Cameroon - Services Employment 2024
43.04%
+0.51% from 2023
Cameroon's services employment was 43.04% in 2024, increased +0.51% from 42.53% in 2023. This was the 36th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2024▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 11.51% | 1.6% |
| 2nd | Niger | 17.33% | 4.4% |
| 3rd | Chad | 19.57% | 0.7% |
| 4th | Mozambique | 20.50% | -0.2% |
| 5th | Central African Republic | 20.50% | -0.6% |
| 6th | Madagascar | 20.62% | 1.7% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 23.18% | 1.5% |
| 8th | Lao PDR | 23.69% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Tanzania | 26.86% | 0.2% |
| 10th | Uganda | 27.36% | 1.6% |
| 11th | Malawi | 27.43% | 0.2% |
| 12th | Mali | 27.80% | 1.0% |
| 13th | Guinea-Bissau | 28.62% | 1.7% |
| 14th | Afghanistan | 29.50% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Burkina Faso | 31.16% | 1.3% |
| 16th | Eritrea | 31.34% | 1.0% |
| 17th | India | 32.27% | 2.6% |
| 18th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 33.09% | 1.8% |
| 19th | Zimbabwe | 33.39% | 0.7% |
| 20th | Zambia | 34.66% | 1.6% |
| 21st | Equatorial Guinea | 34.75% | 0.9% |
| 22nd | Lesotho | 35.77% | 0.8% |
| 23rd | Myanmar | 36.51% | 1.4% |
| 24th | Moldova | 36.59% | 2.9% |
| 25th | Bangladesh | 37.37% | 1.0% |
| 26th | Cambodia | 37.40% | 0.7% |
| 27th | Guinea | 37.73% | 1.9% |
| 28th | Pakistan | 38.27% | 0.5% |
| 29th | Tajikistan | 38.61% | 1.3% |
| 30th | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.74% | 1.6% |
| 31st | Viet Nam | 39.81% | 0.6% |
| 32nd | Benin | 40.67% | 2.1% |
| 33rd | Angola | 40.69% | 0.4% |
| 34th | Kenya | 41.18% | 1.2% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 41.28% | 0.8% |
| 36th | Cameroon | 43.04% | 1.2% |
| 37th | Sierra Leone | 43.57% | 0.8% |
| 38th | Togo | 43.60% | 1.4% |
| 39th | Congo, Republic of | 43.72% | 1.0% |
| 40th | Haiti | 44.38% | 0.4% |
| 41st | Vanuatu | 45.11% | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Rwanda | 45.38% | 33.9% |
| 43rd | Nepal | 45.49% | 0.6% |
| 44th | China | 46.15% | 0.8% |
| 45th | Albania | 46.78% | 1.0% |
| 46th | Ghana | 46.93% | 1.2% |
| 47th | Senegal | 47.09% | 1.7% |
| 48th | Sri Lanka | 47.62% | 0.7% |
| 49th | Guatemala | 48.02% | 0.7% |
| 50th | Morocco | 48.09% | 0.9% |
| 51st | Thailand | 48.76% | 1.9% |
| 52nd | Georgia | 48.88% | 1.3% |
| 53rd | Nigeria | 49.06% | 1.2% |
| 54th | Turkmenistan | 49.09% | 0.9% |
| 55th | Solomon Islands | 49.62% | 0.8% |
| 56th | Indonesia | 49.75% | 1.0% |
| 57th | Mongolia | 49.81% | 1.7% |
| 58th | Timor-Leste | 49.83% | 2.7% |
| 59th | Liberia | 49.85% | 1.3% |
| 60th | Azerbaijan | 49.88% | 0.9% |
| 61st | Uzbekistan | 49.97% | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Ecuador | 50.77% | -3.4% |
| 63rd | Comoros | 51.16% | 1.0% |
| 64th | Fiji | 51.28% | 1.2% |
| 65th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 51.29% | 0.7% |
| 66th | Armenia | 51.62% | 0.3% |
| 67th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 51.99% | 0.4% |
| 68th | Gabon | 52.16% | -0.5% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.25% | 0.9% |
| 70th | Mauritania | 52.28% | 1.0% |
| 71st | Nicaragua | 52.42% | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Tonga | 52.47% | 0.6% |
| 73rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 52.81% | 0.6% |
| 74th | Gambia, The | 53.00% | 1.3% |
| 75th | Tunisia | 54.04% | 0.4% |
| 76th | Serbia | 54.34% | 0.8% |
| 77th | Oman | 54.44% | 0.6% |
| 78th | Papua New Guinea | 54.83% | 0.8% |
| 79th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 55.12% | 0.6% |
| 80th | Honduras | 55.59% | 0.6% |
| 81st | Romania | 56.08% | 2.1% |
| 82nd | Yemen, Republic of | 56.83% | 0.7% |
| 83rd | Samoa | 56.86% | 0.4% |
| 84th | Guyana | 56.99% | -2.6% |
| 85th | Kyrgyz Republic | 57.50% | 0.5% |
| 86th | Türkiye | 58.08% | 0.5% |
| 87th | Syrian Arab Republic | 58.12% | 0.8% |
| 88th | Algeria | 58.21% | 0.0% |
| 89th | Eswatini | 59.01% | 0.6% |
| 90th | Belarus | 59.21% | 0.5% |
| 91st | Philippines | 59.32% | 0.5% |
| 92nd | Peru | 59.80% | 0.2% |
| 93rd | Qatar | 60.11% | 1.3% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | 60.58% | -1.0% |
| 95th | Namibia | 60.89% | 0.4% |
| 96th | Czechia | 61.85% | 2.1% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 62.66% | 0.3% |
| 98th | Slovak Republic | 62.81% | 1.0% |
| 99th | Poland | 63.30% | 2.1% |
| 100th | Mexico | 63.70% | 1.1% |
| 101st | Bahrain | 64.10% | 0.2% |
| 102nd | Slovenia | 64.17% | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Malaysia | 64.56% | 0.5% |
| 104th | Paraguay | 64.88% | 0.1% |
| 105th | Hungary | 64.94% | 0.6% |
| 106th | Iraq | 65.06% | 0.1% |
| 107th | São Tomé and Principe | 65.21% | 0.4% |
| 108th | Colombia | 65.72% | 0.2% |
| 109th | Botswana | 66.14% | -0.1% |
| 110th | Panama | 66.62% | -1.8% |
| 111th | Suriname | 66.78% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Bulgaria | 67.03% | 4.5% |
| 113th | Cuba | 67.20% | 0.6% |
| 114th | Cabo Verde | 67.55% | 0.2% |
| 115th | United Arab Emirates | 67.94% | 0.4% |
| 116th | Belize | 68.20% | 0.6% |
| 117th | Kazakhstan | 68.51% | 0.5% |
| 118th | Jamaica | 68.62% | 0.6% |
| 119th | Russian Federation | 68.80% | 0.3% |
| 120th | Croatia | 68.85% | 1.4% |
| 121st | Lithuania | 69.17% | 0.0% |
| 122nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.59% | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Costa Rica | 69.62% | 4.9% |
| 124th | Italy | 69.89% | 0.2% |
| 125th | Estonia | 70.48% | 0.6% |
| 126th | Latvia | 71.10% | 0.4% |
| 127th | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.13% | 0.8% |
| 128th | Korea | 71.14% | 0.7% |
| 129th | Libya | 71.40% | 0.4% |
| 130th | Maldives | 71.44% | 0.6% |
| 131st | Argentina | 71.64% | 0.6% |
| 132nd | Brazil | 71.98% | 0.5% |
| 133rd | Chile | 72.10% | 0.6% |
| 134th | Austria | 72.34% | 1.7% |
| 135th | Portugal | 72.38% | 1.4% |
| 136th | European Union | 72.49% | 0.6% |
| 137th | Germany | 72.62% | 0.3% |
| 138th | Greece | 72.66% | 0.1% |
| 139th | Uruguay | 72.92% | 0.4% |
| 140th | Kuwait | 73.35% | 0.7% |
| 141st | Dominican Republic | 73.75% | 0.4% |
| 142nd | South Africa | 73.75% | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Japan | 73.77% | 0.7% |
| 144th | Mauritius | 74.12% | 0.5% |
| 145th | Saudi Arabia | 74.36% | 0.2% |
| 146th | New Zealand | 74.41% | 0.8% |
| 147th | Finland | 75.46% | 0.6% |
| 148th | St. Lucia | 76.10% | 1.5% |
| 149th | Spain | 76.44% | -0.1% |
| 150th | New Caledonia | 77.11% | 1.0% |
| 151st | Montenegro | 77.36% | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Ireland | 77.59% | -0.6% |
| 153rd | Switzerland | 77.85% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Iceland | 77.89% | -0.1% |
| 155th | France | 78.07% | -0.2% |
| 156th | Brunei Darussalam | 78.32% | 0.0% |
| 157th | Australia | 78.41% | 0.3% |
| 158th | Guam | 79.04% | 0.2% |
| 159th | Denmark | 79.33% | 0.8% |
| 160th | Norway | 79.38% | 0.6% |
| 161st | United States | 79.39% | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Belgium | 79.47% | 0.9% |
| 163rd | Canada | 79.94% | 0.5% |
| 164th | Jordan | 80.53% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Malta | 81.16% | 0.4% |
| 166th | Sweden | 81.17% | 0.3% |
| 167th | Cyprus | 81.46% | 0.1% |
| 168th | Virgin Islands (US) | 81.56% | 0.4% |
| 169th | Barbados | 82.50% | 0.1% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 83.00% | -0.2% |
| 171st | French Polynesia | 83.63% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 83.88% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Israel | 83.94% | 0.2% |
| 174th | Netherlands | 84.23% | 0.5% |
| 175th | Bahamas, The | 84.36% | 0.1% |
| 176th | Channel Islands | 85.10% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.70% | -0.1% |
| 178th | Singapore | 85.74% | -0.4% |
| 179th | Macao SAR, China | 88.52% | 0.3% |
| 180th | Luxembourg | 91.28% | 1.4% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 92.28% | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was Cameroon's services employment in 2024?▾
Cameroon's services employment in 2024 was 43.04%. This ranked 36th globally.
How did Cameroon's services employment change in 2024?▾
Cameroon's services employment increased by 1.2% in 2024 compared to 2023.
Which country had the highest services employment in 2024?▾
Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2024 at 92.28%.
What is the services employment of Cameroon in 2024?▾
The services employment of Cameroon in 2024 was 43.04%. This ranked 36th globally.
How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Cameroon's services employment?▾
Cameroon's services employment went from 42.53% in 2023 to 43.04% in 2024, a 1.2% increase.
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