Data for 2003
Employment in Services, 2003
2003, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Employment in Services, 2003 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 93.691; Burundi is lowest, at 6.448. The middle country reads 52.883. Against 2002, 187 values changed (155 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.
Employment in Services · Data for 2003
HighestDjibouti
93.691LowestBurundi
6.448Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Employment in Services, 2003, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93.691 | |
| 2 | 82.032 | |
| 3 | 81.151 | |
| 4 | 80.729 | |
| 5 | Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe | 79.962 |
| 6 | 79.655 | |
| 7 | 79.292 | |
| 8 | 78.743 | |
| 9 | 78.641 | |
| 10 | 78.267 | |
| 11 | 77.991 | |
| 12 | 77.561 | |
| 13 | 77.046 | |
| 14 | 75.786 | |
| 15 | 75.158 | |
| 16 | 75.152 | |
| 17 | 75.050 | |
| 18 | 74.920 | |
| 19 | 74.861 | |
| 20 | 74.551 | |
| 21 | 74.502 | |
| 22 | 74.296 | |
| 23 | 74.096 | |
| 24 | 73.559 | |
| 25 | 73.360 | |
| 26 | 73.344 | |
| 27 | 72.724 | |
| 28 | 72.083 | |
| 29 | 71.938 | |
| 30 | 71.709 | |
| 31 | 71.377 | |
| 32 | 71.360 | |
| 33 | 70.815 | |
| 34 | 69.959 | |
| 35 | 69.412 | |
| 36 | 69.354 | |
| 37 | 69.016 | |
| 38 | 68.911 | |
| 39 | 68.500 | |
| 40 | 68.485 | |
| 41 | 68.026 | |
| 42 | 67.458 | |
| 43 | 67.399 | |
| 44 | 66.883 | |
| 45 | 66.302 | |
| 46 | 66.198 | |
| 47 | 66.193 | |
| 48 | 65.763 | |
| 49 | 65.034 | |
| 50 | 64.513 | |
| 51 | 64.456 | |
| 52 | 64.432 | |
| 53 | 64.279 | |
| 54 | 64.183 | |
| 55 | 64.084 | |
| 56 | 63.581 | |
| 57 | 63.525 | |
| 58 | 63.453 | |
| 59 | 63.065 | |
| 60 | 62.865 | |
| 61 | 62.823 | |
| 62 | 62.669 | |
| 63 | 62.507 | |
| 64 | 62.384 | |
| 65 | 61.404 | |
| 66 | 61.313 | |
| 67 | 60.706 | |
| 68 | 60.407 | |
| 69 | 60.306 | |
| 70 | 60.259 | |
| 71 | 59.800 | |
| 72 | 59.654 | |
| 73 | 59.361 | |
| 74 | 59.130 | |
| 75 | 59.004 | |
| 76 | 58.942 | |
| 77 | 58.683 | |
| 78 | 58.211 | |
| 79 | 58.137 | |
| 80 | 57.595 | |
| 81 | 57.585 | |
| 82 | 57.541 | |
| 83 | 56.936 | |
| 84 | 56.731 | |
| 85 | 56.606 | |
| 86 | 56.250 | |
| 87 | 54.655 | |
| 88 | 54.494 | |
| 89 | 54.256 | |
| 90 | 54.051 | |
| 91 | 53.709 | |
| 92 | 53.668 | |
| 93 | 53.597 | |
| 94 | 52.883 | |
| 95 | 52.682 | |
| 96 | 52.556 | |
| 97 | 51.812 | |
| 98 | 51.411 | |
| 99 | 50.987 | |
| 100 | 49.916 | |
| 101 | 49.777 | |
| 102 | 49.282 | |
| 103 | 48.989 | |
| 104 | 48.921 | |
| 105 | 48.919 | |
| 106 | 48.902 | |
| 107 | 48.688 | |
| 108 | 48.607 | |
| 109 | 48.333 | |
| 110 | 47.785 | |
| 111 | 47.421 | |
| 112 | 47.155 | |
| 113 | 46.540 | |
| 114 | 46.202 | |
| 115 | 46.138 | |
| 116 | 44.971 | |
| 117 | 44.014 | |
| 118 | 43.621 | |
| 119 | 43.361 | |
| 120 | 43.119 | |
| 121 | 42.889 | |
| 122 | 42.833 | |
| 123 | 42.652 | |
| 124 | 42.633 | |
| 125 | 42.451 | |
| 126 | 41.048 | |
| 127 | 40.972 | |
| 128 | 40.333 | |
| 129 | 39.949 | |
| 130 | 39.639 | |
| 131 | 39.519 | |
| 132 | 39.364 | |
| 133 | 39.160 | |
| 134 | 39.135 | |
| 135 | 38.883 | |
| 136 | 38.782 | |
| 137 | 38.573 | |
| 138 | 37.977 | |
| 139 | 37.650 | |
| 140 | 37.636 | |
| 141 | 37.559 | |
| 142 | 37.379 | |
| 143 | 36.984 | |
| 144 | 36.643 | |
| 145 | 36.524 | |
| 146 | 36.318 | |
| 147 | 36.217 | |
| 148 | 35.788 | |
| 149 | 35.449 | |
| 150 | 35.274 | |
| 151 | 33.761 | |
| 152 | 33.252 | |
| 153 | 32.523 | |
| 154 | 31.497 | |
| 155 | 31.189 | |
| 156 | 29.859 | |
| 157 | 29.300 | |
| 158 | 28.044 | |
| 159 | 27.898 | |
| 160 | 27.200 | |
| 161 | 26.722 | |
| 162 | 25.923 | |
| 163 | 25.806 | |
| 164 | 25.447 | |
| 165 | 25.379 | |
| 166 | 25.147 | |
| 167 | 25.142 | |
| 168 | 24.942 | |
| 169 | 24.782 | |
| 170 | 23.974 | |
| 171 | 23.745 | |
| 172 | 22.410 | |
| 173 | 22.303 | |
| 174 | 21.284 | |
| 175 | 20.309 | |
| 176 | 18.960 | |
| 177 | 18.828 | |
| 178 | 18.243 | |
| 179 | 17.421 | |
| 180 | 17.330 | |
| 181 | 16.932 | |
| 182 | 16.745 | |
| 183 | 16.150 | |
| 184 | 14.624 | |
| 185 | 13.161 | |
| 186 | 11.505 | |
| 187 | 6.448 |
02In 2003
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Djibouti93.691
- 2
Hong Kong82.032
- 3
Bahamas81.151
- 4
Macau80.729
- 5Channel Islands79.962
Lowest
- 187
Burundi6.448
- 186
Laos11.505
- 185
Madagascar13.161
- 184
Ethiopia14.624
- 183
Mozambique16.150
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.883. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032002 → 2003
Since 2002
What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 187values changed, of 187 in both
- 155 · 32rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Bolivia38.618 → 43.119+4.500
Yemen42.518 → 46.202+3.685
Bangladesh24.842 → 28.044+3.202
Kyrgyzstan45.567 → 48.333+2.766
Slovenia56.595 → 59.361+2.766
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2003.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.
05The files
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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Download services-employment-2003-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
ILO’s own file, on its own site.
SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (2003). Employment in Services, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-employment/2003
0635 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Employment in Services, 2002187 countries
The year after ›
Employment in Services, 2004187 countries
All of them
Employment in Services: every year35 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Employment in Services, 2003: questions and answers
Which country has the highest employment in services in Employment in Services, 2003?
Djibouti, at 93.691, of the 187 countries in the file.
What year does Employment in Services, 2003 describe?
2003.
How many countries does Employment in Services, 2003 cover?
187.
Where can I download Employment in Services, 2003?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Employment in Services, 2003 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Employment in Services, 2025.