Iran - Employment in industry

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

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 26.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.35 in 1991, while its lowest value was 23.80 in 2015.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 37.35
1992 37.02
1993 36.39
1994 35.99
1995 35.86
1996 35.65
1997 34.85
1998 34.28
1999 33.28
2000 32.54
2001 31.63
2002 30.78
2003 30.02
2004 29.23
2005 28.38
2006 31.81
2007 29.15
2008 27.34
2009 25.49
2010 24.42
2011 24.26
2012 24.32
2013 24.35
2014 24.32
2015 23.80
2016 25.17
2017 25.51
2018 26.90
2019 26.70

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

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 32.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 35.34 in 2014, while its lowest value was 29.45 in 1999.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 31.07
1992 31.04
1993 30.55
1994 30.24
1995 30.10
1996 30.76
1997 30.08
1998 29.51
1999 29.45
2000 29.58
2001 29.68
2002 30.26
2003 30.75
2004 30.79
2005 30.83
2006 31.69
2007 32.71
2008 33.24
2009 33.12
2010 33.77
2011 34.70
2012 34.80
2013 34.85
2014 35.34
2015 34.14
2016 33.25
2017 33.47
2018 33.17
2019 32.42

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

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 31.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.76 in 2014, while its lowest value was 29.97 in 1999.

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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 31.64
1992 31.61
1993 31.13
1994 30.85
1995 30.73
1996 31.32
1997 30.66
1998 30.13
1999 29.97
2000 30.00
2001 29.97
2002 30.34
2003 30.63
2004 30.51
2005 30.37
2006 31.71
2007 32.07
2008 32.27
2009 31.79
2010 32.20
2011 33.03
2012 33.18
2013 33.29
2014 33.76
2015 32.53
2016 31.88
2017 32.04
2018 32.04
2019 31.39

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity