Employment in industry 1991 - 2022

Description	% of total employment. 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).
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% of total employment. 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).

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Source: International Labour Office

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1991	21.4
1992	21.7
1993	22.4
1994	22.7
1995	23.0
1996	23.5
1997	23.7
1998	23.5
1999	23.0
2000	22.5
2001	22.3
2002	21.4
2003	21.6
2004	22.5
2005	23.8
2006	25.2
2007	26.8
2008	27.2
2009	27.8
2010	28.7
2011	29.5
2012	30.3
2013	30.1
2014	29.9
2015	29.3
2016	29.7
2017	30.1
2018	30.6
2019	31.0
2020	31.6
2021	32.1
2022	32.2

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Employment in industry 1991 - 2022

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