Switzerland - Employment in services

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

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Switzerland was 87.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.89 in 2019, while its lowest value was 79.51 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 79.51
1992 81.11
1993 81.38
1994 80.75
1995 80.89
1996 81.61
1997 82.39
1998 83.36
1999 83.73
2000 83.58
2001 84.28
2002 84.98
2003 85.51
2004 85.82
2005 86.16
2006 86.10
2007 86.48
2008 85.92
2009 86.79
2010 86.61
2011 86.74
2012 86.74
2013 86.59
2014 86.72
2015 87.03
2016 87.26
2017 87.27
2018 87.59
2019 87.89

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

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Switzerland was 67.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 67.63 in 2019, while its lowest value was 56.82 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 56.82
1992 57.69
1993 58.39
1994 58.80
1995 56.86
1996 59.56
1997 60.33
1998 59.93
1999 60.07
2000 59.55
2001 60.73
2002 61.86
2003 63.30
2004 63.90
2005 63.23
2006 63.10
2007 62.70
2008 63.02
2009 64.21
2010 63.58
2011 63.66
2012 64.77
2013 64.50
2014 65.12
2015 66.08
2016 66.29
2017 66.97
2018 66.88
2019 67.63

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

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Switzerland was 77.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 77.07 in 2019, while its lowest value was 66.49 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 66.49
1992 67.75
1993 68.23
1994 68.20
1995 67.13
1996 69.13
1997 70.00
1998 70.24
1999 70.53
2000 70.15
2001 71.20
2002 72.31
2003 73.33
2004 73.81
2005 73.64
2006 73.54
2007 73.45
2008 73.53
2009 74.61
2010 74.08
2011 74.21
2012 74.86
2013 74.68
2014 75.13
2015 75.81
2016 76.05
2017 76.38
2018 76.51
2019 77.07

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity