Timor-Leste - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Timor-Leste was 53.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 53.26 in 2019, while its lowest value was 31.23 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 31.23
1992 31.49
1993 31.75
1994 32.13
1995 32.46
1996 32.86
1997 33.02
1998 32.98
1999 32.48
2000 34.07
2001 36.53
2002 35.22
2003 38.90
2004 38.74
2005 40.54
2006 39.18
2007 38.92
2008 39.43
2009 40.52
2010 42.35
2011 44.08
2012 45.07
2013 47.32
2014 48.41
2015 50.38
2016 52.06
2017 52.92
2018 53.17
2019 53.26

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Timor-Leste was 37.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.50 in 2017, while its lowest value was 31.18 in 1999.

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 31.32
1992 31.54
1993 31.74
1994 32.06
1995 32.34
1996 32.84
1997 33.06
1998 33.44
1999 31.18
2000 32.53
2001 34.86
2002 33.20
2003 35.53
2004 36.15
2005 37.27
2006 35.49
2007 35.39
2008 35.89
2009 36.46
2010 37.81
2011 38.71
2012 39.22
2013 39.38
2014 39.40
2015 38.79
2016 37.93
2017 39.50
2018 38.54
2019 37.15

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Timor-Leste was 44.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 45.52 in 2017, while its lowest value was 31.28 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 31.28
1992 31.52
1993 31.75
1994 32.09
1995 32.40
1996 32.85
1997 33.04
1998 33.23
1999 31.77
2000 33.23
2001 35.61
2002 34.12
2003 37.06
2004 37.32
2005 38.75
2006 37.17
2007 37.00
2008 37.50
2009 38.30
2010 39.88
2011 41.15
2012 41.88
2013 42.97
2014 43.45
2015 44.00
2016 44.27
2017 45.52
2018 45.11
2019 44.40

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity