European Union - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 83.86 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.86 in 2019, while its lowest value was 67.19 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 67.19
1992 67.97
1993 68.81
1994 69.45
1995 70.15
1996 71.39
1997 71.86
1998 72.29
1999 73.18
2000 73.95
2001 74.37
2002 75.65
2003 76.66
2004 77.53
2005 78.29
2006 78.88
2007 79.31
2008 80.22
2009 81.26
2010 81.86
2011 82.07
2012 82.36
2013 82.77
2014 82.97
2015 83.37
2016 83.69
2017 83.57
2018 83.67
2019 83.86

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 59.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 59.54 in 2019, while its lowest value was 46.73 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 46.73
1992 47.31
1993 48.07
1994 48.72
1995 49.26
1996 49.87
1997 49.98
1998 50.16
1999 50.76
2000 51.37
2001 51.83
2002 52.54
2003 53.05
2004 53.57
2005 53.99
2006 54.13
2007 54.27
2008 54.84
2009 55.95
2010 56.72
2011 57.21
2012 57.66
2013 58.29
2014 58.55
2015 58.78
2016 58.99
2017 59.12
2018 59.35
2019 59.54

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 70.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 70.66 in 2019, while its lowest value was 55.14 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 55.14
1992 55.83
1993 56.66
1994 57.35
1995 57.97
1996 58.88
1997 59.18
1998 59.50
1999 60.30
2000 61.01
2001 61.52
2002 62.53
2003 63.33
2004 64.04
2005 64.63
2006 65.02
2007 65.33
2008 66.11
2009 67.31
2010 68.05
2011 68.45
2012 68.88
2013 69.45
2014 69.69
2015 70.01
2016 70.27
2017 70.29
2018 70.46
2019 70.66

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity