Portugal - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Portugal was 81.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.37 in 2019, while its lowest value was 60.14 in 1998.

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 62.08
1992 62.81
1993 63.50
1994 63.17
1995 64.66
1996 64.58
1997 64.52
1998 60.14
1999 62.17
2000 63.15
2001 63.14
2002 64.99
2003 65.32
2004 67.71
2005 68.48
2006 68.83
2007 69.53
2008 71.33
2009 72.31
2010 73.13
2011 75.41
2012 76.27
2013 77.36
2014 78.72
2015 79.37
2016 80.07
2017 80.54
2018 80.71
2019 81.37

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Portugal was 58.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.84 in 2019, while its lowest value was 43.45 in 1998.

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 48.49
1992 48.82
1993 49.50
1994 50.03
1995 49.83
1996 50.20
1997 48.62
1998 43.45
1999 45.27
2000 44.50
2001 45.40
2002 45.04
2003 45.21
2004 47.38
2005 48.26
2006 48.35
2007 47.91
2008 49.29
2009 50.33
2010 51.02
2011 51.61
2012 52.65
2013 55.49
2014 56.96
2015 57.45
2016 57.68
2017 57.80
2018 58.01
2019 58.84

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Portugal was 69.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.83 in 2019, while its lowest value was 50.86 in 1998.

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 54.27
1992 54.82
1993 55.58
1994 55.76
1995 56.34
1996 56.53
1997 55.70
1998 50.86
1999 52.86
2000 52.88
2001 53.38
2002 54.04
2003 54.37
2004 56.64
2005 57.56
2006 57.78
2007 57.92
2008 59.57
2009 60.75
2010 61.55
2011 62.94
2012 64.04
2013 66.07
2014 67.49
2015 68.12
2016 68.59
2017 68.86
2018 69.11
2019 69.83

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity