Bulgaria - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bulgaria was 8.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.93 in 1991, while its lowest value was 8.08 in 2019.

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 13.93
1992 13.83
1993 13.74
1994 13.63
1995 13.58
1996 13.52
1997 13.45
1998 13.36
1999 13.24
2000 12.89
2001 11.65
2002 12.14
2003 12.35
2004 12.55
2005 11.06
2006 10.03
2007 9.37
2008 9.79
2009 9.79
2010 10.09
2011 9.40
2012 8.81
2013 9.07
2014 9.33
2015 8.82
2016 8.93
2017 9.04
2018 8.60
2019 8.08

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bulgaria was 13.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.33 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.20 in 2019.

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 16.61
1992 16.98
1993 17.37
1994 17.67
1995 17.95
1996 18.06
1997 18.50
1998 18.68
1999 19.18
2000 19.33
2001 18.30
2002 17.80
2003 18.93
2004 18.70
2005 16.58
2006 15.80
2007 15.01
2008 14.61
2009 14.76
2010 14.73
2011 14.52
2012 14.09
2013 14.89
2014 15.29
2015 14.87
2016 14.18
2017 14.39
2018 14.29
2019 13.20

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bulgaria was 10.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 16.43 in 1999, while its lowest value was 10.83 in 2019.

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 15.31
1992 15.45
1993 15.61
1994 15.72
1995 15.86
1996 15.90
1997 16.11
1998 16.18
1999 16.43
2000 16.36
2001 15.14
2002 15.11
2003 15.87
2004 15.83
2005 14.04
2006 13.14
2007 12.41
2008 12.40
2009 12.48
2010 12.57
2011 12.11
2012 11.59
2013 12.14
2014 12.49
2015 12.03
2016 11.73
2017 11.90
2018 11.65
2019 10.83

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity