Sweden - Services Employment 2021
79.92%
−0.04% from 2020
Sweden's services employment was 79.92% in 2021, decreased +0.04% from 79.96% in 2020. This was the 171st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 11.28% | -2.7% |
| 2nd | Niger | 16.34% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Chad | 19.30% | -1.2% |
| 4th | Madagascar | 19.34% | 2.0% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 19.98% | -0.7% |
| 6th | Central African Republic | 20.19% | -1.4% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 22.20% | -1.1% |
| 8th | Lao PDR | 23.04% | -0.1% |
| 9th | Mali | 24.58% | 8.6% |
| 10th | Tanzania | 26.14% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Uganda | 26.20% | -6.0% |
| 12th | Guinea-Bissau | 26.34% | 2.8% |
| 13th | Malawi | 27.40% | -1.0% |
| 14th | Rwanda | 29.41% | -9.9% |
| 15th | Eritrea | 30.09% | -1.1% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | 30.15% | -15.2% |
| 17th | Burkina Faso | 30.17% | -0.7% |
| 18th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 30.74% | -0.6% |
| 19th | Moldova | 31.16% | -2.3% |
| 20th | India | 31.45% | -0.5% |
| 21st | Zambia | 32.01% | -0.6% |
| 22nd | Zimbabwe | 32.89% | 13.2% |
| 23rd | Equatorial Guinea | 34.16% | 1.3% |
| 24th | South Sudan | 34.21% | -2.2% |
| 25th | Bhutan | 34.53% | -2.0% |
| 26th | Lesotho | 34.94% | -0.8% |
| 27th | Myanmar | 34.96% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Guinea | 36.17% | -0.1% |
| 29th | Cambodia | 36.45% | -4.0% |
| 30th | Tajikistan | 37.26% | -0.8% |
| 31st | Kenya | 37.42% | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Pakistan | 37.47% | 1.5% |
| 33rd | Angola | 37.57% | -1.7% |
| 34th | Viet Nam | 37.85% | 4.2% |
| 35th | Bangladesh | 38.24% | -0.6% |
| 36th | Benin | 38.52% | -0.6% |
| 37th | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.38% | -3.8% |
| 38th | Togo | 40.75% | 1.3% |
| 39th | Cameroon | 41.64% | 0.5% |
| 40th | Sierra Leone | 42.15% | -0.4% |
| 41st | Congo, Republic of | 42.53% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Haiti | 43.92% | -0.6% |
| 43rd | Vanuatu | 44.09% | -1.3% |
| 44th | Albania | 44.43% | 2.7% |
| 45th | Nepal | 44.62% | -0.4% |
| 46th | China | 45.60% | 0.7% |
| 47th | Sudan | 45.74% | -1.4% |
| 48th | Thailand | 45.83% | -0.4% |
| 49th | Tonga | 45.83% | 2.9% |
| 50th | Morocco | 45.85% | 0.9% |
| 51st | Georgia | 46.40% | 1.9% |
| 52nd | Sri Lanka | 46.72% | 1.7% |
| 53rd | Nigeria | 47.14% | 0.9% |
| 54th | Turkmenistan | 47.80% | 0.4% |
| 55th | Liberia | 48.09% | -0.9% |
| 56th | Solomon Islands | 48.44% | -1.3% |
| 57th | Mongolia | 48.48% | -4.4% |
| 58th | Senegal | 48.71% | -6.4% |
| 59th | Guatemala | 48.76% | -0.6% |
| 60th | Azerbaijan | 48.83% | -0.3% |
| 61st | Fiji | 49.19% | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Indonesia | 49.25% | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Uzbekistan | 49.31% | -0.1% |
| 64th | Ghana | 49.65% | 4.8% |
| 65th | Comoros | 50.09% | 1.7% |
| 66th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 50.42% | 1.2% |
| 67th | Mauritania | 50.43% | -0.3% |
| 68th | Timor-Leste | 50.63% | 3.8% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.86% | -5.2% |
| 70th | Ecuador | 50.98% | -2.6% |
| 71st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 51.38% | -1.3% |
| 72nd | Nicaragua | 51.46% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 51.92% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Gambia, The | 52.01% | -1.2% |
| 75th | Honduras | 52.35% | -1.0% |
| 76th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 52.36% | 2.4% |
| 77th | Armenia | 52.94% | 1.4% |
| 78th | Gabon | 52.95% | -0.1% |
| 79th | Serbia | 52.98% | 1.0% |
| 80th | Tunisia | 53.18% | 1.6% |
| 81st | Oman | 53.53% | -12.3% |
| 82nd | Papua New Guinea | 54.76% | -2.9% |
| 83rd | Türkiye | 55.27% | 0.6% |
| 84th | Romania | 55.31% | 0.2% |
| 85th | Yemen, Republic of | 55.57% | -1.0% |
| 86th | Samoa | 55.97% | -0.2% |
| 87th | Kyrgyz Republic | 55.98% | -0.6% |
| 88th | Syrian Arab Republic | 56.58% | -0.7% |
| 89th | Philippines | 56.81% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Peru | 57.37% | 8.7% |
| 91st | Qatar | 57.77% | 2.7% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | 58.06% | 1.0% |
| 93rd | Algeria | 58.22% | -0.1% |
| 94th | Belarus | 58.64% | 0.2% |
| 95th | Poland | 60.21% | 2.5% |
| 96th | Slovak Republic | 60.30% | 0.1% |
| 97th | Namibia | 60.35% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Guyana | 60.59% | 1.2% |
| 99th | Czechia | 60.63% | 0.8% |
| 100th | Ukraine | 60.67% | -0.8% |
| 101st | Paraguay | 60.79% | 1.9% |
| 102nd | El Salvador | 61.23% | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Mexico | 62.22% | -0.4% |
| 104th | Bulgaria | 63.58% | 1.8% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 63.78% | 0.7% |
| 106th | Bahrain | 63.91% | -0.9% |
| 107th | West Bank and Gaza | 64.09% | -1.7% |
| 108th | Hungary | 64.23% | 1.4% |
| 109th | São Tomé and Principe | 64.38% | -0.3% |
| 110th | Croatia | 64.75% | -1.4% |
| 111th | Iraq | 64.84% | -0.3% |
| 112th | Colombia | 64.88% | 0.8% |
| 113th | Slovenia | 65.93% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Suriname | 66.30% | -0.1% |
| 115th | Cuba | 66.44% | 0.2% |
| 116th | Botswana | 66.46% | 1.4% |
| 117th | Belize | 66.64% | 0.1% |
| 118th | Jamaica | 67.17% | -1.6% |
| 119th | Costa Rica | 67.21% | 2.8% |
| 120th | Cabo Verde | 67.25% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Kazakhstan | 67.28% | 0.6% |
| 122nd | United Arab Emirates | 67.47% | -2.2% |
| 123rd | Panama | 67.51% | 0.5% |
| 124th | Russian Federation | 67.58% | 0.1% |
| 125th | Estonia | 68.30% | 1.6% |
| 126th | Lithuania | 68.43% | -0.7% |
| 127th | Eswatini | 68.71% | 1.7% |
| 128th | Italy | 69.31% | -0.4% |
| 129th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.44% | -0.1% |
| 130th | Brazil | 69.77% | -0.9% |
| 131st | Korea | 70.05% | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Latvia | 70.20% | 0.5% |
| 133rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.30% | -0.3% |
| 134th | Maldives | 70.31% | 0.3% |
| 135th | Chile | 70.45% | -0.6% |
| 136th | Austria | 70.64% | -0.9% |
| 137th | Libya | 70.74% | -0.2% |
| 138th | European Union | 71.35% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Germany | 71.41% | -0.3% |
| 140th | Dominican Republic | 71.74% | 0.2% |
| 141st | Argentina | 71.77% | 0.6% |
| 142nd | Mauritius | 72.53% | 1.8% |
| 143rd | Portugal | 72.57% | -0.2% |
| 144th | Kuwait | 72.69% | -0.7% |
| 145th | St. Lucia | 72.87% | -3.6% |
| 146th | Japan | 73.14% | 0.4% |
| 147th | Uruguay | 73.15% | -0.5% |
| 148th | Greece | 73.36% | -1.8% |
| 149th | South Africa | 73.67% | 0.4% |
| 150th | New Zealand | 73.91% | 0.4% |
| 151st | Finland | 74.18% | -1.3% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | 75.03% | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Spain | 75.25% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Lebanon | 75.41% | -0.4% |
| 155th | New Caledonia | 75.93% | -0.2% |
| 156th | Ireland | 76.06% | -0.8% |
| 157th | Montenegro | 76.69% | 3.5% |
| 158th | Iceland | 77.00% | -1.3% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 77.47% | 0.5% |
| 160th | Saudi Arabia | 77.80% | 5.2% |
| 161st | France | 77.97% | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Australia | 78.00% | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Jordan | 78.31% | -1.0% |
| 164th | Denmark | 78.60% | -0.5% |
| 165th | Guam | 78.70% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Norway | 78.75% | 0.6% |
| 167th | Belgium | 79.15% | 1.1% |
| 168th | United States | 79.15% | 0.4% |
| 169th | Cyprus | 79.23% | 1.9% |
| 170th | Canada | 79.30% | 0.4% |
| 171st | Sweden | 79.92% | -0.1% |
| 172nd | Barbados | 80.27% | -0.4% |
| 173rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 80.56% | -0.6% |
| 174th | Malta | 80.86% | 0.7% |
| 175th | United Kingdom | 82.18% | 0.4% |
| 176th | Israel | 83.25% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Puerto Rico (US) | 83.26% | 0.4% |
| 178th | French Polynesia | 83.30% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Netherlands | 83.75% | 1.8% |
| 180th | Bahamas, The | 84.18% | -0.6% |
| 181st | Channel Islands | 84.57% | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Singapore | 85.45% | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 86.16% | -0.2% |
| 184th | Macao SAR, China | 87.54% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Luxembourg | 88.81% | -0.2% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 92.63% | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was Sweden's services employment in 2021?▾
Sweden's services employment in 2021 was 79.92%. This ranked 171st globally.
How did Sweden's services employment change in 2021?▾
Sweden's services employment decreased by 0.1% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest services employment in 2021?▾
Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2021 at 92.63%.
What is the services employment of Sweden in 2021?▾
The services employment of Sweden in 2021 was 79.92%. This ranked 171st globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Sweden's services employment?▾
Sweden's services employment went from 79.96% in 2020 to 79.92% in 2021, a 0.1% decrease.
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