Iraq - Employment in industry

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

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 16.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.53 in 1991, while its lowest value was 16.18 in 2019.

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.

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Year Value
1991 19.53
1992 19.43
1993 19.26
1994 19.10
1995 18.92
1996 18.92
1997 18.95
1998 19.33
1999 19.12
2000 18.70
2001 18.65
2002 18.25
2003 17.88
2004 17.70
2005 17.48
2006 17.42
2007 17.19
2008 17.15
2009 17.15
2010 17.09
2011 17.04
2012 17.15
2013 17.16
2014 16.91
2015 16.70
2016 16.85
2017 16.58
2018 16.27
2019 16.18

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

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 23.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 24.74 in 2016, while its lowest value was 18.09 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 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 18.09
1992 18.18
1993 18.16
1994 18.14
1995 18.14
1996 18.56
1997 19.14
1998 19.76
1999 20.99
2000 21.01
2001 20.79
2002 19.83
2003 20.05
2004 19.23
2005 20.11
2006 21.09
2007 21.01
2008 21.73
2009 21.43
2010 22.39
2011 22.81
2012 24.06
2013 24.34
2014 24.40
2015 23.69
2016 24.74
2017 24.00
2018 23.59
2019 23.75

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

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 22.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.61 in 2016, while its lowest value was 18.22 in 1995.

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 18.23
1992 18.30
1993 18.27
1994 18.23
1995 18.22
1996 18.60
1997 19.12
1998 19.71
1999 20.78
2000 20.74
2001 20.53
2002 19.63
2003 19.77
2004 19.03
2005 19.74
2006 20.56
2007 20.45
2008 21.06
2009 20.82
2010 21.65
2011 22.02
2012 23.13
2013 23.37
2014 23.39
2015 22.72
2016 23.61
2017 23.22
2018 22.81
2019 22.93

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity