Bulgaria - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bulgaria was 73.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.48 in 2019, while its lowest value was 46.25 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 46.25
1992 47.82
1993 49.61
1994 51.41
1995 53.19
1996 54.84
1997 57.25
1998 58.48
1999 60.51
2000 62.14
2001 64.04
2002 63.06
2003 63.68
2004 63.19
2005 64.33
2006 65.87
2007 65.87
2008 65.59
2009 67.84
2010 70.73
2011 71.28
2012 70.63
2013 71.73
2014 72.23
2015 72.93
2016 73.38
2017 72.93
2018 73.36
2019 73.48

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bulgaria was 54.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 55.48 in 2013, while its lowest value was 32.83 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 32.83
1992 34.18
1993 35.84
1994 37.36
1995 39.18
1996 40.60
1997 41.76
1998 43.54
1999 45.26
2000 46.98
2001 51.66
2002 50.85
2003 50.67
2004 50.35
2005 50.39
2006 50.16
2007 49.34
2008 48.09
2009 49.05
2010 51.04
2011 53.29
2012 54.68
2013 55.48
2014 54.57
2015 54.70
2016 54.79
2017 54.53
2018 54.60
2019 54.62

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bulgaria was 63.36 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.46 in 2016, while its lowest value was 39.33 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 39.33
1992 40.81
1993 42.51
1994 44.13
1995 45.89
1996 47.39
1997 49.09
1998 50.57
1999 52.33
2000 53.97
2001 57.54
2002 56.63
2003 56.73
2004 56.34
2005 56.82
2006 57.42
2007 56.96
2008 56.10
2009 57.67
2010 60.21
2011 61.77
2012 62.24
2013 63.15
2014 62.88
2015 63.25
2016 63.46
2017 63.09
2018 63.31
2019 63.36

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity