Austria - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Austria was 9.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.15 in 1991, while its lowest value was 9.42 in 2018.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 15.15
1992 14.91
1993 14.72
1994 14.33
1995 14.09
1996 14.28
1997 13.30
1998 13.11
1999 13.10
2000 12.51
2001 12.26
2002 12.11
2003 11.51
2004 9.86
2005 10.39
2006 10.53
2007 11.46
2008 11.09
2009 11.14
2010 11.20
2011 10.67
2012 10.47
2013 10.54
2014 10.51
2015 10.38
2016 10.04
2017 9.84
2018 9.42
2019 9.47

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Austria was 14.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 16.06 in 2010, while its lowest value was 14.12 in 1999.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 14.56
1992 14.51
1993 14.52
1994 14.46
1995 14.38
1996 14.56
1997 14.28
1998 14.33
1999 14.12
2000 14.29
2001 14.32
2002 14.61
2003 14.26
2004 14.76
2005 15.06
2006 15.13
2007 15.53
2008 15.60
2009 15.78
2010 16.06
2011 15.53
2012 15.34
2013 15.52
2014 15.73
2015 15.31
2016 15.09
2017 14.61
2018 14.26
2019 14.50

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Austria was 12.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 14.80 in 1991, while its lowest value was 12.01 in 2018.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 14.80
1992 14.68
1993 14.60
1994 14.41
1995 14.25
1996 14.44
1997 13.85
1998 13.80
1999 13.68
2000 13.51
2001 13.42
2002 13.50
2003 13.04
2004 12.55
2005 12.95
2006 13.05
2007 13.69
2008 13.54
2009 13.64
2010 13.81
2011 13.28
2012 13.07
2013 13.20
2014 13.29
2015 13.00
2016 12.72
2017 12.38
2018 12.01
2019 12.16

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity