Malaysia - Services Employment 2022
63.92%
+0.14% from 2021
Malaysia's services employment was 63.92% in 2022, increased +0.14% from 63.78% in 2021. This was the 107th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 11.25% | -0.3% |
| 2nd | Niger | 16.86% | 3.2% |
| 3rd | Chad | 19.12% | -0.9% |
| 4th | Madagascar | 20.07% | 3.8% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 20.14% | 0.8% |
| 6th | Central African Republic | 20.39% | 1.0% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 22.50% | 1.4% |
| 8th | Lao PDR | 23.26% | 0.9% |
| 9th | Tanzania | 26.40% | 1.0% |
| 10th | Uganda | 26.50% | 1.1% |
| 11th | Mali | 27.17% | 10.5% |
| 12th | Malawi | 27.27% | -0.5% |
| 13th | Guinea-Bissau | 27.73% | 5.3% |
| 14th | Afghanistan | 29.43% | -2.4% |
| 15th | Rwanda | 30.24% | 2.8% |
| 16th | Burkina Faso | 30.40% | 0.8% |
| 17th | Eritrea | 30.63% | 1.8% |
| 18th | India | 31.02% | -1.4% |
| 19th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 31.59% | 2.8% |
| 20th | Moldova | 31.94% | 2.5% |
| 21st | Zambia | 34.21% | 6.9% |
| 22nd | South Sudan | 34.26% | 0.1% |
| 23rd | Equatorial Guinea | 34.35% | 0.6% |
| 24th | Zimbabwe | 34.37% | 4.5% |
| 25th | Myanmar | 35.23% | 0.8% |
| 26th | Lesotho | 35.24% | 0.8% |
| 27th | Viet Nam | 35.86% | -5.3% |
| 28th | Guinea | 36.63% | 1.3% |
| 29th | Cambodia | 36.77% | 0.9% |
| 30th | Tajikistan | 37.67% | 1.1% |
| 31st | Pakistan | 37.85% | 1.0% |
| 32nd | Bangladesh | 38.36% | 0.3% |
| 33rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 38.45% | -2.4% |
| 34th | Benin | 39.02% | 1.3% |
| 35th | Kenya | 40.22% | 7.5% |
| 36th | Angola | 40.49% | 7.8% |
| 37th | Bhutan | 40.80% | 18.2% |
| 38th | Cameroon | 42.07% | 1.1% |
| 39th | Togo | 42.09% | 3.3% |
| 40th | Sierra Leone | 42.59% | 1.0% |
| 41st | Congo, Republic of | 42.79% | 0.6% |
| 42nd | Haiti | 43.93% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Albania | 44.00% | -1.0% |
| 44th | Vanuatu | 44.58% | 1.1% |
| 45th | China | 44.99% | -1.3% |
| 46th | Nepal | 45.06% | 1.0% |
| 47th | Senegal | 45.86% | -5.8% |
| 48th | Ghana | 45.97% | -7.4% |
| 49th | Sudan | 46.24% | 1.1% |
| 50th | Sri Lanka | 47.02% | 0.6% |
| 51st | Thailand | 47.34% | 3.3% |
| 52nd | Morocco | 47.47% | 3.5% |
| 53rd | Timor-Leste | 47.59% | -6.0% |
| 54th | Nigeria | 47.93% | 1.7% |
| 55th | Georgia | 48.10% | 3.7% |
| 56th | Turkmenistan | 48.14% | 0.7% |
| 57th | Mongolia | 48.29% | -0.4% |
| 58th | Liberia | 48.55% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Azerbaijan | 48.79% | -0.1% |
| 60th | Indonesia | 48.85% | -0.8% |
| 61st | Solomon Islands | 48.88% | 0.9% |
| 62nd | Tonga | 49.19% | 7.3% |
| 63rd | Uzbekistan | 49.54% | 0.5% |
| 64th | Armenia | 49.54% | -6.4% |
| 65th | Fiji | 50.00% | 1.7% |
| 66th | Comoros | 50.35% | 0.5% |
| 67th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 50.50% | 0.2% |
| 68th | Guatemala | 50.85% | 4.3% |
| 69th | Mauritania | 51.03% | 1.2% |
| 70th | Ecuador | 51.13% | 0.3% |
| 71st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.31% | 0.9% |
| 72nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 51.42% | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Nicaragua | 51.70% | 0.5% |
| 74th | Gambia, The | 52.33% | 0.6% |
| 75th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 52.42% | 0.1% |
| 76th | Gabon | 52.70% | -0.5% |
| 77th | Serbia | 53.25% | 0.5% |
| 78th | Papua New Guinea | 53.75% | -1.8% |
| 79th | Oman | 53.76% | 0.4% |
| 80th | Honduras | 54.40% | 3.9% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 54.40% | 2.3% |
| 82nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 54.68% | 5.3% |
| 83rd | Romania | 55.92% | 1.1% |
| 84th | Yemen, Republic of | 56.00% | 0.8% |
| 85th | Samoa | 56.38% | 0.7% |
| 86th | Kyrgyz Republic | 56.45% | 0.8% |
| 87th | Türkiye | 56.62% | 2.5% |
| 88th | Syrian Arab Republic | 57.17% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Peru | 57.63% | 0.4% |
| 90th | Algeria | 58.05% | -0.3% |
| 91st | Philippines | 58.72% | 3.4% |
| 92nd | Belarus | 58.96% | 0.5% |
| 93rd | Qatar | 59.21% | 2.5% |
| 94th | Guyana | 59.39% | -2.0% |
| 95th | North Macedonia | 60.05% | 3.4% |
| 96th | Czechia | 60.43% | -0.3% |
| 97th | Poland | 60.46% | 0.4% |
| 98th | Namibia | 60.49% | 0.2% |
| 99th | El Salvador | 61.60% | 0.6% |
| 100th | Slovak Republic | 61.62% | 2.2% |
| 101st | Mexico | 62.38% | 0.2% |
| 102nd | Bulgaria | 63.22% | -0.6% |
| 103rd | Eswatini | 63.75% | -7.2% |
| 104th | West Bank and Gaza | 63.78% | -0.5% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 63.84% | 5.0% |
| 106th | Bahrain | 63.87% | -0.1% |
| 107th | Malaysia | 63.92% | 0.2% |
| 108th | Hungary | 64.36% | 0.2% |
| 109th | Iraq | 64.52% | -0.5% |
| 110th | São Tomé and Principe | 64.64% | 0.4% |
| 111th | Colombia | 65.03% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Slovenia | 65.53% | -0.6% |
| 113th | Suriname | 66.30% | 0.0% |
| 114th | Croatia | 66.45% | 2.6% |
| 115th | Botswana | 66.66% | 0.3% |
| 116th | Cuba | 66.79% | 0.5% |
| 117th | Belize | 67.17% | 0.8% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 67.20% | -0.1% |
| 119th | Costa Rica | 67.62% | 0.6% |
| 120th | United Arab Emirates | 67.69% | 0.3% |
| 121st | Jamaica | 67.70% | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Kazakhstan | 67.80% | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Russian Federation | 67.90% | 0.5% |
| 124th | Panama | 67.93% | 0.6% |
| 125th | Estonia | 68.79% | 0.7% |
| 126th | Lithuania | 68.82% | 0.6% |
| 127th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.32% | -0.2% |
| 128th | Italy | 69.34% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Austria | 70.10% | -0.8% |
| 130th | Korea | 70.11% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Latvia | 70.24% | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Maldives | 70.66% | 0.5% |
| 133rd | Brazil | 70.78% | 1.4% |
| 134th | Chile | 70.83% | 0.5% |
| 135th | Libya | 71.08% | 0.5% |
| 136th | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.29% | 1.4% |
| 137th | Argentina | 71.32% | -0.6% |
| 138th | European Union | 71.64% | 0.4% |
| 139th | Mauritius | 71.74% | -1.1% |
| 140th | Germany | 71.95% | 0.8% |
| 141st | Portugal | 72.03% | -0.8% |
| 142nd | St. Lucia | 72.47% | -0.5% |
| 143rd | Kuwait | 72.47% | -0.3% |
| 144th | Dominican Republic | 72.77% | 1.4% |
| 145th | New Zealand | 73.20% | -1.0% |
| 146th | Japan | 73.28% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Greece | 73.29% | -0.1% |
| 148th | Uruguay | 73.33% | 0.2% |
| 149th | South Africa | 73.36% | -0.4% |
| 150th | Finland | 75.20% | 1.4% |
| 151st | Spain | 75.52% | 0.4% |
| 152nd | New Caledonia | 76.07% | 0.2% |
| 153rd | Montenegro | 76.68% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Ireland | 76.78% | 0.9% |
| 155th | Lebanon | 76.90% | 2.0% |
| 156th | Brunei Darussalam | 77.01% | 2.6% |
| 157th | Switzerland | 77.70% | 0.3% |
| 158th | Iceland | 77.95% | 1.2% |
| 159th | France | 78.13% | 0.2% |
| 160th | Jordan | 78.37% | 0.1% |
| 161st | Belgium | 78.47% | -0.9% |
| 162nd | Australia | 78.55% | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Norway | 78.68% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Guam | 78.74% | 0.1% |
| 165th | Denmark | 78.81% | 0.3% |
| 166th | United States | 79.10% | -0.1% |
| 167th | Canada | 79.32% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Saudi Arabia | 80.23% | 3.1% |
| 169th | Cyprus | 80.47% | 1.6% |
| 170th | Virgin Islands (US) | 80.91% | 0.4% |
| 171st | Sweden | 80.93% | 1.3% |
| 172nd | Barbados | 80.97% | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Malta | 82.02% | 1.4% |
| 174th | United Kingdom | 82.55% | 0.4% |
| 175th | French Polynesia | 83.37% | 0.1% |
| 176th | Puerto Rico (US) | 83.41% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Israel | 83.50% | 0.3% |
| 178th | Netherlands | 83.88% | 0.2% |
| 179th | Bahamas, The | 84.20% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Channel Islands | 84.66% | 0.1% |
| 181st | Singapore | 85.34% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.80% | -0.4% |
| 183rd | Macao SAR, China | 87.93% | 0.4% |
| 184th | Luxembourg | 89.73% | 1.0% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 92.57% | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Malaysia's services employment in 2022?▾
Malaysia's services employment in 2022 was 63.92%. This ranked 107th globally.
How did Malaysia's services employment change in 2022?▾
Malaysia's services employment increased by 0.2% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest services employment in 2022?▾
Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2022 at 92.57%.
What is the services employment of Malaysia in 2022?▾
The services employment of Malaysia in 2022 was 63.92%. This ranked 107th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Malaysia's services employment?▾
Malaysia's services employment went from 63.78% in 2021 to 63.92% in 2022, a 0.2% increase.
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