Brazil - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 85.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.41 in 2019, while its lowest value was 74.83 in 1992.

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 74.99
1992 74.83
1993 75.10
1994 75.82
1995 75.99
1996 77.28
1997 77.31
1998 77.81
1999 77.44
2000 76.89
2001 76.14
2002 75.85
2003 76.11
2004 75.89
2005 75.53
2006 76.69
2007 77.48
2008 77.85
2009 79.10
2010 80.39
2011 81.65
2012 81.51
2013 82.14
2014 82.88
2015 83.32
2016 84.50
2017 85.05
2018 85.11
2019 85.41

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 60.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.24 in 2019, while its lowest value was 47.77 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 47.77
1992 47.90
1993 48.16
1994 48.33
1995 49.19
1996 50.05
1997 50.29
1998 51.01
1999 51.35
2000 52.10
2001 52.78
2002 51.80
2003 52.19
2004 51.22
2005 51.59
2006 52.47
2007 52.55
2008 52.43
2009 53.12
2010 53.92
2011 54.68
2012 54.21
2013 54.37
2014 55.24
2015 56.28
2016 57.75
2017 59.02
2018 59.84
2019 60.24

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 70.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 70.94 in 2019, while its lowest value was 56.94 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 56.94
1992 57.20
1993 57.71
1994 58.28
1995 59.10
1996 60.05
1997 60.26
1998 61.00
1999 61.25
2000 61.68
2001 62.01
2002 61.46
2003 61.83
2004 61.24
2005 61.42
2006 62.45
2007 62.83
2008 62.92
2009 63.87
2010 64.78
2011 65.70
2012 65.51
2013 65.89
2014 66.77
2015 67.62
2016 68.98
2017 70.07
2018 70.61
2019 70.94

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity