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Lesotho - Services Employment 2025

Name: Lesotho Services Employment 2025
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Employment in services · World Bank

36.09% +0.32% from 2024 Global rank: 22nd

Lesotho's services employment was 36.09% in 2025, increased +0.32% from 35.77% in 2024. This was the 22nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Services Employment by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	11.56%	0.4%
2nd	Niger	17.74%	2.3%
3rd	Chad	19.76%	1.0%
4th	Central African Republic	20.55%	0.2%
5th	Mozambique	20.55%	0.3%
6th	Madagascar	20.89%	1.3%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.51%	1.4%
8th	Lao PDR	23.99%	1.3%
9th	Tanzania	27.32%	1.7%
10th	Malawi	27.68%	0.9%
11th	Uganda	27.85%	1.8%
12th	Mali	28.40%	2.2%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	29.21%	2.1%
14th	Afghanistan	29.47%	-0.1%
15th	Burkina Faso	31.56%	1.3%
16th	Eritrea	31.78%	1.4%
17th	India	32.56%	0.9%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	33.45%	1.1%
19th	Zimbabwe	34.16%	2.3%
20th	Equatorial Guinea	34.75%	0.0%
21st	Zambia	35.19%	1.5%
22nd	Lesotho	36.09%	0.9%
23rd	Myanmar	36.89%	1.0%
24th	Moldova	36.94%	1.0%
25th	Bangladesh	37.71%	0.9%
26th	Cambodia	37.72%	0.9%
27th	Guinea	38.49%	2.0%
28th	Pakistan	38.51%	0.6%
29th	Tajikistan	39.07%	1.2%
30th	Viet Nam	40.13%	0.8%
31st	Côte d'Ivoire	40.30%	1.4%
32nd	Angola	40.85%	0.4%
33rd	Benin	41.44%	1.9%
34th	Kenya	41.73%	1.3%
35th	Bhutan	41.75%	1.2%
36th	Cameroon	43.53%	1.1%
37th	Sierra Leone	44.04%	1.1%
38th	Congo, Republic of	44.17%	1.0%
39th	Togo	44.25%	1.5%
40th	Haiti	44.59%	0.5%
41st	Vanuatu	45.43%	0.7%
42nd	Nepal	45.81%	0.7%
43rd	China	46.53%	0.8%
44th	Rwanda	46.54%	2.6%
45th	Ghana	47.17%	0.5%
46th	Albania	47.24%	1.0%
47th	Sri Lanka	47.84%	0.5%
48th	Senegal	47.92%	1.8%
49th	Guatemala	48.23%	0.4%
50th	Morocco	48.27%	0.4%
51st	Thailand	49.21%	0.9%
52nd	Nigeria	49.46%	0.8%
53rd	Georgia	49.48%	1.2%
54th	Turkmenistan	49.50%	0.8%
55th	Mongolia	49.91%	0.2%
56th	Solomon Islands	49.95%	0.7%
57th	Indonesia	50.17%	0.8%
58th	Timor-Leste	50.18%	0.7%
59th	Uzbekistan	50.19%	0.4%
60th	Azerbaijan	50.24%	0.7%
61st	Liberia	50.53%	1.4%
62nd	Ecuador	50.93%	0.3%
63rd	Comoros	51.65%	1.0%
64th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	51.67%	0.8%
65th	Fiji	51.71%	0.8%
66th	Armenia	51.73%	0.2%
67th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	52.22%	0.4%
68th	Gabon	52.28%	0.2%
69th	Nicaragua	52.65%	0.4%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.69%	0.9%
71st	Mauritania	52.83%	1.1%
72nd	Tonga	53.05%	1.1%
73rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	53.12%	0.6%
74th	Gambia, The	53.64%	1.2%
75th	Tunisia	54.26%	0.4%
76th	Oman	54.62%	0.3%
77th	Serbia	54.90%	1.0%
78th	Papua New Guinea	55.27%	0.8%
79th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	55.49%	0.7%
80th	Honduras	55.94%	0.6%
81st	Romania	56.48%	0.7%
82nd	Guyana	56.69%	-0.5%
83rd	Samoa	57.18%	0.6%
84th	Yemen, Republic of	57.25%	0.8%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	57.73%	0.4%
86th	Algeria	58.25%	0.1%
87th	Türkiye	58.49%	0.7%
88th	Syrian Arab Republic	58.50%	0.7%
89th	Eswatini	58.72%	-0.5%
90th	Belarus	59.46%	0.4%
91st	Philippines	59.55%	0.4%
92nd	Peru	60.08%	0.5%
93rd	Qatar	60.36%	0.4%
94th	North Macedonia	60.87%	0.5%
95th	Namibia	61.11%	0.4%
96th	Czechia	62.40%	0.9%
97th	El Salvador	63.01%	0.6%
98th	Slovak Republic	63.31%	0.8%
99th	Poland	63.75%	0.7%
100th	Mexico	64.08%	0.6%
101st	Bahrain	64.26%	0.2%
102nd	Slovenia	64.37%	0.3%
103rd	Malaysia	64.86%	0.5%
104th	Paraguay	65.08%	0.3%
105th	Iraq	65.30%	0.4%
106th	Hungary	65.35%	0.6%
107th	São Tomé and Principe	65.42%	0.3%
108th	Colombia	65.84%	0.2%
109th	Botswana	66.20%	0.1%
110th	Suriname	66.92%	0.2%
111th	Panama	66.95%	0.5%
112th	Bulgaria	67.43%	0.6%
113th	Cuba	67.56%	0.5%
114th	Cabo Verde	67.69%	0.2%
115th	United Arab Emirates	67.97%	0.0%
116th	Belize	68.52%	0.5%
117th	Kazakhstan	68.79%	0.4%
118th	Jamaica	68.93%	0.5%
119th	Russian Federation	69.06%	0.4%
120th	Croatia	69.31%	0.7%
121st	Lithuania	69.44%	0.4%
122nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.79%	0.3%
123rd	Costa Rica	70.03%	0.6%
124th	Italy	70.23%	0.5%
125th	Estonia	71.05%	0.8%
126th	Trinidad and Tobago	71.32%	0.3%
127th	Libya	71.38%	0.0%
128th	Latvia	71.50%	0.6%
129th	Korea	71.51%	0.5%
130th	Maldives	71.77%	0.5%
131st	Argentina	71.81%	0.2%
132nd	Brazil	72.16%	0.2%
133rd	Chile	72.43%	0.5%
134th	Austria	72.59%	0.3%
135th	Portugal	72.67%	0.4%
136th	European Union	72.86%	0.5%
137th	Germany	72.95%	0.5%
138th	Greece	73.01%	0.5%
139th	Uruguay	73.15%	0.3%
140th	Kuwait	73.50%	0.2%
141st	South Africa	73.83%	0.1%
142nd	Japan	73.96%	0.3%
143rd	Dominican Republic	74.02%	0.4%
144th	Saudi Arabia	74.43%	0.1%
145th	New Zealand	74.64%	0.3%
146th	Mauritius	74.67%	0.7%
147th	Finland	75.67%	0.3%
148th	St. Lucia	76.32%	0.3%
149th	Spain	76.77%	0.4%
150th	New Caledonia	77.57%	0.6%
151st	Montenegro	77.58%	0.3%
152nd	Ireland	77.93%	0.4%
153rd	Iceland	78.15%	0.3%
154th	Switzerland	78.17%	0.4%
155th	France	78.33%	0.3%
156th	Brunei Darussalam	78.41%	0.1%
157th	Australia	78.53%	0.2%
158th	Guam	79.18%	0.2%
159th	United States	79.56%	0.2%
160th	Denmark	79.57%	0.3%
161st	Norway	79.66%	0.4%
162nd	Belgium	79.77%	0.4%
163rd	Canada	80.15%	0.3%
164th	Jordan	80.76%	0.3%
165th	Malta	81.39%	0.3%
166th	Sweden	81.41%	0.3%
167th	Cyprus	81.58%	0.1%
168th	Virgin Islands (US)	81.86%	0.4%
169th	Barbados	82.58%	0.1%
170th	United Kingdom	83.23%	0.3%
171st	French Polynesia	83.75%	0.1%
172nd	Israel	84.09%	0.2%
173rd	Puerto Rico (US)	84.14%	0.3%
174th	Bahamas, The	84.44%	0.1%
175th	Netherlands	84.54%	0.4%
176th	Channel Islands	85.29%	0.2%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.80%	0.1%
178th	Singapore	85.91%	0.2%
179th	Macao SAR, China	88.63%	0.1%
180th	Luxembourg	91.48%	0.2%
181st	Djibouti	92.17%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's services employment in 2025?▾

Lesotho's services employment in 2025 was 36.09%. This ranked 22nd globally.

How did Lesotho's services employment change in 2025?▾

Lesotho's services employment increased by 0.9% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2025?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2025 at 92.17%.

What is the services employment of Lesotho in 2025?▾

The services employment of Lesotho in 2025 was 36.09%. This ranked 22nd globally.

How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Lesotho's services employment?▾

Lesotho's services employment went from 35.77% in 2024 to 36.09% in 2025, a 0.9% increase.

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