9%
23rd	Cambodia	28.41%	4.6%
24th	Guinea	28.81%	2.8%
25th	Eritrea	29.47%	-4.9%
26th	Tajikistan	30.19%	3.5%
27th	Cameroon	30.25%	4.3%
28th	Ghana	30.37%	9.2%
29th	Viet Nam	30.41%	0.3%
30th	Bangladesh	31.83%	1.4%
31st	Bhutan	32.94%	0.8%
32nd	China	33.20%	2.5%
33rd	Kenya	33.98%	1.0%
34th	South Sudan	34.24%	0.2%
35th	Pakistan	34.74%	-0.5%
36th	Comoros	34.88%	4.2%
37th	Equatorial Guinea	35.05%	0.8%
38th	Moldova	35.91%	-0.4%
39th	Vanuatu	37.04%	0.0%
40th	Benin	37.08%	1.5%
41st	Morocco	37.16%	0.5%
42nd	Albania	37.54%	0.6%
43rd	Georgia	37.79%	1.6%
44th	Congo, Republic of	38.34%	0.6%
45th	Qatar	38.85%	-15.1%
46th	Timor-Leste	38.92%	0.6%
47th	Togo	39.10%	3.7%
48th	Thailand	40.29%	1.0%
49th	Côte d'Ivoire	40.39%	0.7%
50th	Turkmenistan	40.79%	0.7%
51st	Haiti	40.89%	0.9%
52nd	Mongolia	41.09%	5.0%
53rd	Lesotho	41.16%	-1.5%
54th	Indonesia	41.21%	0.2%
55th	Nepal	41.56%	1.0%
56th	Nigeria	42.07%	1.2%
57th	Sudan	42.08%	2.0%
58th	Tonga	42.47%	0.0%
59th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.62%	2.1%
60th	Sri Lanka	43.88%	0.4%
61st	Guatemala	43.94%	0.8%
62nd	Liberia	44.09%	2.1%
63rd	Senegal	44.14%	1.6%
64th	Serbia	44.80%	1.2%
65th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	45.02%	0.8%
66th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	45.06%	0.7%
67th	Armenia	45.12%	0.3%
68th	Romania	45.82%	1.3%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.85%	-1.3%
70th	Mauritania	45.89%	1.1%
71st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	47.33%	10.1%
72nd	Azerbaijan	48.28%	-1.1%
73rd	Türkiye	48.29%	-0.6%
74th	Tunisia	48.53%	0.0%
75th	Uzbekistan	49.21%	1.3%
76th	North Macedonia	49.27%	-2.8%
77th	Solomon Islands	49.32%	-0.2%
78th	Fiji	49.49%	-1.1%
79th	Nicaragua	49.59%	4.6%
80th	Honduras	49.71%	0.7%
81st	Gabon	50.04%	-0.4%
82nd	Samoa	50.12%	2.4%
83rd	Kazakhstan	50.92%	2.1%
84th	Philippines	50.96%	0.7%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	51.61%	0.3%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	52.58%	1.5%
87th	Belarus	52.79%	1.0%
88th	Angola	53.15%	-3.2%
89th	Gambia, The	53.24%	0.5%
90th	Ecuador	53.28%	0.8%
91st	Poland	53.49%	-0.7%
92nd	Yemen, Republic of	53.50%	1.3%
93rd	Guyana	53.62%	0.3%
94th	Slovak Republic	55.06%	0.0%
95th	Paraguay	55.65%	4.8%
96th	Algeria	55.74%	1.8%
97th	Bulgaria	56.11%	-1.5%
98th	Czechia	56.30%	0.8%
99th	Croatia	56.33%	-1.2%
100th	El Salvador	56.85%	-1.3%
101st	Peru	57.03%	1.0%
102nd	Malaysia	57.37%	1.0%
103rd	Ukraine	57.48%	0.4%
104th	Namibia	57.87%	0.1%
105th	Eswatini	59.75%	0.4%
106th	Mauritius	59.84%	0.7%
107th	Slovenia	60.22%	0.8%
108th	Estonia	60.83%	1.2%
109th	Lithuania	61.42%	5.7%
110th	Colombia	62.17%	0.7%
111th	São Tomé and Principe	62.26%	1.7%
112th	Panama	62.29%	-4.8%
113th	Cabo Verde	62.35%	0.2%
114th	Mexico	62.47%	1.0%
115th	Latvia	62.64%	2.4%
116th	Russian Federation	62.96%	0.8%
117th	Jamaica	63.08%	0.8%
118th	Cuba	63.34%	0.2%
119th	Belize	63.37%	0.3%
120th	Hungary	63.46%	0.7%
121st	Brazil	63.46%	0.1%
122nd	Trinidad and Tobago	63.76%	-0.5%
123rd	Portugal	64.02%	2.7%
124th	Bahrain	64.13%	-1.7%
125th	Iraq	64.37%	0.2%
126th	United Arab Emirates	64.46%	2.4%
127th	West Bank and Gaza	64.69%	5.3%
128th	Libya	65.00%	0.2%
129th	Oman	65.20%	-4.1%
130th	Botswana	65.20%	0.7%
131st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	65.59%	0.9%
132nd	Dominican Republic	65.69%	1.8%
133rd	Papua New Guinea	65.95%	0.4%
134th	Costa Rica	66.45%	2.3%
135th	Italy	66.50%	0.9%
136th	European Union	66.60%	1.4%
137th	Suriname	66.82%	-0.5%
138th	Greece	66.97%	0.8%
139th	Chile	67.18%	0.4%
140th	Korea	67.20%	0.9%
141st	Maldives	67.98%	2.5%
142nd	Spain	68.47%	2.9%
143rd	Austria	68.54%	2.1%
144th	South Africa	68.60%	0.3%
145th	Japan	68.65%	0.8%
146th	Uruguay	68.65%	0.3%
147th	Argentina	68.75%	0.1%
148th	Saudi Arabia	68.89%	0.1%
149th	Germany	69.04%	2.5%
150th	St. Lucia	69.73%	0.3%
151st	Finland	70.47%	1.8%
152nd	New Zealand	71.28%	0.8%
153rd	Ireland	71.43%	3.8%
154th	Jordan	71.51%	0.4%
155th	Lebanon	72.30%	0.1%
156th	Kuwait	72.35%	-2.4%
157th	New Caledonia	72.57%	0.1%
158th	Malta	72.65%	0.4%
159th	Cyprus	72.72%	-0.5%
160th	Iceland	73.39%	0.3%
161st	Switzerland	73.64%	0.3%
162nd	Belgium	73.77%	0.1%
163rd	France	73.97%	1.3%
164th	Denmark	74.04%	0.7%
165th	Australia	74.30%	-0.5%
166th	Montenegro	74.49%	0.9%
167th	Virgin Islands (US)	75.15%	0.4%
168th	Norway	75.82%	-0.2%
169th	Barbados	75.88%	0.7%
170th	Singapore	76.13%	-0.2%
171st	Guam	76.18%	0.2%
172nd	Canada	76.55%	0.3%
173rd	Sweden	76.55%	0.6%
174th	United States	76.93%	0.8%
175th	United Kingdom	77.17%	0.9%
176th	Netherlands	77.96%	1.2%
177th	Israel	79.37%	0.0%
178th	French Polynesia	79.55%	0.1%
179th	Brunei Darussalam	79.72%	0.1%
180th	Puerto Rico (US)	80.26%	0.9%
181st	Bahamas, The	80.81%	1.3%
182nd	Channel Islands	81.18%	0.4%
183rd	Macao SAR, China	81.58%	1.1%
184th	Luxembourg	83.06%	2.2%
185th	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.62%	0.7%
186th	Djibouti	93.44%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's services employment in 2008?▾

Afghanistan's services employment in 2008 was 27.66%. This ranked 20th globally.

How did Afghanistan's services employment change in 2008?▾

Afghanistan's services employment increased by 1.6% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2008?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2008 at 93.44%.

What is the services employment of Afghanistan in 2008?▾

The services employment of Afghanistan in 2008 was 27.66%. This ranked 20th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Afghanistan's services employment?▾

Afghanistan's services employment went from 27.22% in 2007 to 27.66% in 2008, a 1.6% increase.

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