Arab Region | Employment in services, percent of total employment, modeled ILO estimate (Arab countries, 1991–2021)
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).
Arab Region | Employment in services, percent of total employment, modeled ILO estimate (Arab countries, 1991–2021)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 1991 | 48.58 |
| Palestine | 1992 | 48.36 |
| Palestine | 1993 | 48.36 |
| Palestine | 1994 | 47.99 |
| Palestine | 1995 | 48.18 |
| Palestine | 1996 | 48.81 |
| Palestine | 1997 | 48.88 |
| Palestine | 1998 | 48.86 |
| Palestine | 1999 | 49.48 |
| Palestine | 2000 | 51.82 |
| Palestine | 2001 | 59.48 |
| Palestine | 2002 | 60.9 |
| Palestine | 2003 | 58.18 |
| Palestine | 2004 | 59.23 |
| Palestine | 2005 | 58.9 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 59.58 |
| Palestine | 2007 | 60.18 |
| Palestine | 2008 | 63.55 |
| Palestine | 2009 | 64.08 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 63.51 |
| Palestine | 2011 | 62.06 |
| Palestine | 2012 | 61.82 |
| Palestine | 2013 | 61.38 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 61.58 |
| Palestine | 2015 | 62.61 |
| Palestine | 2016 | 62.41 |
| Palestine | 2017 | 62.43 |
| Palestine | 2018 | 62.37 |
| Palestine | 2019 | 63.59 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 63 |
| Palestine | 2021 | 61.48 |
| Yemen | 1991 | 33.43 |
| Yemen | 1992 | 33.68 |
| Yemen | 1993 | 34.06 |
| Yemen | 1994 | 34.31 |
| Yemen | 1995 | 33.78 |
| Yemen | 1996 | 33.23 |
| Yemen | 1997 | 32.77 |
| Yemen | 1998 | 32.28 |
| Yemen | 1999 | 34.75 |
| Yemen | 2000 | 38.13 |
| Yemen | 2001 | 41.82 |
| Yemen | 2002 | 45.52 |
| Yemen | 2003 | 49.16 |
| Yemen | 2004 | 52.71 |
| Yemen | 2005 | 53.43 |
| Yemen | 2006 | 54.26 |
| Yemen | 2007 | 55 |
| Yemen | 2008 | 55.59 |
| Yemen | 2009 | 56.28 |
| Yemen | 2010 | 56.86 |
| Yemen | 2011 | 56.97 |
| Yemen | 2012 | 56.84 |
| Yemen | 2013 | 56.53 |
| Yemen | 2014 | 56.28 |
| Yemen | 2015 | 57.04 |
| Yemen | 2016 | 57.93 |
| Yemen | 2017 | 58.25 |
| Yemen | 2018 | 58.63 |
| Yemen | 2019 | 59.11 |
| Yemen | 2020 | 59.93 |
| Yemen | 2021 | 60.24 |
| Somalia | 1991 | 46.51 |
| Somalia | 1992 | 45.94 |
| Somalia | 1993 | 46.15 |
| Somalia | 1994 | 44.79 |
| Somalia | 1995 | 44.9 |
| Somalia | 1996 | 45.33 |
| Somalia | 1997 | 44.72 |
| Somalia | 1998 | 44.8 |
| Somalia | 1999 | 44.98 |
| Somalia | 2000 | 45.16 |
| Somalia | 2001 | 45.41 |
| Somalia | 2002 | 45.79 |
| Somalia | 2003 | 46.1 |
| Somalia | 2004 | 46.32 |
| Somalia | 2005 | 46.57 |
| Somalia | 2006 | 46.68 |
| Somalia | 2007 | 47.68 |
| Somalia | 2008 | 47.7 |
| Somalia | 2009 | 47.71 |
| Somalia | 2010 | 47.73 |
| Somalia | 2011 | 47.73 |
| Somalia | 2012 | 47.68 |
| Somalia | 2013 | 48.59 |
| Somalia | 2014 | 49.87 |
| Somalia | 2015 | 52.3 |
| Somalia | 2016 | 53.59 |
| Somalia | 2017 | 53.81 |
| Somalia | 2018 | 54.89 |
| Somalia | 2019 | 56.01 |
| Somalia | 2020 | 55.89 |
| Somalia | 2021 | 56.01 |
| Sudan | 1991 | 30.85 |
| Sudan | 1992 | 31.09 |
| Sudan | 1993 | 31.42 |
| Sudan | 1994 | 31.82 |
| Sudan | 1995 | 32.08 |
| Sudan | 1996 | 32.18 |
| Sudan | 1997 | 32.49 |
Arab Region | Employment in services, percent of total employment, modeled ILO estimate (Arab countries, 1991–2021)
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).