Sweden - Services Employment 2023
80.95%
+0.02% from 2022
Sweden's services employment was 80.95% in 2023, increased +0.02% from 80.93% in 2022. This was the 168th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 Sweden's services employment in 2023?▾
Sweden's services employment in 2023 was 80.95%. This ranked 168th globally.
How did Sweden's services employment change in 2023?▾
Sweden's services employment increased by 0.0% 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 Sweden in 2023?▾
The services employment of Sweden in 2023 was 80.95%. This ranked 168th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Sweden's services employment?▾
Sweden's services employment went from 80.93% in 2022 to 80.95% in 2023, a 0.0% increase.
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