Kuwait - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kuwait was 97.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 97.78 in 2005, while its lowest value was 96.30 in 2008.

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 97.09
1992 97.06
1993 96.97
1994 96.99
1995 97.04
1996 97.10
1997 97.17
1998 97.26
1999 97.33
2000 97.38
2001 97.50
2002 97.59
2003 97.64
2004 97.70
2005 97.78
2006 97.45
2007 96.99
2008 96.30
2009 96.42
2010 96.50
2011 96.57
2012 96.54
2013 96.56
2014 96.60
2015 96.68
2016 96.76
2017 96.88
2018 96.93
2019 97.00

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kuwait was 69.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.11 in 1991, while its lowest value was 64.35 in 2008.

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 72.11
1992 70.62
1993 68.22
1994 67.98
1995 68.00
1996 67.78
1997 68.07
1998 69.04
1999 69.08
2000 68.60
2001 69.65
2002 70.39
2003 70.21
2004 69.97
2005 70.11
2006 68.38
2007 66.68
2008 64.35
2009 65.59
2010 65.68
2011 65.42
2012 65.38
2013 65.79
2014 66.33
2015 67.66
2016 68.31
2017 69.01
2018 69.20
2019 69.42

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Kuwait was 76.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.07 in 1991, while its lowest value was 72.35 in 2008.

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 78.07
1992 76.94
1993 75.09
1994 74.90
1995 74.82
1996 74.74
1997 75.05
1998 75.86
1999 76.00
2000 75.68
2001 76.49
2002 77.02
2003 76.76
2004 76.50
2005 76.60
2006 75.35
2007 74.12
2008 72.35
2009 73.58
2010 73.89
2011 73.72
2012 73.68
2013 74.00
2014 74.37
2015 75.32
2016 75.61
2017 76.03
2018 76.03
2019 76.07

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity