Belgium - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belgium was 90.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.08 in 2016, while its lowest value was 81.61 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 81.61
1992 82.05
1993 83.91
1994 83.63
1995 84.34
1996 84.56
1997 84.67
1998 85.67
1999 86.54
2000 87.15
2001 87.25
2002 86.44
2003 87.35
2004 87.58
2005 87.20
2006 87.99
2007 87.69
2008 88.69
2009 89.30
2010 89.04
2011 89.44
2012 90.68
2013 90.59
2014 90.85
2015 90.91
2016 91.08
2017 90.72
2018 90.82
2019 90.97

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belgium was 67.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 67.37 in 2017, while its lowest value was 55.99 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 55.99
1992 56.42
1993 57.30
1994 58.00
1995 58.85
1996 59.59
1997 59.59
1998 59.94
1999 61.13
2000 61.42
2001 62.90
2002 62.12
2003 62.88
2004 61.63
2005 62.59
2006 62.00
2007 62.75
2008 61.85
2009 63.45
2010 64.00
2011 63.93
2012 65.79
2013 65.41
2014 65.80
2015 65.68
2016 65.88
2017 67.37
2018 66.80
2019 67.23

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belgium was 78.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.24 in 2019, while its lowest value was 65.80 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 65.80
1992 66.48
1993 67.91
1994 68.23
1995 69.07
1996 69.62
1997 69.80
1998 70.52
1999 71.84
2000 72.28
2001 73.13
2002 72.43
2003 73.36
2004 72.84
2005 73.28
2006 73.35
2007 73.72
2008 73.78
2009 75.04
2010 75.27
2011 75.47
2012 77.07
2013 76.94
2014 77.39
2015 77.39
2016 77.49
2017 78.08
2018 77.94
2019 78.24

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity