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The Service Sector now Represents about Half of Global Employment
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As this data from the International Labour Organization shows, the share of service jobs in all global employment has increased in the last 3 decades, from 34% in 1991 to 51% in 2019.
In this slow but steady change in the world's economy, the share of employment in agriculture has seen an equivalent decrease, from 44% to 27%.
The share of employment in the industry sector has remained stable throughout this period, at 22%.
Dataset
Entity | Year | Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) |
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World | 1991 | 43.65459 | 21.879944 | 34.465965 |
World | 1992 | 43.38126 | 21.752834 | 34.86689 |
World | 1993 | 42.655796 | 21.742731 | 35.60218 |
World | 1994 | 41.90693 | 21.691462 | 36.403076 |
World | 1995 | 41.02066 | 21.580063 | 37.39996 |
World | 1996 | 40.35614 | 21.576754 | 38.06816 |
World | 1997 | 39.989845 | 21.46463 | 38.546024 |
World | 1998 | 39.975174 | 21.16692 | 38.860046 |
World | 1999 | 40.007977 | 20.927767 | 39.064346 |
World | 2000 | 39.851643 | 20.73448 | 39.417023 |
World | 2001 | 39.53317 | 20.640059 | 39.82836 |
World | 2002 | 39.33596 | 20.311087 | 40.35378 |
World | 2003 | 38.870636 | 20.346506 | 40.784023 |
World | 2004 | 37.8308 | 20.682962 | 41.48781 |
World | 2005 | 36.953056 | 21.113806 | 41.93423 |
World | 2006 | 35.811058 | 21.626514 | 42.56477 |
World | 2007 | 34.856716 | 22.1935 | 42.950428 |
World | 2008 | 34.26675 | 22.24739 | 43.486633 |
World | 2009 | 33.706818 | 22.180143 | 44.114296 |
World | 2010 | 33.038063 | 22.47485 | 44.48934 |
World | 2011 | 32.075523 | 22.845615 | 45.07983 |
World | 2012 | 31.192015 | 23.2914 | 45.51703 |
World | 2013 | 30.378191 | 23.255869 | 46.366676 |
World | 2014 | 29.458418 | 23.284557 | 47.2582 |
World | 2015 | 28.86016 | 23.119589 | 48.02023 |
World | 2016 | 28.332617 | 22.998823 | 48.668575 |
World | 2017 | 27.801731 | 22.851389 | 49.34837 |
World | 2018 | 27.205515 | 22.927881 | 49.86725 |
World | 2019 | 26.738197 | 22.674673 | 50.588623 |
Data sources
International Labour Organization (via World Bank) – processed by Our World in Data. “Employment in agriculture” [dataset]. International Labour Organization (via World Bank) [original data].
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