Saudi Arabia - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Saudi Arabia was 97.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 98.67 in 2008, while its lowest value was 96.23 in 2000.

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 97.24
1992 97.34
1993 97.43
1994 97.48
1995 97.50
1996 97.45
1997 97.40
1998 97.34
1999 97.27
2000 96.23
2001 98.13
2002 98.17
2003 98.31
2004 98.42
2005 98.51
2006 98.57
2007 98.20
2008 98.67
2009 98.41
2010 98.33
2011 98.20
2012 98.07
2013 97.91
2014 98.06
2015 97.89
2016 97.84
2017 97.63
2018 97.35
2019 97.56

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Saudi Arabia was 69.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.52 in 2008, while its lowest value was 62.56 in 1992.

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 62.76
1992 62.56
1993 63.21
1994 63.97
1995 65.01
1996 65.99
1997 67.13
1998 68.00
1999 68.82
2000 70.62
2001 69.15
2002 70.90
2003 71.07
2004 71.35
2005 71.80
2006 72.17
2007 71.28
2008 72.52
2009 72.23
2010 71.04
2011 69.67
2012 68.83
2013 67.92
2014 67.81
2015 67.00
2016 66.09
2017 67.56
2018 68.97
2019 69.10

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Saudi Arabia was 72.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 75.94 in 2008, while its lowest value was 66.40 in 1992.

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 66.57
1992 66.40
1993 67.08
1994 67.86
1995 68.87
1996 69.87
1997 71.02
1998 71.92
1999 72.76
2000 74.02
2001 72.95
2002 74.39
2003 74.60
2004 74.90
2005 75.37
2006 75.78
2007 74.87
2008 75.94
2009 75.51
2010 74.55
2011 73.46
2012 72.67
2013 71.79
2014 71.71
2015 71.17
2016 70.54
2017 71.71
2018 72.69
2019 72.79

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity