Iceland - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iceland was 91.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.35 in 2015, while its lowest value was 77.21 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 77.21
1992 80.42
1993 80.52
1994 80.67
1995 81.45
1996 81.66
1997 81.81
1998 78.25
1999 82.39
2000 85.44
2001 85.69
2002 85.61
2003 85.52
2004 85.02
2005 86.21
2006 87.64
2007 88.87
2008 88.98
2009 89.01
2010 90.00
2011 90.10
2012 90.43
2013 89.75
2014 90.05
2015 91.35
2016 90.88
2017 91.07
2018 91.16
2019 91.26

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iceland was 66.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.42 in 2018, while its lowest value was 51.44 in 1994.

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 52.80
1992 51.87
1993 51.61
1994 51.44
1995 51.44
1996 53.43
1997 52.91
1998 53.18
1999 55.28
2000 54.80
2001 55.18
2002 56.26
2003 58.83
2004 57.00
2005 59.02
2006 58.61
2007 59.50
2008 59.75
2009 63.50
2010 63.34
2011 63.16
2012 63.28
2013 65.23
2014 65.33
2015 65.79
2016 67.77
2017 67.74
2018 68.42
2019 66.97

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iceland was 78.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.18 in 2018, while its lowest value was 63.87 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 63.87
1992 64.87
1993 65.00
1994 65.07
1995 65.49
1996 66.51
1997 66.24
1998 64.72
1999 67.94
2000 69.19
2001 69.38
2002 70.08
2003 71.36
2004 70.32
2005 71.78
2006 72.14
2007 73.18
2008 73.39
2009 75.67
2010 75.97
2011 75.96
2012 76.23
2013 76.92
2014 77.03
2015 77.92
2016 78.65
2017 78.76
2018 79.18
2019 78.49

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity