Table 2

Employment Measured in Numbers of Full-Time Equivalents by Gender and Main Line of Business

 

Women

 

Men

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

Main line of business

Number of full-time equivalents

Total

12.003

12.267

12.679

13.005

 

15.493

15.754

15.980

16.468

Agriculture, hunting, and forestry

0

0

1

1

 

14

14

14

13

Fishing

75

59

80

91

 

1.362

1.223

1.321

1.351

Extraction of raw materials

4

7

8

10

 

13

65

131

149

Industry

268

252

264

281

 

652

606

585

643

Electricity, gas, heating, and water supply

75

74

71

74

 

395

392

373

347

Construction

70

94

102

246

 

1.849

1.999

2.002

2.658

Trade and repairs

1.919

2.001

2.002

1.974

 

2.742

2.861

2.766

3.030

Hotels and restaurants

437

437

483

471

 

380

393

392

389

Transport 1)

554

583

600

628

 

1.813

1.881

1.897

1.954

Financial institutions and insurance

94

92

99

104

 

57

64

61

61

Real estate, renting, business service etc.

460

447

401

466

 

806

824

764

815

Public administration, defence, and social services

7.646

7.793

8.150

8.347

 

4.454

4.466

4.729

4.717

Education

26

28

24

28

 

20

23

20

22

Health and welfare institutions etc.

34

41

44

60

 

6

9

13

26

Other collective, social, and personal service activities

200

211

205

224

 

293

295

296

291

International organisations etc.

-

-

0

-

 

-

-

-

-

Unknown 2)

141

148

145

0

 

638

639

616

2

Notes: 1) The category includes air, sea, and land transport among other things and telecommunications. 2) The category includes a number of person for whom it has not been possible to identify a line of business.

Note: Most of these persons work at Thule Air Base in Pituffik. The main line of business can also include inactive businesses.

Source: Statistics Greenland