OECD members - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in OECD members was 85.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.47 in 2019, while its lowest value was 73.43 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 73.43
1992 74.05
1993 75.01
1994 75.50
1995 76.02
1996 76.60
1997 77.20
1998 77.71
1999 78.31
2000 78.88
2001 79.52
2002 80.32
2003 81.01
2004 81.69
2005 82.20
2006 82.58
2007 82.87
2008 83.43
2009 84.45
2010 84.59
2011 84.51
2012 84.65
2013 84.76
2014 84.95
2015 85.06
2016 85.30
2017 85.19
2018 85.22
2019 85.47

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in OECD members was 62.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 62.51 in 2019, while its lowest value was 52.91 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 52.91
1992 53.23
1993 53.79
1994 54.21
1995 54.57
1996 54.95
1997 55.19
1998 55.62
1999 56.13
2000 56.46
2001 57.07
2002 57.67
2003 58.13
2004 58.49
2005 58.75
2006 58.81
2007 59.08
2008 59.57
2009 60.62
2010 60.96
2011 61.15
2012 61.45
2013 61.41
2014 61.66
2015 61.83
2016 62.00
2017 62.08
2018 62.11
2019 62.51

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in OECD members was 72.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.65 in 2019, while its lowest value was 61.25 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 61.25
1992 61.72
1993 62.44
1994 62.96
1995 63.41
1996 63.90
1997 64.32
1998 64.80
1999 65.38
2000 65.84
2001 66.50
2002 67.24
2003 67.84
2004 68.34
2005 68.72
2006 68.96
2007 69.26
2008 69.84
2009 71.00
2010 71.26
2011 71.32
2012 71.58
2013 71.64
2014 71.86
2015 72.02
2016 72.24
2017 72.25
2018 72.30
2019 72.65

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity