Iceland - Employment in industry

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

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iceland was 7.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.67 in 1991, while its lowest value was 6.90 in 2015.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

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

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Year Value
1991 17.67
1992 15.09
1993 15.10
1994 15.12
1995 14.18
1996 13.42
1997 13.95
1998 16.80
1999 12.87
2000 10.29
2001 10.93
2002 10.94
2003 11.54
2004 12.25
2005 10.72
2006 9.50
2007 8.62
2008 8.77
2009 8.87
2010 7.77
2011 7.99
2012 7.43
2013 7.80
2014 7.96
2015 6.90
2016 6.94
2017 6.97
2018 7.61
2019 7.35

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

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iceland was 26.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 35.26 in 1994, while its lowest value was 25.04 in 2018.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

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

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Year Value
1991 32.83
1992 32.70
1993 33.98
1994 35.26
1995 34.41
1996 32.23
1997 33.86
1998 35.02
1999 32.15
2000 32.56
2001 33.34
2002 32.88
2003 30.61
2004 33.43
2005 31.39
2006 32.06
2007 31.61
2008 33.59
2009 29.19
2010 28.05
2011 28.12
2012 28.07
2013 28.51
2014 27.84
2015 27.72
2016 26.81
2017 26.90
2018 25.04
2019 26.61

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

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iceland was 17.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.63 in 1998, while its lowest value was 16.79 in 2018.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

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

See also:

Year Value
1991 25.96
1992 24.68
1993 25.24
1994 25.87
1995 24.94
1996 23.51
1997 24.68
1998 26.63
1999 23.14
2000 22.10
2001 22.91
2002 22.55
2003 21.66
2004 23.36
2005 21.69
2006 21.55
2007 20.90
2008 22.00
2009 19.50
2010 18.44
2011 18.55
2012 18.22
2013 18.64
2014 18.43
2015 17.84
2016 17.46
2017 17.48
2018 16.79
2019 17.47

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity