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Countries in Africa by jobs in services

The share of people in work who work in services: trade, transport, tourism, finance, public administration, health, education and the rest. 53 countries in Africa, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Jobs in services — Africa
Highest
92.2%
Djibouti
Median country
44.0%
half above, half below
Lowest
11.6%
Burundi
#Country% of jobsYearRegion
1Djibouti92.2%2025Eastern Africa
2Mauritius74.7%2025Eastern Africa
3South Africa73.8%2025Southern Africa
4Libya71.4%2025Northern Africa
5Cabo Verde67.7%2025Western Africa
6Botswana66.2%2025Southern Africa
7São Tomé and Principe65.4%2025Middle Africa
8Namibia61.1%2025Southern Africa
9Eswatini58.7%2025Southern Africa
10Algeria58.3%2025Northern Africa
11Tunisia54.3%2025Northern Africa
12Gambia53.6%2025Western Africa
13Egypt53.1%2025Northern Africa
14Mauritania52.8%2025Western Africa
15Gabon52.3%2025Middle Africa
16Somalia52.2%2025Eastern Africa
17Comoros51.6%2025Eastern Africa
18Liberia50.5%2025Western Africa
19Nigeria49.5%2025Western Africa
20Morocco48.3%2025Northern Africa
21Senegal47.9%2025Western Africa
22Ghana47.2%2025Western Africa
23Rwanda46.5%2025Eastern Africa
24Sudan46.2%2022Northern Africa
=25Congo44.2%2025Middle Africa
=25Togo44.2%2025Western Africa
27Sierra Leone44.0%2025Western Africa
28Cameroon43.5%2025Middle Africa
29Kenya41.7%2025Eastern Africa
30Benin41.4%2025Western Africa
31Angola40.9%2025Middle Africa
32Côte d'Ivoire40.3%2025Western Africa
33Guinea38.5%2025Western Africa
34Lesotho36.1%2025Southern Africa
35Zambia35.2%2025Eastern Africa
36Equatorial Guinea34.7%2025Middle Africa
37South Sudan34.6%2023Eastern Africa
38Zimbabwe34.2%2025Eastern Africa
39DR Congo33.5%2025Middle Africa
40Ethiopia33.4%2025Eastern Africa
41Eritrea31.8%2025Eastern Africa
42Burkina Faso31.6%2025Western Africa
43Guinea-Bissau29.2%2025Western Africa
44Mali28.4%2025Western Africa
45Uganda27.9%2025Eastern Africa
46Malawi27.7%2025Eastern Africa
47Tanzania27.3%2025Eastern Africa
48Madagascar20.9%2025Eastern Africa
49Mozambique20.6%2025Eastern Africa
50Central African Republic20.5%2025Middle Africa
51Chad19.8%2025Middle Africa
52Niger17.7%2025Western Africa
53Burundi11.6%2025Eastern Africa

No World Bank figure for Seychelles.

Questions

Which country in Africa has the most jobs in services?
Djibouti has the most jobs in services in Africa: 92.2% of jobs (2025). Next come Mauritius (74.7% of jobs) and South Africa (73.8% of jobs).
Which country in Africa has the fewest jobs in services?
Burundi, with 11.6% of jobs (2025).
What is the typical jobs in services of a country in Africa?
The median of the 53 countries in Africa is 44.0% of jobs: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
The share of people in work who work in services: trade, transport, tourism, finance, public administration, health, education and the rest. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.