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Iceland - Services Employment 2019

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Employment in services · World Bank

78.49% −0.69% from 2018 Global rank: 166th

Iceland's services employment was 78.49% in 2019, decreased +0.69% from 79.18% in 2018. This was the 166th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Services Employment by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	11.73%	7.2%
2nd	Niger	17.56%	-0.6%
3rd	Madagascar	19.46%	5.3%
4th	Chad	20.91%	1.0%
5th	Mozambique	21.15%	1.4%
6th	Central African Republic	21.96%	1.7%
7th	Lao PDR	23.63%	1.2%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.72%	1.4%
9th	Zimbabwe	26.41%	-0.2%
10th	Guinea-Bissau	26.44%	-6.5%
11th	Tanzania	27.28%	1.6%
12th	Malawi	28.59%	1.6%
13th	Uganda	30.89%	18.8%
14th	Moldova	31.34%	3.2%
15th	Burkina Faso	31.43%	2.6%
16th	Eritrea	31.54%	1.5%
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	32.33%	1.5%
18th	Bhutan	33.43%	1.5%
19th	Zambia	33.54%	10.8%
20th	Myanmar	33.60%	-1.3%
21st	Mali	33.89%	15.5%
22nd	Equatorial Guinea	33.90%	-0.2%
23rd	India	34.10%	2.3%
24th	Cambodia	35.66%	-0.9%
25th	Lesotho	35.79%	-1.1%
26th	Viet Nam	35.88%	0.9%
27th	South Sudan	36.09%	-0.5%
28th	Rwanda	37.02%	7.6%
29th	Pakistan	37.36%	-0.6%
30th	Afghanistan	37.51%	1.3%
31st	Guinea	37.56%	0.9%
32nd	Kenya	38.89%	1.1%
33rd	Tajikistan	39.13%	1.0%
34th	Bangladesh	39.36%	0.4%
35th	Angola	39.67%	-0.3%
36th	Benin	40.25%	-0.1%
37th	Togo	40.86%	-6.2%
38th	Cameroon	42.38%	1.9%
39th	Albania	43.22%	1.2%
40th	Congo, Republic of	43.51%	1.2%
41st	Côte d'Ivoire	43.61%	3.0%
42nd	Qatar	43.78%	1.0%
43rd	Sierra Leone	43.89%	1.5%
44th	Tonga	44.04%	2.9%
45th	China	44.52%	1.4%
46th	Georgia	45.43%	2.0%
47th	Haiti	45.53%	0.6%
48th	Morocco	45.59%	2.2%
49th	Thailand	45.62%	1.5%
50th	Nepal	46.10%	1.1%
51st	Ghana	46.26%	6.8%
52nd	Vanuatu	46.29%	3.4%
53rd	Sri Lanka	47.07%	1.1%
54th	Timor-Leste	47.38%	2.9%
55th	Mongolia	47.62%	0.8%
56th	Nigeria	47.69%	1.1%
57th	Turkmenistan	47.97%	1.2%
58th	Sudan	48.27%	0.4%
59th	Azerbaijan	48.92%	-0.2%
60th	Indonesia	49.14%	2.0%
61st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.22%	-3.6%
62nd	Guatemala	49.86%	3.9%
63rd	Fiji	49.92%	0.8%
64th	Comoros	49.98%	2.8%
65th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	50.24%	-2.4%
66th	Liberia	50.29%	-1.5%
67th	Armenia	50.36%	4.2%
68th	Uzbekistan	50.59%	-0.2%
69th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	50.85%	-0.3%
70th	Solomon Islands	51.34%	1.0%
71st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	51.41%	4.7%
72nd	Tunisia	51.69%	-0.1%
73rd	Serbia	51.82%	-0.3%
74th	Mauritania	51.83%	1.2%
75th	Nicaragua	52.45%	0.4%
76th	Ecuador	53.20%	0.6%
77th	Gabon	53.73%	0.1%
78th	Honduras	53.80%	-0.1%
79th	Gambia, The	54.11%	0.9%
80th	Romania	54.19%	1.6%
81st	Oman	55.12%	11.5%
82nd	North Macedonia	55.30%	3.2%
83rd	Türkiye	55.33%	3.1%
84th	Senegal	55.87%	2.0%
85th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	56.01%	-0.2%
86th	Kyrgyz Republic	56.44%	2.2%
87th	Samoa	56.87%	0.3%
88th	Yemen, Republic of	57.85%	0.6%
89th	Philippines	57.86%	2.4%
90th	Belarus	58.56%	0.9%
91st	Poland	58.71%	0.3%
92nd	Algeria	58.78%	0.0%
93rd	Papua New Guinea	58.82%	-1.5%
94th	Syrian Arab Republic	58.91%	0.8%
95th	Czechia	60.09%	0.6%
96th	Guyana	60.28%	1.9%
97th	Peru	60.34%	0.9%
98th	Slovak Republic	60.43%	-0.2%
99th	Namibia	60.93%	-0.4%
100th	Ukraine	61.11%	0.5%
101st	El Salvador	61.20%	0.2%
102nd	Malaysia	61.85%	-0.7%
103rd	Mexico	62.80%	1.1%
104th	Hungary	63.13%	0.8%
105th	Paraguay	63.14%	2.9%
106th	Bulgaria	63.73%	1.2%
107th	Bahrain	63.94%	0.2%
108th	Colombia	64.40%	0.8%
109th	Iraq	65.13%	0.3%
110th	São Tomé and Principe	65.31%	0.3%
111th	Slovenia	65.60%	0.8%
112th	Cuba	65.95%	0.8%
113th	West Bank and Gaza	66.02%	1.9%
114th	Croatia	66.28%	-0.4%
115th	Kazakhstan	66.48%	1.1%
116th	Costa Rica	66.60%	2.0%
117th	Suriname	66.68%	0.2%
118th	Eswatini	66.70%	2.0%
119th	Panama	67.28%	1.1%
120th	Estonia	67.28%	1.3%
121st	United Arab Emirates	67.42%	0.4%
122nd	Russian Federation	67.43%	0.1%
123rd	Belize	67.43%	3.6%
124th	Cabo Verde	67.60%	2.0%
125th	Lithuania	67.86%	1.2%
126th	Jamaica	68.58%	1.4%
127th	Botswana	68.60%	0.4%
128th	Latvia	69.28%	-1.2%
129th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.63%	0.6%
130th	Maldives	70.03%	-1.1%
131st	Trinidad and Tobago	70.16%	0.5%
132nd	Italy	70.23%	0.1%
133rd	Korea	70.28%	0.7%
134th	Libya	70.56%	0.6%
135th	Brazil	70.72%	0.4%
136th	Austria	70.99%	0.2%
137th	European Union	71.04%	0.2%
138th	Chile	71.11%	0.6%
139th	Mauritius	71.23%	1.1%
140th	Dominican Republic	71.65%	1.9%
141st	Germany	71.66%	0.4%
142nd	Argentina	71.77%	0.4%
143rd	Japan	72.40%	0.5%
144th	Kuwait	72.43%	-0.8%
145th	South Africa	72.45%	1.0%
146th	Saudi Arabia	72.56%	1.8%
147th	Portugal	72.96%	0.7%
148th	Montenegro	73.44%	0.5%
149th	Greece	73.53%	1.1%
150th	Uruguay	73.63%	0.5%
151st	Finland	74.65%	0.1%
152nd	New Zealand	74.66%	0.7%
153rd	St. Lucia	75.34%	2.1%
154th	Spain	75.42%	-0.3%
155th	New Caledonia	75.89%	-1.2%
156th	Lebanon	75.90%	0.9%
157th	Ireland	76.80%	0.5%
158th	Switzerland	77.05%	0.6%
159th	France	77.09%	-0.2%
160th	Brunei Darussalam	77.28%	-2.8%
161st	Belgium	77.80%	-0.5%
162nd	Jordan	78.21%	2.1%
163rd	Norway	78.22%	-0.8%
164th	Australia	78.38%	1.1%
165th	United States	78.46%	0.0%
166th	Iceland	78.49%	-0.9%
167th	Guam	78.56%	0.2%
168th	Cyprus	79.15%	-2.5%
169th	Canada	79.16%	0.5%
170th	Denmark	79.23%	0.4%
171st	Malta	79.62%	-0.8%
172nd	Sweden	79.89%	-0.2%
173rd	Barbados	80.26%	2.0%
174th	Virgin Islands (US)	80.55%	0.4%
175th	United Kingdom	80.69%	-0.2%
176th	Netherlands	82.06%	0.2%
177th	Israel	82.68%	0.9%
178th	Puerto Rico (US)	82.93%	0.0%
179th	French Polynesia	83.03%	0.1%
180th	Channel Islands	84.04%	0.3%
181st	Bahamas, The	84.62%	0.0%
182nd	Singapore	84.92%	1.3%
183rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	86.11%	0.3%
184th	Macao SAR, China	87.09%	0.3%
185th	Luxembourg	88.70%	2.5%
186th	Djibouti	92.82%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Iceland's services employment in 2019?▾

Iceland's services employment in 2019 was 78.49%. This ranked 166th globally.

How did Iceland's services employment change in 2019?▾

Iceland's services employment decreased by 0.9% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2019?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2019 at 92.82%.

What is the services employment of Iceland in 2019?▾

The services employment of Iceland in 2019 was 78.49%. This ranked 166th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Iceland's services employment?▾

Iceland's services employment went from 79.18% in 2018 to 78.49% in 2019, a 0.9% decrease.

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