Pakistan - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 18.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.94 in 2003, while its lowest value was 12.63 in 2008.

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 16.17
1992 16.29
1993 16.58
1994 16.83
1995 16.92
1996 17.28
1997 17.75
1998 18.17
1999 18.57
2000 18.92
2001 19.24
2002 19.68
2003 19.94
2004 18.78
2005 17.69
2006 16.02
2007 14.77
2008 12.63
2009 14.54
2010 14.40
2011 14.11
2012 13.90
2013 13.71
2014 13.85
2015 13.42
2016 12.70
2017 14.78
2018 17.11
2019 18.01

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 43.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.24 in 2019, while its lowest value was 36.23 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.

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Year Value
1991 36.23
1992 36.43
1993 36.75
1994 37.04
1995 36.94
1996 37.46
1997 37.94
1998 38.32
1999 38.74
2000 39.15
2001 39.53
2002 39.94
2003 40.45
2004 40.54
2005 40.61
2006 40.28
2007 40.04
2008 40.42
2009 40.92
2010 40.56
2011 40.19
2012 40.34
2013 40.46
2014 40.64
2015 40.82
2016 39.79
2017 41.27
2018 42.73
2019 43.24

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 38.13 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.13 in 2019, while its lowest value was 33.59 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 33.59
1992 33.78
1993 33.99
1994 34.22
1995 34.48
1996 34.79
1997 35.07
1998 35.38
1999 35.75
2000 36.06
2001 36.44
2002 36.82
2003 37.15
2004 36.88
2005 36.62
2006 35.88
2007 35.39
2008 35.19
2009 35.71
2010 35.19
2011 34.74
2012 34.79
2013 34.84
2014 34.89
2015 34.97
2016 34.13
2017 35.85
2018 37.60
2019 38.13

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity