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Countries in Asia 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. 47 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Jobs in services — Asia
Highest
85.9%
Singapore
Median country
51.7%
half above, half below
Lowest
23.5%
North Korea
#Country% of jobsYearRegion
1Singapore85.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
2Israel84.1%2025Western Asia
3Cyprus81.6%2025Western Asia
4Jordan80.8%2025Western Asia
5Brunei78.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
6Lebanon76.4%2023Western Asia
7Saudi Arabia74.4%2025Western Asia
8Japan74.0%2025Eastern Asia
9Kuwait73.5%2025Western Asia
10Maldives71.8%2025Southern Asia
11South Korea71.5%2025Eastern Asia
12Kazakhstan68.8%2025Central Asia
13United Arab Emirates68.0%2025Western Asia
14Iraq65.3%2025Western Asia
15Malaysia64.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
16Bahrain64.3%2025Western Asia
17Qatar60.4%2025Western Asia
18Philippines59.5%2025South-Eastern Asia
=19Syria58.5%2025Western Asia
=19Turkey58.5%2025Western Asia
21Kyrgyzstan57.7%2025Central Asia
22Yemen57.3%2025Western Asia
23Oman54.6%2025Western Asia
=24Armenia51.7%2025Western Asia
=24Iran51.7%2025Southern Asia
=26Azerbaijan50.2%2025Western Asia
=26Indonesia50.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
=26Timor-Leste50.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
=26Uzbekistan50.2%2025Central Asia
30Mongolia49.9%2025Eastern Asia
=31Georgia49.5%2025Western Asia
=31Turkmenistan49.5%2025Central Asia
33Thailand49.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
34Sri Lanka47.8%2025Southern Asia
35China46.5%2025Eastern Asia
36Nepal45.8%2025Southern Asia
37Bhutan41.8%2025Southern Asia
38Vietnam40.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
39Tajikistan39.1%2025Central Asia
40Pakistan38.5%2025Southern Asia
=41Bangladesh37.7%2025Southern Asia
=41Cambodia37.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
43Myanmar36.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
44India32.6%2025Southern Asia
45Afghanistan29.5%2025Southern Asia
46Laos24.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
47North Korea23.5%2025Eastern Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place% of jobsStatus
Macao88.6%Territory of China
Hong Kong85.8%Territory of China
Palestine63.8%Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most jobs in services?
Singapore has the most jobs in services in Asia: 85.9% of jobs (2025). Next come Israel (84.1% of jobs) and Cyprus (81.6% of jobs).
Which country in Asia has the fewest jobs in services?
North Korea, with 23.5% of jobs (2025).
What is the typical jobs in services of a country in Asia?
The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 51.7% 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.