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Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Bangladesh · 1991–2025 · Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)

Latest (2025)37.71modeled ILO estimate
Earliest (1991)12.9
Change since 1991+24.81
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS)
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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).

Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS)
Data updated
October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
Date range
1991–2025 (35 data points)
Unit
modeled ILO estimate
World Bank code
SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS
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ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-employment-services (data updated October 19, 2026).

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Yearmodeled ILO estimate
202537.71
202437.37
202337.01
202238.36
202138.24
202038.48
201939.36
201839.18
201738.98
201636.88
201535.98
201435.06
201334.11
201233.65
201133.19
201032.74
200932.29
200831.83
200731.38
200630.88
200530.44
200429.2
200328.04
200224.84
200121.93
200019.32
199919.49
199819.77
199720.07
199620.48
199518.66
199417.02
199315.52
199214.1
199112.9