Egypt - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Egypt was 70.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 70.78 in 2019, while its lowest value was 36.30 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 36.30
1992 37.13
1993 45.43
1994 45.63
1995 48.28
1996 49.77
1997 51.43
1998 55.58
1999 56.92
2000 53.73
2001 57.96
2002 62.08
2003 54.77
2004 47.44
2005 48.43
2006 50.67
2007 47.29
2008 48.84
2009 48.81
2010 51.21
2011 51.54
2012 56.90
2013 52.07
2014 51.76
2015 54.17
2016 55.39
2017 56.26
2018 70.07
2019 70.78

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Egypt was 47.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 49.73 in 2002, while its lowest value was 40.48 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 40.48
1992 40.85
1993 42.42
1994 42.74
1995 43.11
1996 44.06
1997 45.12
1998 46.22
1999 46.81
2000 48.02
2001 48.36
2002 49.73
2003 49.41
2004 48.37
2005 47.35
2006 45.74
2007 45.76
2008 44.55
2009 45.66
2010 45.15
2011 46.12
2012 45.89
2013 46.87
2014 47.07
2015 47.82
2016 47.23
2017 46.37
2018 46.62
2019 47.61

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Egypt was 52.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.44 in 2019, while its lowest value was 39.64 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 39.64
1992 40.07
1993 43.02
1994 43.33
1995 44.11
1996 45.19
1997 46.31
1998 47.95
1999 48.72
2000 49.07
2001 50.19
2002 51.92
2003 50.38
2004 48.21
2005 47.55
2006 46.66
2007 46.08
2008 45.40
2009 46.29
2010 46.34
2011 47.19
2012 48.07
2013 47.93
2014 48.05
2015 49.10
2016 48.92
2017 48.39
2018 51.47
2019 52.44

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity