Libya - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Libya was 67.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 67.14 in 2019, while its lowest value was 45.49 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 45.49
1992 45.92
1993 46.38
1994 46.66
1995 47.54
1996 48.00
1997 48.69
1998 49.60
1999 50.16
2000 50.57
2001 51.59
2002 52.26
2003 52.26
2004 52.85
2005 53.00
2006 53.57
2007 54.22
2008 54.99
2009 56.24
2010 56.92
2011 58.35
2012 59.72
2013 61.52
2014 63.53
2015 65.07
2016 66.21
2017 66.17
2018 66.36
2019 67.14

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Libya was 55.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 56.09 in 2016, while its lowest value was 42.32 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 42.32
1992 42.65
1993 42.72
1994 42.97
1995 43.58
1996 43.82
1997 44.19
1998 44.72
1999 44.55
2000 44.84
2001 45.55
2002 45.92
2003 45.68
2004 46.04
2005 45.74
2006 45.79
2007 45.96
2008 45.85
2009 46.18
2010 46.73
2011 48.79
2012 50.13
2013 52.13
2014 53.86
2015 55.20
2016 56.09
2017 55.37
2018 55.07
2019 55.41

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Libya was 59.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 59.34 in 2016, while its lowest value was 43.08 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 43.08
1992 43.46
1993 43.64
1994 43.92
1995 44.61
1996 44.93
1997 45.40
1998 46.06
1999 46.12
2000 46.46
2001 47.31
2002 47.79
2003 47.64
2004 48.09
2005 47.95
2006 48.19
2007 48.54
2008 48.74
2009 49.36
2010 49.96
2011 51.82
2012 53.15
2013 55.12
2014 56.96
2015 58.37
2016 59.34
2017 58.80
2018 58.65
2019 59.17

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity