Lao PDR - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 27.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 27.09 in 2019, while its lowest value was 7.16 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 7.16
1992 7.25
1993 7.43
1994 7.57
1995 7.91
1996 8.42
1997 8.99
1998 9.71
1999 10.18
2000 10.88
2001 11.57
2002 12.18
2003 13.01
2004 13.99
2005 14.90
2006 15.51
2007 16.62
2008 17.81
2009 18.65
2010 19.73
2011 20.48
2012 21.24
2013 22.13
2014 23.13
2015 23.93
2016 24.60
2017 25.38
2018 26.18
2019 27.09

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 24.19 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 24.19 in 2019, while its lowest value was 13.62 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 13.62
1992 13.63
1993 13.74
1994 13.91
1995 14.25
1996 14.60
1997 15.12
1998 15.50
1999 15.82
2000 16.29
2001 16.67
2002 17.00
2003 17.50
2004 18.11
2005 18.63
2006 19.00
2007 19.44
2008 20.04
2009 20.26
2010 20.72
2011 21.17
2012 21.54
2013 22.01
2014 22.61
2015 22.95
2016 23.30
2017 23.64
2018 23.82
2019 24.19

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 25.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 25.62 in 2019, while its lowest value was 10.39 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 10.39
1992 10.44
1993 10.58
1994 10.73
1995 11.07
1996 11.50
1997 12.04
1998 12.59
1999 12.98
2000 13.57
2001 14.10
2002 14.57
2003 15.23
2004 16.03
2005 16.74
2006 17.23
2007 18.02
2008 18.91
2009 19.45
2010 20.22
2011 20.82
2012 21.39
2013 22.07
2014 22.86
2015 23.43
2016 23.94
2017 24.49
2018 24.98
2019 25.62

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity