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SECTION 1 | DEMAND FOR LABOUR
Labour Market Information Bulletin - Volume 1/2020

Table 1.10: Percentage Distribution of Job Advertisements by Industry Sector (Based on ISIC
Fourth Recision) and Formal/Informal Classification in 1st half of 2020

Advertisement Total
Industry Sector Classification
Formal Informal % No.
Accommodation and food service activities 11.6 88.4 100.0 10,239
Other service activities 10.5 89.5 100.0 9,793
Manufacturing 20.9 79.1 100.0 7,092
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23.5 76.5 100.0 5,983
Construction 16.6 83.4 100.0 5,414
Administrative and support service activities 26.1 73.9 100.0 4,892
Activities of households as employers 3.0 97.0 100.0 4,837
Transportation and storage 15.3 84.7 100.0 1,489
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 9.3 90.7 100.0 1,362
Human health and social work activities 30.7 69.3 100.0 1,184
Education 41.4 58.6 100.0 1,059
Financial and insurance activities 47.7 52.3 100.0 432
Information and communication 17.5 82.5 100.0 314
Professional, scientific and technical activities 17.2 82.8 100.0 267
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 98.8 1.2 100.0 162
Real estate activities 33.1 66.9 100.0 136
Arts, entertainment and recreation 44.3 55.7 100.0 61
Electricity, gas,steam and air conditioning supply 37.5 62.5 100.0 16
Mining and quarrying 7.7 92.3 100.0 13
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 81.8 18.2 100.0 11
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 100.0 0.0 100.0 3
Total 16.7 83.3 100.0 54,759

Graph 1.8: Percentage Distribution of Job Advertisements in Selected Industries by
Advertisement Classification in 1st half of 2020

As shown in table 1.10, accommodation & food service activities sector was the most demanded sector in the 1st
half of 2020.
The corresponding graph shows that, the number of advertisements appeared under the informal classification was
very much lower than formal classification for the industry sectors of Activities of extraterritorial organizations &
bodies and Public Administration & Defence.

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