Botswana - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Botswana was 25.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.95 in 1991, while its lowest value was 22.10 in 1996.

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.

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Year Value
1991 39.95
1992 38.74
1993 37.20
1994 35.25
1995 27.58
1996 22.10
1997 22.89
1998 23.41
1999 24.30
2000 25.29
2001 25.99
2002 26.88
2003 27.67
2004 28.94
2005 30.49
2006 31.58
2007 31.71
2008 31.84
2009 33.08
2010 31.98
2011 30.96
2012 29.90
2013 28.83
2014 28.15
2015 27.49
2016 27.04
2017 26.39
2018 25.88
2019 25.44

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Botswana was 22.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.86 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.97 in 1996.

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 37.86
1992 36.13
1993 34.32
1994 32.80
1995 24.18
1996 17.97
1997 18.26
1998 18.88
1999 19.50
2000 20.69
2001 21.75
2002 22.51
2003 23.21
2004 24.58
2005 26.07
2006 26.99
2007 26.95
2008 26.78
2009 28.08
2010 27.13
2011 26.40
2012 25.47
2013 24.17
2014 23.51
2015 23.45
2016 23.38
2017 23.04
2018 22.72
2019 22.53

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Botswana was 23.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.72 in 1991, while its lowest value was 19.71 in 1996.

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 38.72
1992 37.21
1993 35.52
1994 33.83
1995 25.61
1996 19.71
1997 20.21
1998 20.79
1999 21.56
2000 22.72
2001 23.58
2002 24.41
2003 25.17
2004 26.51
2005 28.04
2006 29.04
2007 29.07
2008 29.03
2009 30.31
2010 29.29
2011 28.44
2012 27.48
2013 26.31
2014 25.66
2015 25.34
2016 25.08
2017 24.60
2018 24.20
2019 23.89

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity