Burkina Faso - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burkina Faso was 88.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 97.87 in 1995, while its lowest value was 88.69 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 97.72
1992 97.73
1993 97.78
1994 97.85
1995 97.87
1996 97.85
1997 97.74
1998 97.76
1999 97.35
2000 97.42
2001 97.40
2002 97.30
2003 96.86
2004 96.70
2005 96.69
2006 96.47
2007 95.84
2008 95.64
2009 94.88
2010 93.69
2011 92.53
2012 92.06
2013 91.86
2014 90.96
2015 90.73
2016 90.10
2017 89.56
2018 89.05
2019 88.69

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burkina Faso was 83.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.84 in 1993, while its lowest value was 83.27 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 93.84
1992 93.82
1993 93.84
1994 93.78
1995 93.76
1996 93.69
1997 93.50
1998 93.48
1999 93.30
2000 93.20
2001 93.04
2002 92.83
2003 92.38
2004 92.07
2005 91.88
2006 91.42
2007 90.62
2008 90.30
2009 89.47
2010 88.40
2011 87.36
2012 86.75
2013 86.30
2014 85.42
2015 84.98
2016 84.31
2017 83.79
2018 83.66
2019 83.27

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burkina Faso was 85.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 95.73 in 1993, while its lowest value was 85.69 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 95.72
1992 95.71
1993 95.73
1994 95.72
1995 95.71
1996 95.65
1997 95.48
1998 95.46
1999 95.17
2000 95.13
2001 95.02
2002 94.84
2003 94.37
2004 94.11
2005 93.97
2006 93.59
2007 92.87
2008 92.60
2009 91.80
2010 90.67
2011 89.59
2012 89.04
2013 88.70
2014 87.82
2015 87.49
2016 86.86
2017 86.35
2018 86.07
2019 85.69

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity