Ireland - Services Employment 2020
76.70%
−0.10% from 2019
Ireland's services employment was 76.70% in 2020, decreased +0.10% from 76.80% in 2019. This was the 158th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 11.60% | -1.1% |
| 2nd | Niger | 16.31% | -7.1% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 18.97% | -2.5% |
| 4th | Chad | 19.54% | -6.5% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 20.11% | -4.9% |
| 6th | Central African Republic | 20.48% | -6.7% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 22.45% | -5.4% |
| 8th | Mali | 22.63% | -33.2% |
| 9th | Lao PDR | 23.07% | -2.4% |
| 10th | Guinea-Bissau | 25.62% | -3.1% |
| 11th | Tanzania | 26.22% | -3.9% |
| 12th | Malawi | 27.67% | -3.2% |
| 13th | Uganda | 27.88% | -9.7% |
| 14th | Zimbabwe | 29.07% | 10.1% |
| 15th | Burkina Faso | 30.39% | -3.3% |
| 16th | Eritrea | 30.44% | -3.5% |
| 17th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 30.91% | -4.4% |
| 18th | India | 31.62% | -7.3% |
| 19th | Moldova | 31.90% | 1.8% |
| 20th | Zambia | 32.22% | -4.0% |
| 21st | Rwanda | 32.65% | -11.8% |
| 22nd | Equatorial Guinea | 33.72% | -0.5% |
| 23rd | Myanmar | 34.96% | 4.0% |
| 24th | South Sudan | 34.99% | -3.0% |
| 25th | Bhutan | 35.23% | 5.4% |
| 26th | Lesotho | 35.23% | -1.6% |
| 27th | Afghanistan | 35.54% | -5.3% |
| 28th | Guinea | 36.21% | -3.6% |
| 29th | Viet Nam | 36.32% | 1.2% |
| 30th | Pakistan | 36.92% | -1.2% |
| 31st | Kenya | 37.49% | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Tajikistan | 37.55% | -4.0% |
| 33rd | Cambodia | 37.95% | 6.4% |
| 34th | Angola | 38.22% | -3.6% |
| 35th | Bangladesh | 38.48% | -2.2% |
| 36th | Benin | 38.77% | -3.7% |
| 37th | Togo | 40.23% | -1.5% |
| 38th | Côte d'Ivoire | 40.95% | -6.1% |
| 39th | Cameroon | 41.44% | -2.2% |
| 40th | Sierra Leone | 42.31% | -3.6% |
| 41st | Congo, Republic of | 42.50% | -2.3% |
| 42nd | Albania | 43.24% | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Haiti | 44.19% | -2.9% |
| 44th | Tonga | 44.55% | 1.2% |
| 45th | Vanuatu | 44.66% | -3.5% |
| 46th | Nepal | 44.81% | -2.8% |
| 47th | China | 45.27% | 1.7% |
| 48th | Morocco | 45.42% | -0.4% |
| 49th | Georgia | 45.53% | 0.2% |
| 50th | Sri Lanka | 45.96% | -2.3% |
| 51st | Thailand | 46.01% | 0.8% |
| 52nd | Sudan | 46.41% | -3.8% |
| 53rd | Nigeria | 46.70% | -2.1% |
| 54th | Ghana | 47.38% | 2.4% |
| 55th | Turkmenistan | 47.59% | -0.8% |
| 56th | Liberia | 48.51% | -3.5% |
| 57th | Timor-Leste | 48.79% | 3.0% |
| 58th | Azerbaijan | 48.99% | 0.2% |
| 59th | Guatemala | 49.05% | -1.6% |
| 60th | Indonesia | 49.06% | -0.2% |
| 61st | Solomon Islands | 49.07% | -4.4% |
| 62nd | Fiji | 49.08% | -1.7% |
| 63rd | Comoros | 49.23% | -1.5% |
| 64th | Uzbekistan | 49.38% | -2.4% |
| 65th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.80% | -2.0% |
| 66th | Mauritania | 50.59% | -2.4% |
| 67th | Mongolia | 50.70% | 6.5% |
| 68th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 51.12% | 1.8% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | 51.48% | -1.9% |
| 70th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 51.93% | 1.0% |
| 71st | Senegal | 52.05% | -6.8% |
| 72nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 52.07% | -7.0% |
| 73rd | Armenia | 52.22% | 3.7% |
| 74th | Ecuador | 52.32% | -1.7% |
| 75th | Tunisia | 52.35% | 1.3% |
| 76th | Serbia | 52.48% | 1.3% |
| 77th | Gambia, The | 52.62% | -2.7% |
| 78th | Peru | 52.78% | -12.5% |
| 79th | Honduras | 52.87% | -1.7% |
| 80th | Gabon | 52.98% | -1.4% |
| 81st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.67% | 9.0% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | 54.94% | -0.7% |
| 83rd | Romania | 55.17% | 1.8% |
| 84th | Samoa | 56.10% | -1.4% |
| 85th | Yemen, Republic of | 56.11% | -3.0% |
| 86th | Qatar | 56.24% | 28.4% |
| 87th | Kyrgyz Republic | 56.31% | -0.2% |
| 88th | Papua New Guinea | 56.39% | -4.1% |
| 89th | Philippines | 56.78% | -1.9% |
| 90th | Syrian Arab Republic | 56.99% | -3.3% |
| 91st | North Macedonia | 57.50% | 4.0% |
| 92nd | Algeria | 58.28% | -0.9% |
| 93rd | Belarus | 58.53% | -0.1% |
| 94th | Poland | 58.74% | 0.1% |
| 95th | Paraguay | 59.64% | -5.5% |
| 96th | Guyana | 59.89% | -0.6% |
| 97th | Czechia | 60.14% | 0.1% |
| 98th | Slovak Republic | 60.22% | -0.4% |
| 99th | Namibia | 60.37% | -0.9% |
| 100th | El Salvador | 60.85% | -0.6% |
| 101st | Oman | 61.05% | 10.8% |
| 102nd | Ukraine | 61.14% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Mexico | 62.47% | -0.5% |
| 104th | Bulgaria | 62.48% | -2.0% |
| 105th | Hungary | 63.36% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Malaysia | 63.36% | 2.4% |
| 107th | Colombia | 64.37% | 0.0% |
| 108th | Bahrain | 64.50% | 0.9% |
| 109th | São Tomé and Principe | 64.58% | -1.1% |
| 110th | Iraq | 65.06% | -0.1% |
| 111th | West Bank and Gaza | 65.23% | -1.2% |
| 112th | Costa Rica | 65.38% | -1.8% |
| 113th | Botswana | 65.52% | -4.5% |
| 114th | Croatia | 65.70% | -0.9% |
| 115th | Slovenia | 65.86% | 0.4% |
| 116th | Cuba | 66.32% | 0.6% |
| 117th | Suriname | 66.34% | -0.5% |
| 118th | Belize | 66.60% | -1.2% |
| 119th | Kazakhstan | 66.84% | 0.5% |
| 120th | Panama | 67.20% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Estonia | 67.20% | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Cabo Verde | 67.33% | -0.4% |
| 123rd | Russian Federation | 67.53% | 0.1% |
| 124th | Eswatini | 67.56% | 1.3% |
| 125th | Jamaica | 68.28% | -0.4% |
| 126th | Lithuania | 68.95% | 1.6% |
| 127th | United Arab Emirates | 69.00% | 2.3% |
| 128th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.53% | -0.1% |
| 129th | Italy | 69.57% | -1.0% |
| 130th | Latvia | 69.85% | 0.8% |
| 131st | Korea | 69.98% | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Maldives | 70.09% | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Brazil | 70.43% | -0.4% |
| 134th | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.52% | 0.5% |
| 135th | Libya | 70.85% | 0.4% |
| 136th | Chile | 70.88% | -0.3% |
| 137th | European Union | 71.13% | 0.1% |
| 138th | Austria | 71.27% | 0.4% |
| 139th | Mauritius | 71.28% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Argentina | 71.31% | -0.6% |
| 141st | Dominican Republic | 71.57% | -0.1% |
| 142nd | Germany | 71.66% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Portugal | 72.71% | -0.3% |
| 144th | Japan | 72.81% | 0.6% |
| 145th | Kuwait | 73.17% | 1.0% |
| 146th | South Africa | 73.34% | 1.2% |
| 147th | Uruguay | 73.50% | -0.2% |
| 148th | New Zealand | 73.60% | -1.4% |
| 149th | Saudi Arabia | 73.93% | 1.9% |
| 150th | Montenegro | 74.06% | 0.8% |
| 151st | Greece | 74.69% | 1.6% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | 74.95% | -3.0% |
| 153rd | Finland | 75.16% | 0.7% |
| 154th | Spain | 75.29% | -0.2% |
| 155th | St. Lucia | 75.62% | 0.4% |
| 156th | Lebanon | 75.68% | -0.3% |
| 157th | New Caledonia | 76.08% | 0.3% |
| 158th | Ireland | 76.70% | -0.1% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 77.07% | 0.0% |
| 160th | France | 77.69% | 0.8% |
| 161st | Cyprus | 77.76% | -1.8% |
| 162nd | Iceland | 78.01% | -0.6% |
| 163rd | Australia | 78.04% | -0.4% |
| 164th | Belgium | 78.30% | 0.6% |
| 165th | Norway | 78.30% | 0.1% |
| 166th | United States | 78.84% | 0.5% |
| 167th | Guam | 78.96% | 0.5% |
| 168th | Canada | 78.96% | -0.3% |
| 169th | Denmark | 79.01% | -0.3% |
| 170th | Jordan | 79.12% | 1.2% |
| 171st | Sweden | 79.96% | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Malta | 80.31% | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Barbados | 80.62% | 0.4% |
| 174th | Virgin Islands (US) | 81.01% | 0.6% |
| 175th | United Kingdom | 81.83% | 1.4% |
| 176th | Netherlands | 82.27% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Puerto Rico (US) | 82.91% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Israel | 83.29% | 0.7% |
| 179th | French Polynesia | 83.31% | 0.3% |
| 180th | Channel Islands | 84.51% | 0.6% |
| 181st | Bahamas, The | 84.72% | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Singapore | 85.06% | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 86.35% | 0.3% |
| 184th | Macao SAR, China | 87.48% | 0.5% |
| 185th | Luxembourg | 88.98% | 0.3% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 92.81% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's services employment in 2020?▾
Ireland's services employment in 2020 was 76.70%. This ranked 158th globally.
How did Ireland's services employment change in 2020?▾
Ireland's services employment decreased by 0.1% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest services employment in 2020?▾
Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2020 at 92.81%.
What is the services employment of Ireland in 2020?▾
The services employment of Ireland in 2020 was 76.70%. This ranked 158th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Ireland's services employment?▾
Ireland's services employment went from 76.80% in 2019 to 76.70% in 2020, a 0.1% decrease.
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