India - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 27.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 27.96 in 2019, while its lowest value was 12.24 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 12.24
1992 12.44
1993 12.69
1994 12.89
1995 13.01
1996 13.16
1997 13.41
1998 13.61
1999 13.76
2000 13.96
2001 14.25
2002 14.55
2003 14.79
2004 15.03
2005 15.30
2006 15.67
2007 16.09
2008 16.60
2009 17.04
2010 17.49
2011 19.32
2012 21.27
2013 22.21
2014 23.16
2015 24.12
2016 25.11
2017 26.14
2018 27.19
2019 27.96

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 33.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.37 in 2019, while its lowest value was 24.61 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 24.61
1992 24.91
1993 25.25
1994 25.64
1995 25.92
1996 26.20
1997 26.44
1998 26.75
1999 27.15
2000 27.51
2001 27.75
2002 27.97
2003 28.26
2004 28.50
2005 28.75
2006 28.91
2007 29.04
2008 29.13
2009 29.31
2010 29.41
2011 30.00
2012 30.63
2013 30.97
2014 31.37
2015 31.78
2016 32.14
2017 32.50
2018 32.87
2019 33.37

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 32.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 32.28 in 2019, while its lowest value was 21.50 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 21.50
1992 21.77
1993 22.07
1994 22.40
1995 22.64
1996 22.88
1997 23.11
1998 23.40
1999 23.73
2000 24.04
2001 24.27
2002 24.48
2003 24.74
2004 24.96
2005 25.20
2006 25.51
2007 25.80
2008 26.07
2009 26.41
2010 26.68
2011 27.64
2012 28.64
2013 29.13
2014 29.66
2015 30.20
2016 30.70
2017 31.21
2018 31.72
2019 32.28

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity