Cameroon - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 83.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 94.73 in 1991, while its lowest value was 83.17 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 94.73
1992 94.72
1993 94.70
1994 94.65
1995 94.47
1996 94.21
1997 93.76
1998 93.44
1999 92.71
2000 91.70
2001 91.05
2002 91.10
2003 91.22
2004 91.08
2005 90.86
2006 90.54
2007 90.42
2008 89.80
2009 89.68
2010 89.13
2011 88.48
2012 87.65
2013 87.02
2014 86.32
2015 85.84
2016 85.26
2017 84.45
2018 83.72
2019 83.17

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 66.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 77.30 in 1994, while its lowest value was 66.66 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 75.83
1992 76.33
1993 77.12
1994 77.30
1995 77.04
1996 76.53
1997 75.27
1998 74.33
1999 72.53
2000 70.27
2001 68.79
2002 69.82
2003 71.00
2004 71.48
2005 72.24
2006 72.75
2007 73.54
2008 72.89
2009 73.18
2010 72.69
2011 72.05
2012 71.11
2013 70.41
2014 69.73
2015 69.29
2016 68.73
2017 67.91
2018 67.16
2019 66.66

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cameroon was 74.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.79 in 1994, while its lowest value was 74.39 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 85.08
1992 85.33
1993 85.72
1994 85.79
1995 85.56
1996 85.17
1997 84.30
1998 83.66
1999 82.39
2000 80.73
2001 79.64
2002 80.16
2003 80.80
2004 80.95
2005 81.24
2006 81.33
2007 81.67
2008 80.95
2009 80.96
2010 80.33
2011 79.70
2012 78.81
2013 78.15
2014 77.47
2015 77.02
2016 76.45
2017 75.65
2018 74.92
2019 74.39

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity