Iraq - Employment in services

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 68.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.77 in 2019, while its lowest value was 56.65 in 1999.

Definition: 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: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 57.07
1992 57.54
1993 57.83
1994 58.22
1995 58.50
1996 58.41
1997 57.66
1998 57.61
1999 56.65
2000 56.82
2001 58.12
2002 59.93
2003 60.56
2004 61.12
2005 61.70
2006 61.64
2007 62.33
2008 62.52
2009 63.58
2010 64.11
2011 64.36
2012 64.30
2013 64.83
2014 65.66
2015 66.22
2016 66.12
2017 67.38
2018 68.15
2019 68.77

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 57.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.59 in 2019, while its lowest value was 49.24 in 1999.

Definition: 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: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 49.48
1992 49.48
1993 49.66
1994 49.86
1995 50.09
1996 50.02
1997 49.97
1998 49.82
1999 49.24
2000 49.73
2001 50.34
2002 51.57
2003 51.76
2004 53.15
2005 52.90
2006 52.61
2007 53.28
2008 53.28
2009 54.06
2010 53.84
2011 54.00
2012 53.54
2013 53.83
2014 54.25
2015 55.38
2016 55.04
2017 56.34
2018 57.21
2019 57.59

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 58.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.80 in 2019, while its lowest value was 50.07 in 1999.

Definition: 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: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 50.23
1992 50.28
1993 50.48
1994 50.70
1995 50.95
1996 50.88
1997 50.77
1998 50.66
1999 50.07
2000 50.56
2001 51.28
2002 52.62
2003 52.89
2004 54.22
2005 54.12
2006 53.91
2007 54.62
2008 54.62
2009 55.42
2010 55.28
2011 55.42
2012 54.98
2013 55.32
2014 55.79
2015 56.90
2016 56.63
2017 57.50
2018 58.37
2019 58.80

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity