Cameroon - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 41.32 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.32 in 2019, while its lowest value was 20.41 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 20.41
1992 20.51
1993 20.58
1994 20.77
1995 20.99
1996 21.26
1997 21.57
1998 21.89
1999 22.24
2000 22.63
2001 23.15
2002 23.45
2003 23.72
2004 23.99
2005 24.14
2006 24.29
2007 24.50
2008 25.95
2009 27.40
2010 28.97
2011 30.66
2012 32.40
2013 34.25
2014 36.10
2015 37.39
2016 38.46
2017 39.44
2018 40.43
2019 41.32

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 42.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.77 in 2019, while its lowest value was 23.33 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 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 23.59
1992 23.53
1993 23.33
1994 23.42
1995 23.59
1996 23.81
1997 24.09
1998 24.38
1999 24.70
2000 25.02
2001 25.42
2002 26.44
2003 27.61
2004 29.06
2005 30.26
2006 31.65
2007 33.19
2008 34.16
2009 34.99
2010 35.95
2011 37.01
2012 38.08
2013 39.22
2014 40.25
2015 40.78
2016 41.28
2017 41.75
2018 42.28
2019 42.77

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 42.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.09 in 2019, while its lowest value was 21.98 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 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 22.03
1992 22.06
1993 21.98
1994 22.12
1995 22.32
1996 22.56
1997 22.86
1998 23.16
1999 23.50
2000 23.85
2001 24.32
2002 24.99
2003 25.72
2004 26.61
2005 27.30
2006 28.10
2007 29.00
2008 30.24
2009 31.41
2010 32.71
2011 34.05
2012 35.44
2013 36.90
2014 38.31
2015 39.19
2016 39.96
2017 40.67
2018 41.41
2019 42.09

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity