Benin - Employment in industry

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

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 16.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.84 in 1994, while its lowest value was 16.16 in 2019.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 20.71
1992 20.64
1993 20.50
1994 20.84
1995 20.60
1996 20.53
1997 20.36
1998 20.16
1999 19.98
2000 19.72
2001 19.45
2002 19.29
2003 19.05
2004 18.83
2005 18.71
2006 18.50
2007 18.14
2008 17.80
2009 17.64
2010 17.45
2011 17.27
2012 17.07
2013 16.88
2014 16.70
2015 16.71
2016 16.51
2017 16.41
2018 16.27
2019 16.16

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

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 20.38 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.38 in 2019, while its lowest value was 19.66 in 1993.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 19.70
1992 19.69
1993 19.66
1994 20.07
1995 20.04
1996 20.01
1997 20.03
1998 19.99
1999 20.04
2000 20.08
2001 20.10
2002 20.08
2003 20.10
2004 20.01
2005 19.98
2006 19.94
2007 19.92
2008 19.89
2009 19.86
2010 19.85
2011 19.78
2012 19.80
2013 19.93
2014 20.01
2015 20.08
2016 19.97
2017 20.08
2018 20.22
2019 20.38

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

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 18.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.40 in 1994, while its lowest value was 18.28 in 2016.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 20.12
1992 20.09
1993 20.01
1994 20.40
1995 20.28
1996 20.24
1997 20.18
1998 20.06
1999 20.01
2000 19.91
2001 19.80
2002 19.71
2003 19.60
2004 19.44
2005 19.37
2006 19.24
2007 19.05
2008 18.86
2009 18.76
2010 18.65
2011 18.55
2012 18.46
2013 18.44
2014 18.39
2015 18.43
2016 18.28
2017 18.28
2018 18.28
2019 18.31

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity