B1.3.1 Share of Total Female Employment, by Sector and Selected Industries, in Sample Middle-Income Countries, 2017

BOX 1.3 Apparel: The Most Important Manufacturing Industry for Female Jobs (continued)

TABLE B1.3.1 Share of Total Female Employment, by Sector and Selected Industries, in Sample Middle-Income Countries, 2017 Percent

Industry (ISIC4a code) Turkey Egypt, Arab Rep. Bangladesh Pakistan

Sri Lanka Vietnam Cambodia

Agriculture, forestry, mining (01–09) 28 37 60 66 30 42 41

Crop production (01) Manufacturing (10–33) 28 37 59 66 29 39 38

14 6 15 16 26 20 22

Textiles, apparel, leather (13–15) 8 3 12 14 15 11 19

Textiles (13) 3 1 3 4 2 1 2

Apparel (14) 5 2 8 10 12 7 16

Leather (15) 0 0 0 0 1 4 1

Other manufacturing (10–12, 16–33) 6 3 4 2 11 9 3 Services (35–99) 57 57 25 17 45 39 38 high-skill services (84–86) 19 36 7 10 19 9 4

Mid-skill services (47, 56) 12 10 4 2 12 19 22

Low-skill services (96–97) 3 2 10 4 4 2 2

Residential care, social work (87–88) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

Financial (64–69) 3 2 1 0 3 1 1

Other services 16 7 4 1 7 8 9

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Note: Table links aggregate data from International Labour Organization labor force surveys to International Industrial Standard Classification (ISIC) data to decompose female employment shares, by industry, in the seven case countries. (All ILOSTAT data are for 2017 except for 2018 data from Pakistan.) Shares are based on the sum of female employment available at the 2-digit ISIC level. In some cases, this provides different shares than data aggregated by economic activity; however, differences are 1 percentage point or less. Shares may not sum to sector and total shares because of rounding. a. ISIC4 = International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Rev. 4 (uN DESA 2008).