Lesotho - Employment in industry

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

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 11.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.87 in 2002, while its lowest value was 11.80 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 13.32
1992 13.34
1993 13.40
1994 13.36
1995 13.35
1996 13.31
1997 13.31
1998 13.27
1999 13.20
2000 13.25
2001 13.61
2002 13.87
2003 13.64
2004 13.67
2005 13.38
2006 13.45
2007 13.19
2008 13.03
2009 12.73
2010 12.46
2011 12.35
2012 12.14
2013 12.03
2014 12.07
2015 12.22
2016 12.15
2017 11.92
2018 11.93
2019 11.80

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

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 14.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 14.86 in 2016, while its lowest value was 12.69 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 12.69
1992 12.72
1993 12.73
1994 12.76
1995 12.78
1996 12.83
1997 12.87
1998 12.87
1999 12.85
2000 12.92
2001 13.06
2002 13.14
2003 13.27
2004 13.38
2005 13.52
2006 13.73
2007 13.90
2008 14.13
2009 14.24
2010 14.29
2011 14.46
2012 14.63
2013 14.73
2014 14.79
2015 14.84
2016 14.86
2017 14.71
2018 14.57
2019 14.44

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

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 13.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.73 in 2015, while its lowest value was 12.97 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 12.97
1992 12.99
1993 13.02
1994 13.01
1995 13.01
1996 13.03
1997 13.05
1998 13.04
1999 13.00
2000 13.06
2001 13.29
2002 13.46
2003 13.43
2004 13.51
2005 13.46
2006 13.61
2007 13.60
2008 13.66
2009 13.59
2010 13.51
2011 13.57
2012 13.57
2013 13.59
2014 13.64
2015 13.73
2016 13.70
2017 13.51
2018 13.44
2019 13.31

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity