Korea - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 82.36 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 82.36 in 2019, while its lowest value was 52.74 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 52.74
1992 55.28
1993 58.39
1994 60.69
1995 62.32
1996 64.10
1997 66.25
1998 67.25
1999 68.26
2000 68.66
2001 70.19
2002 71.34
2003 71.96
2004 73.16
2005 74.95
2006 75.92
2007 76.53
2008 77.25
2009 78.73
2010 78.77
2011 78.86
2012 79.71
2013 77.82
2014 80.61
2015 80.87
2016 81.69
2017 81.55
2018 81.77
2019 82.36

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 61.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.99 in 2012, while its lowest value was 45.84 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 45.84
1992 46.94
1993 48.67
1994 49.31
1995 49.82
1996 50.94
1997 52.04
1998 55.18
1999 56.33
2000 56.17
2001 57.28
2002 57.82
2003 57.88
2004 58.44
2005 58.71
2006 59.35
2007 60.14
2008 60.69
2009 61.35
2010 61.12
2011 61.73
2012 61.99
2013 57.12
2014 61.51
2015 61.18
2016 61.38
2017 61.30
2018 61.07
2019 61.47

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 70.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 70.28 in 2019, while its lowest value was 48.57 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 48.57
1992 50.22
1993 52.50
1994 53.82
1995 54.79
1996 56.22
1997 57.80
1998 60.00
1999 61.14
2000 61.25
2001 62.56
2002 63.35
2003 63.58
2004 64.45
2005 65.38
2006 66.20
2007 66.91
2008 67.55
2009 68.50
2010 68.38
2011 68.78
2012 69.29
2013 65.66
2014 69.41
2015 69.38
2016 69.86
2017 69.80
2018 69.80
2019 70.28

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity