Jamaica - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 86.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.03 in 2006, while its lowest value was 71.93 in 1991.

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.

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Year Value
1991 71.93
1992 72.37
1993 76.23
1994 76.12
1995 75.78
1996 77.00
1997 80.02
1998 81.79
1999 83.68
2000 84.55
2001 84.28
2002 83.70
2003 84.86
2004 85.78
2005 86.32
2006 87.03
2007 86.38
2008 86.13
2009 85.98
2010 85.76
2011 85.47
2012 85.47
2013 85.96
2014 86.11
2015 86.40
2016 85.30
2017 84.66
2018 85.07
2019 86.06

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 54.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.42 in 2019, while its lowest value was 38.81 in 1991.

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.

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Year Value
1991 38.81
1992 39.30
1993 40.69
1994 42.29
1995 41.98
1996 42.42
1997 45.94
1998 46.05
1999 46.22
2000 46.88
2001 46.71
2002 47.75
2003 46.07
2004 46.94
2005 48.00
2006 47.02
2007 48.62
2008 49.35
2009 50.38
2010 51.23
2011 52.10
2012 51.96
2013 52.06
2014 52.05
2015 52.97
2016 54.14
2017 54.01
2018 53.74
2019 54.42

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 68.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.60 in 2019, while its lowest value was 52.91 in 1991.

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 52.91
1992 53.45
1993 56.16
1994 57.04
1995 56.59
1996 57.02
1997 60.10
1998 60.73
1999 61.42
2000 62.15
2001 62.09
2002 62.56
2003 62.16
2004 63.26
2005 64.12
2006 63.97
2007 64.56
2008 65.07
2009 65.61
2010 65.96
2011 66.35
2012 66.30
2013 66.54
2014 66.64
2015 67.32
2016 67.70
2017 67.52
2018 67.68
2019 68.60

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity