Mauritania - Employment in industry

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

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 17.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.91 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.43 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 20.91
1992 20.80
1993 20.67
1994 20.47
1995 20.18
1996 19.96
1997 19.83
1998 19.48
1999 19.41
2000 19.12
2001 19.05
2002 19.05
2003 18.77
2004 18.72
2005 18.45
2006 17.91
2007 18.02
2008 18.08
2009 18.16
2010 18.02
2011 18.00
2012 18.02
2013 17.91
2014 17.88
2015 17.80
2016 17.70
2017 17.75
2018 17.57
2019 17.43

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

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 17.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.33 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.58 in 2002.

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 19.33
1992 19.23
1993 19.14
1994 18.98
1995 18.89
1996 18.77
1997 18.53
1998 18.34
1999 18.16
2000 17.84
2001 17.66
2002 17.58
2003 17.60
2004 17.67
2005 17.77
2006 17.91
2007 17.91
2008 17.89
2009 17.86
2010 17.83
2011 17.83
2012 17.85
2013 17.84
2014 17.86
2015 17.86
2016 17.80
2017 17.78
2018 17.71
2019 17.68

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

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 17.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.78 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.61 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 19.78
1992 19.68
1993 19.58
1994 19.41
1995 19.26
1996 19.11
1997 18.91
1998 18.67
1999 18.52
2000 18.21
2001 18.06
2002 18.01
2003 17.94
2004 17.97
2005 17.97
2006 17.91
2007 17.94
2008 17.95
2009 17.95
2010 17.89
2011 17.88
2012 17.90
2013 17.86
2014 17.86
2015 17.84
2016 17.77
2017 17.77
2018 17.67
2019 17.61

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity