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United Kingdom - Services Employment 2018

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Employment in services · World Bank

80.85% +0.22% from 2017 Global rank: 174th

United Kingdom's services employment was 80.85% in 2018, increased +0.22% from 80.63% in 2017. This was the 174th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Services Employment by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	10.95%	7.1%
2nd	Niger	17.65%	0.1%
3rd	Madagascar	18.47%	3.9%
4th	Chad	20.69%	1.2%
5th	Mozambique	20.87%	1.2%
6th	Central African Republic	21.59%	1.4%
7th	Lao PDR	23.34%	1.7%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.39%	0.8%
9th	Uganda	26.00%	19.9%
10th	Zimbabwe	26.45%	2.3%
11th	Tanzania	26.86%	1.4%
12th	Malawi	28.13%	1.5%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	28.28%	0.6%
14th	Mali	29.34%	2.5%
15th	Zambia	30.28%	3.1%
16th	Moldova	30.35%	-1.3%
17th	Burkina Faso	30.63%	3.2%
18th	Eritrea	31.06%	6.1%
19th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	31.83%	1.4%
20th	Bhutan	32.94%	0.4%
21st	India	33.34%	2.7%
22nd	Equatorial Guinea	33.98%	3.3%
23rd	Myanmar	34.05%	3.3%
24th	Rwanda	34.40%	2.5%
25th	Viet Nam	35.57%	4.4%
26th	Cambodia	35.98%	-0.9%
27th	Lesotho	36.20%	-0.9%
28th	South Sudan	36.26%	0.3%
29th	Afghanistan	37.02%	0.6%
30th	Guinea	37.24%	1.8%
31st	Pakistan	37.59%	4.9%
32nd	Kenya	38.46%	1.4%
33rd	Tajikistan	38.74%	2.3%
34th	Bangladesh	39.18%	0.5%
35th	Angola	39.78%	-0.6%
36th	Benin	40.30%	0.6%
37th	Cameroon	41.57%	2.0%
38th	Côte d'Ivoire	42.33%	2.8%
39th	Albania	42.71%	1.1%
40th	Tonga	42.80%	0.7%
41st	Congo, Republic of	42.99%	0.3%
42nd	Sierra Leone	43.23%	3.7%
43rd	Ghana	43.33%	7.0%
44th	Qatar	43.33%	-2.1%
45th	Togo	43.55%	-7.1%
46th	China	43.88%	1.2%
47th	Georgia	44.54%	7.3%
48th	Morocco	44.61%	2.0%
49th	Vanuatu	44.77%	3.4%
50th	Thailand	44.95%	-1.4%
51st	Haiti	45.23%	0.8%
52nd	Nepal	45.62%	1.3%
53rd	Timor-Leste	46.04%	3.5%
54th	Sri Lanka	46.56%	2.3%
55th	Nigeria	47.19%	0.8%
56th	Mongolia	47.23%	1.8%
57th	Turkmenistan	47.41%	1.2%
58th	Guatemala	47.98%	-2.5%
59th	Sudan	48.06%	1.4%
60th	Indonesia	48.17%	1.7%
61st	Armenia	48.31%	-7.0%
62nd	Comoros	48.60%	3.5%
63rd	Azerbaijan	49.02%	-0.5%
64th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	49.09%	-0.2%
65th	Oman	49.41%	-4.9%
66th	Fiji	49.53%	1.3%
67th	Uzbekistan	50.69%	1.8%
68th	Solomon Islands	50.85%	0.7%
69th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	50.99%	0.6%
70th	Liberia	51.04%	-0.2%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.08%	1.2%
72nd	Mauritania	51.21%	0.9%
73rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	51.46%	6.4%
74th	Tunisia	51.76%	-0.3%
75th	Serbia	51.96%	-0.2%
76th	Nicaragua	52.25%	0.4%
77th	Ecuador	52.87%	-2.0%
78th	Romania	53.33%	1.0%
79th	North Macedonia	53.59%	0.0%
80th	Gambia, The	53.65%	1.2%
81st	Türkiye	53.67%	1.5%
82nd	Gabon	53.69%	0.0%
83rd	Honduras	53.87%	0.9%
84th	Senegal	54.76%	3.1%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	55.24%	0.7%
86th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	56.10%	-0.4%
87th	Philippines	56.49%	0.6%
88th	Samoa	56.71%	1.2%
89th	Yemen, Republic of	57.52%	0.7%
90th	Belarus	58.06%	-0.8%
91st	Syrian Arab Republic	58.42%	0.7%
92nd	Poland	58.57%	0.8%
93rd	Algeria	58.76%	-0.2%
94th	Guyana	59.15%	0.7%
95th	Czechia	59.70%	0.9%
96th	Papua New Guinea	59.74%	-1.5%
97th	Peru	59.79%	0.3%
98th	Slovak Republic	60.58%	1.9%
99th	Ukraine	60.78%	0.5%
100th	El Salvador	61.09%	2.6%
101st	Namibia	61.19%	0.3%
102nd	Paraguay	61.34%	2.3%
103rd	Mexico	62.12%	0.3%
104th	Malaysia	62.26%	2.1%
105th	Hungary	62.63%	-1.3%
106th	Bulgaria	62.99%	-0.8%
107th	Bahrain	63.80%	0.2%
108th	Colombia	63.87%	-0.9%
109th	West Bank and Gaza	64.80%	0.0%
110th	Iraq	64.93%	0.2%
111th	Belize	65.09%	-2.7%
112th	Slovenia	65.10%	0.0%
113th	São Tomé and Principe	65.12%	0.3%
114th	Costa Rica	65.30%	-2.2%
115th	Eswatini	65.36%	2.3%
116th	Cuba	65.46%	0.5%
117th	Kazakhstan	65.77%	1.5%
118th	Cabo Verde	66.28%	2.6%
119th	Estonia	66.41%	0.3%
120th	Panama	66.52%	0.1%
121st	Croatia	66.54%	-0.6%
122nd	Suriname	66.54%	-0.2%
123rd	Lithuania	67.05%	0.0%
124th	United Arab Emirates	67.15%	0.5%
125th	Russian Federation	67.38%	0.3%
126th	Jamaica	67.62%	0.1%
127th	Botswana	68.30%	0.4%
128th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.22%	0.4%
129th	Trinidad and Tobago	69.79%	0.3%
130th	Korea	69.80%	-0.2%
131st	Latvia	70.10%	-0.4%
132nd	Libya	70.15%	0.1%
133rd	Italy	70.17%	-0.1%
134th	Dominican Republic	70.31%	0.1%
135th	Brazil	70.41%	0.8%
136th	Mauritius	70.45%	1.9%
137th	Chile	70.70%	0.7%
138th	Maldives	70.80%	-1.0%
139th	Austria	70.87%	-0.4%
140th	European Union	70.88%	0.3%
141st	Saudi Arabia	71.29%	2.2%
142nd	Germany	71.39%	0.1%
143rd	Argentina	71.49%	0.6%
144th	South Africa	71.72%	0.4%
145th	Japan	72.04%	0.3%
146th	Portugal	72.42%	0.3%
147th	Greece	72.74%	-0.1%
148th	Kuwait	72.98%	0.3%
149th	Montenegro	73.08%	-2.5%
150th	Uruguay	73.29%	1.3%
151st	St. Lucia	73.82%	0.7%
152nd	New Zealand	74.10%	1.5%
153rd	Finland	74.59%	0.2%
154th	Lebanon	75.22%	0.6%
155th	Spain	75.66%	0.0%
156th	Ireland	76.42%	0.4%
157th	Switzerland	76.56%	0.2%
158th	Jordan	76.60%	0.2%
159th	New Caledonia	76.80%	4.4%
160th	France	77.27%	0.4%
161st	Australia	77.50%	-0.6%
162nd	Belgium	78.21%	0.7%
163rd	Guam	78.41%	0.3%
164th	United States	78.48%	-0.1%
165th	Barbados	78.67%	1.4%
166th	Canada	78.78%	0.1%
167th	Norway	78.88%	0.9%
168th	Denmark	78.90%	-0.1%
169th	Iceland	79.18%	0.5%
170th	Brunei Darussalam	79.54%	-3.6%
171st	Sweden	80.09%	0.1%
172nd	Virgin Islands (US)	80.21%	0.5%
173rd	Malta	80.22%	1.3%
174th	United Kingdom	80.85%	0.3%
175th	Cyprus	81.17%	0.9%
176th	Netherlands	81.86%	0.8%
177th	Israel	81.98%	0.4%
178th	Puerto Rico (US)	82.92%	0.1%
179th	French Polynesia	82.98%	0.3%
180th	Channel Islands	83.82%	0.3%
181st	Singapore	83.85%	-0.2%
182nd	Bahamas, The	84.64%	0.1%
183rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.84%	0.1%
184th	Luxembourg	86.54%	-1.6%
185th	Macao SAR, China	86.86%	0.5%
186th	Djibouti	92.92%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's services employment in 2018?▾

United Kingdom's services employment in 2018 was 80.85%. This ranked 174th globally.

How did United Kingdom's services employment change in 2018?▾

United Kingdom's services employment increased by 0.3% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2018?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2018 at 92.92%.

What is the services employment of United Kingdom in 2018?▾

The services employment of United Kingdom in 2018 was 80.85%. This ranked 174th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for United Kingdom's services employment?▾

United Kingdom's services employment went from 80.63% in 2017 to 80.85% in 2018, a 0.3% increase.

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