Employment in the service sector, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
1.0%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.1%
Malawi
Median
0.8%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,282

What the numbers show

Employment in the service sector, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 112.9%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 42.7%).

Employment in the service sector, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 up 2.2% flat
2 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 up 5.5% rising
3 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 5.3% rising
4 Sweden 0.9% 2016 up 3.4% flat
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 3.6% rising
6 France 0.9% 2016 up 6.1% rising
7 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 3.0% rising
8 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 0.0% rising
9 Norway 0.9% 2016 down 1.7% flat
10 Argentina 0.9% 2021 up 0.6% flat
11 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 up 8.7% rising
12 Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 1.1% flat
13 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 2.5% rising
14 Iceland 0.9% 2013 up 4.0% flat
15 Finland 0.9% 2016 up 4.3% rising
16 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 up 6.5% flat
17 Jordan 0.9% 2016 down 0.6% rising
18 Nigeria 0.9% 2018 up 55.9% rising
19 Spain 0.9% 2016 up 6.3% rising
20 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 up 5.3% rising
21 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 4.2% rising
22 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 7.6% rising
23 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 3.1% rising
24 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 6.1% rising
25 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 up 0.4% rising
26 Brazil 0.8% 2021 up 8.3% rising
27 South Africa 0.8% 2020 up 1.4% rising
28 Latvia 0.8% 2016 up 8.1% rising
29 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 8.5% rising
30 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 44.8% rising
31 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 up 12.9% flat
32 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 5.7% rising
33 Belize 0.8% 1999 up 0.1% flat
34 Panama 0.8% 2021 down 2.9% falling
35 Namibia 0.8% 2015 up 62.7% rising
36 Greece 0.8% 2016 up 4.5% flat
37 Portugal 0.8% 2016 up 14.6% rising
38 Ukraine 0.8% 2013 up 18.1% rising
39 Austria 0.8% 2003 up 9.0% rising
40 Estonia 0.8% 2016 up 10.0% rising
41 Gambia 0.8% 2020 up 82.1% rising
42 Colombia 0.8% 2021 up 3.9% rising
43 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 up 18.1% rising
44 Slovenia 0.8% 2016 up 10.6% rising
45 Croatia 0.8% 2016 up 1.2% flat
46 Mexico 0.8% 2020 down 1.3% flat
47 Kosovo 0.8% 2017 down 12.2% rising
47 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.8% 2017 down 12.2% rising
49 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2017 down 0.3% flat
50 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 up 0.9% rising
51 El Salvador 0.8% 2017 up 2.2% rising
52 Philippines 0.8% 2019 up 13.1% rising
53 Paraguay 0.8% 2017 up 30.7% rising
54 Hungary 0.8% 2016 up 1.4% flat
55 Nicaragua 0.8% 2014 up 7.3% flat
56 Mauritius 0.8% 2012 up 37.4% rising
57 Poland 0.7% 2019 up 4.8% rising
58 Czechia 0.7% 2016 up 2.4% rising
59 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 up 50.4% rising
60 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 up 8.7% rising
61 Honduras 0.7% 2017 up 3.2% flat
62 Egypt 0.7% 2019 up 36.2% rising
63 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2021 up 8.4% rising
64 Guatemala 0.6% 2011 up 4.6% rising
65 Mongolia 0.6% 2016 up 112.9% rising
66 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 up 34.7% falling
67 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 down 8.7% rising
68 Peru 0.6% 2021 down 4.9% flat
69 Türkiye 0.6% 2019 up 35.6% rising
70 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 up 24.1% rising
71 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 16.7% rising
72 Romania 0.6% 2016 up 102.3% rising
73 Tunisia 0.6% 2015 up 33.9% rising
74 China 0.5% 2013 up 73.6% rising
75 Ghana 0.5% 2016 up 52.1% rising
76 Thailand 0.5% 2021 up 16.4% rising
77 Georgia 0.5% 2013 up 20.9% rising
78 Sri Lanka 0.5% 2019 up 13.8% rising
79 Albania 0.5% 2019 up 57.7% rising
80 Cambodia 0.4% 2012 up 82.8% rising
81 Ethiopia 0.4% 2021 up 72.5% rising
82 Zambia 0.4% 2015 up 73.4% rising
83 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 up 19.9% rising
84 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 96.5% rising
85 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 up 64.5% rising
86 Uganda 0.3% 2016 up 62.8% rising
87 India 0.3% 2019 up 58.7% rising
88 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 up 16.9% rising
89 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 23.7% falling
90 Mozambique 0.2% 2014 up 60.7% rising
91 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 84.2% rising
92 Malawi 0.1% 2016 down 42.7% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the service sector, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,282 data points, 1970–2021
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