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Lesotho - Services Employment 2023

Name: Lesotho Services Employment 2023
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Employment in services · World Bank

35.49% +0.25% from 2022 Global rank: 24th

Lesotho's services employment was 35.49% in 2023, increased +0.25% from 35.24% in 2022. This was the 24th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Services Employment by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	11.33%	0.8%
2nd	Niger	16.60%	-1.5%
3rd	Chad	19.44%	1.7%
4th	Madagascar	20.27%	1.0%
5th	Mozambique	20.55%	2.0%
6th	Central African Republic	20.62%	1.1%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	22.85%	1.6%
8th	Lao PDR	23.36%	0.5%
9th	Tanzania	26.79%	1.5%
10th	Uganda	26.92%	1.6%
11th	Malawi	27.37%	0.4%
12th	Mali	27.51%	1.3%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	28.14%	1.5%
14th	Afghanistan	29.50%	0.2%
15th	Burkina Faso	30.74%	1.1%
16th	Eritrea	31.04%	1.3%
17th	India	31.46%	1.4%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	32.50%	2.9%
19th	Zimbabwe	33.16%	-3.5%
20th	Rwanda	33.90%	12.1%
21st	Zambia	34.11%	-0.3%
22nd	Equatorial Guinea	34.45%	0.3%
23rd	South Sudan	34.57%	0.9%
24th	Lesotho	35.49%	0.7%
25th	Moldova	35.56%	11.3%
26th	Myanmar	36.01%	2.2%
27th	Bangladesh	37.01%	-3.5%
28th	Guinea	37.02%	1.1%
29th	Cambodia	37.13%	1.0%
30th	Pakistan	38.07%	0.6%
31st	Tajikistan	38.12%	1.2%
32nd	Côte d'Ivoire	39.13%	1.8%
33rd	Viet Nam	39.55%	10.3%
34th	Benin	39.84%	2.1%
35th	Angola	40.53%	0.1%
36th	Kenya	40.68%	1.2%
37th	Bhutan	40.93%	0.3%
38th	Cameroon	42.53%	1.1%
39th	Togo	43.01%	2.2%
40th	Sierra Leone	43.23%	1.5%
41st	Congo, Republic of	43.27%	1.1%
42nd	Haiti	44.21%	0.6%
43rd	Vanuatu	44.80%	0.5%
44th	Nepal	45.20%	0.3%
45th	China	45.77%	1.7%
46th	Senegal	46.28%	0.9%
47th	Albania	46.31%	5.3%
48th	Ghana	46.36%	0.8%
49th	Sri Lanka	47.28%	0.6%
50th	Morocco	47.65%	0.4%
51st	Guatemala	47.68%	-6.2%
52nd	Thailand	47.86%	1.1%
53rd	Georgia	48.26%	0.3%
54th	Nigeria	48.47%	1.1%
55th	Timor-Leste	48.51%	1.9%
56th	Turkmenistan	48.66%	1.1%
57th	Mongolia	48.98%	1.4%
58th	Solomon Islands	49.20%	0.7%
59th	Liberia	49.21%	1.4%
60th	Indonesia	49.27%	0.9%
61st	Azerbaijan	49.46%	1.4%
62nd	Uzbekistan	49.74%	0.4%
63rd	Comoros	50.63%	0.6%
64th	Fiji	50.65%	1.3%
65th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	50.92%	0.8%
66th	Armenia	51.46%	3.9%
67th	Mauritania	51.77%	1.4%
68th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	51.78%	0.7%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.80%	1.0%
70th	Nicaragua	52.08%	0.7%
71st	Tonga	52.18%	6.1%
72nd	Gambia, The	52.34%	0.0%
73rd	Gabon	52.41%	-0.6%
74th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	52.51%	0.2%
75th	Ecuador	52.54%	2.8%
76th	Tunisia	53.84%	-1.0%
77th	Serbia	53.92%	1.3%
78th	Oman	54.14%	0.7%
79th	Papua New Guinea	54.39%	1.2%
80th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	54.81%	0.2%
81st	Romania	54.92%	-1.8%
82nd	Honduras	55.23%	1.5%
83rd	Yemen, Republic of	56.42%	0.8%
84th	Samoa	56.63%	0.5%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	57.23%	1.4%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	57.68%	0.9%
87th	Türkiye	57.76%	2.0%
88th	Algeria	58.19%	0.2%
89th	Guyana	58.51%	-1.5%
90th	Eswatini	58.66%	-8.0%
91st	Belarus	58.91%	-0.1%
92nd	Philippines	59.02%	0.5%
93rd	Qatar	59.35%	0.2%
94th	Peru	59.68%	3.5%
95th	Czechia	60.59%	0.3%
96th	Namibia	60.67%	0.3%
97th	North Macedonia	61.19%	1.9%
98th	Poland	61.98%	2.5%
99th	Slovak Republic	62.19%	0.9%
100th	El Salvador	62.47%	1.4%
101st	Mexico	63.00%	1.0%
102nd	Slovenia	63.86%	-2.5%
103rd	Bahrain	63.98%	0.2%
104th	Bulgaria	64.16%	1.5%
105th	Malaysia	64.25%	0.5%
106th	Hungary	64.54%	0.3%
107th	Paraguay	64.82%	1.5%
108th	São Tomé and Principe	64.93%	0.4%
109th	Iraq	65.02%	0.8%
110th	Colombia	65.61%	0.9%
111th	Botswana	66.21%	-0.7%
112th	Costa Rica	66.38%	-1.8%
113th	Suriname	66.64%	0.5%
114th	Cuba	66.78%	0.0%
115th	Cabo Verde	67.38%	0.3%
116th	United Arab Emirates	67.70%	0.0%
117th	Belize	67.78%	0.9%
118th	Panama	67.83%	-0.1%
119th	Croatia	67.90%	2.2%
120th	Kazakhstan	68.17%	0.5%
121st	Jamaica	68.21%	0.8%
122nd	Russian Federation	68.60%	1.0%
123rd	Lithuania	69.13%	0.5%
124th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.37%	0.1%
125th	Italy	69.77%	0.6%
126th	Estonia	70.03%	1.8%
127th	Trinidad and Tobago	70.58%	-1.0%
128th	Korea	70.68%	0.8%
129th	Latvia	70.84%	0.9%
130th	Maldives	71.03%	0.5%
131st	Libya	71.12%	0.1%
132nd	Austria	71.16%	1.5%
133rd	Argentina	71.22%	-0.1%
134th	Portugal	71.42%	-0.9%
135th	Brazil	71.63%	1.2%
136th	Chile	71.69%	1.2%
137th	European Union	72.08%	0.6%
138th	Germany	72.39%	0.6%
139th	Greece	72.57%	-1.0%
140th	Uruguay	72.64%	-0.9%
141st	Kuwait	72.85%	0.5%
142nd	Japan	73.29%	0.0%
143rd	Dominican Republic	73.44%	0.9%
144th	Mauritius	73.77%	2.8%
145th	New Zealand	73.85%	0.9%
146th	South Africa	73.93%	0.8%
147th	Saudi Arabia	74.20%	-7.5%
148th	St. Lucia	75.00%	3.5%
149th	Finland	75.02%	-0.2%
150th	New Caledonia	76.31%	0.3%
151st	Lebanon	76.36%	-0.7%
152nd	Spain	76.48%	1.3%
153rd	Montenegro	77.11%	0.6%
154th	Switzerland	77.84%	0.2%
155th	Iceland	77.98%	0.0%
156th	Ireland	78.09%	1.7%
157th	Australia	78.17%	-0.5%
158th	France	78.25%	0.1%
159th	Brunei Darussalam	78.28%	1.6%
160th	Denmark	78.72%	-0.1%
161st	Belgium	78.77%	0.4%
162nd	Guam	78.87%	0.2%
163rd	Norway	78.89%	0.3%
164th	United States	79.09%	0.0%
165th	Canada	79.51%	0.2%
166th	Jordan	80.35%	2.5%
167th	Malta	80.87%	-1.4%
168th	Sweden	80.95%	0.0%
169th	Virgin Islands (US)	81.22%	0.4%
170th	Cyprus	81.41%	1.2%
171st	Barbados	82.40%	1.8%
172nd	United Kingdom	83.21%	0.8%
173rd	French Polynesia	83.46%	0.1%
174th	Puerto Rico (US)	83.63%	0.3%
175th	Israel	83.76%	0.3%
176th	Netherlands	83.86%	0.0%
177th	Bahamas, The	84.28%	0.1%
178th	Channel Islands	84.88%	0.3%
179th	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.78%	0.0%
180th	Singapore	86.08%	0.9%
181st	Macao SAR, China	88.28%	0.4%
182nd	Luxembourg	90.05%	0.4%
183rd	Djibouti	92.43%	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's services employment in 2023?▾

Lesotho's services employment in 2023 was 35.49%. This ranked 24th globally.

How did Lesotho's services employment change in 2023?▾

Lesotho's services employment increased by 0.7% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2023?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2023 at 92.43%.

What is the services employment of Lesotho in 2023?▾

The services employment of Lesotho in 2023 was 35.49%. This ranked 24th globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Lesotho's services employment?▾

Lesotho's services employment went from 35.24% in 2022 to 35.49% in 2023, a 0.7% increase.

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