Namibia - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 72.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 75.01 in 2016, while its lowest value was 39.98 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 39.98
1992 41.48
1993 43.52
1994 46.26
1995 48.34
1996 50.54
1997 52.69
1998 56.40
1999 60.19
2000 64.04
2001 64.20
2002 64.77
2003 65.06
2004 65.28
2005 65.96
2006 66.26
2007 66.43
2008 66.64
2009 67.00
2010 67.51
2011 67.85
2012 68.18
2013 63.96
2014 64.51
2015 70.17
2016 75.01
2017 73.18
2018 71.31
2019 72.01

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 51.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 51.42 in 2019, while its lowest value was 33.79 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 33.79
1992 35.97
1993 37.08
1994 38.00
1995 39.62
1996 41.15
1997 42.67
1998 45.18
1999 47.67
2000 50.06
2001 49.29
2002 48.44
2003 47.56
2004 46.89
2005 46.94
2006 47.55
2007 48.20
2008 48.68
2009 48.75
2010 49.30
2011 49.86
2012 50.32
2013 44.81
2014 47.75
2015 47.95
2016 47.74
2017 49.41
2018 51.03
2019 51.42

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 61.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.75 in 2019, while its lowest value was 36.67 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 36.67
1992 38.51
1993 40.05
1994 41.76
1995 43.59
1996 45.43
1997 47.24
1998 50.29
1999 53.37
2000 56.41
2001 56.08
2002 55.84
2003 55.49
2004 55.20
2005 55.60
2006 56.15
2007 56.63
2008 57.05
2009 57.31
2010 57.84
2011 58.32
2012 58.75
2013 54.17
2014 55.85
2015 58.53
2016 60.60
2017 60.98
2018 61.19
2019 61.75

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity