United States - Services Employment 2018
78.48%
−0.08% from 2017
United States's services employment was 78.48% in 2018, decreased +0.08% from 78.56% in 2017. This was the 164th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 States's services employment in 2018?▾
United States's services employment in 2018 was 78.48%. This ranked 164th globally.
How did United States's services employment change in 2018?▾
United States's services employment decreased by 0.1% 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 States in 2018?▾
The services employment of United States in 2018 was 78.48%. This ranked 164th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for United States's services employment?▾
United States's services employment went from 78.56% in 2017 to 78.48% in 2018, a 0.1% decrease.
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