North America - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in North America was 90.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.75 in 2010, while its lowest value was 84.58 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 84.58
1992 84.72
1993 84.91
1994 84.98
1995 85.15
1996 85.37
1997 85.56
1998 85.83
1999 86.13
2000 86.49
2001 87.29
2002 88.08
2003 88.32
2004 88.63
2005 88.88
2006 89.10
2007 89.20
2008 89.65
2009 90.57
2010 90.75
2011 90.44
2012 90.42
2013 90.47
2014 90.43
2015 90.41
2016 90.53
2017 90.54
2018 90.49
2019 90.40

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in North America was 68.82 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.82 in 2017, while its lowest value was 62.16 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 62.16
1992 62.34
1993 62.50
1994 62.47
1995 62.62
1996 62.79
1997 62.90
1998 63.07
1999 63.28
2000 63.50
2001 64.19
2002 65.04
2003 65.36
2004 65.32
2005 65.48
2006 65.30
2007 65.76
2008 66.37
2009 67.93
2010 68.36
2011 68.58
2012 68.75
2013 68.46
2014 68.46
2015 68.64
2016 68.74
2017 68.82
2018 68.71
2019 68.82

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in North America was 78.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.86 in 2017, while its lowest value was 72.16 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 72.16
1992 72.37
1993 72.56
1994 72.64
1995 72.80
1996 73.01
1997 73.19
1998 73.41
1999 73.67
2000 73.96
2001 74.74
2002 75.59
2003 75.93
2004 76.02
2005 76.21
2006 76.21
2007 76.54
2008 77.14
2009 78.55
2010 78.84
2011 78.74
2012 78.76
2013 78.64
2014 78.61
2015 78.67
2016 78.79
2017 78.86
2018 78.78
2019 78.79

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity