Cuba - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cuba was 12.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 12.88 in 2017, while its lowest value was 3.33 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 6.84
1992 5.93
1993 4.70
1994 4.22
1995 3.90
1996 3.33
1997 3.72
1998 4.17
1999 4.83
2000 4.65
2001 4.90
2002 4.55
2003 5.37
2004 5.40
2005 5.41
2006 4.71
2007 4.27
2008 4.76
2009 4.14
2010 4.14
2011 9.60
2012 8.15
2013 9.84
2014 12.88
2015 12.75
2016 12.84
2017 12.88
2018 12.72
2019 12.60

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cuba was 37.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.20 in 2019, while its lowest value was 6.75 in 1991.

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 6.75
1992 7.59
1993 8.75
1994 9.18
1995 9.63
1996 9.43
1997 10.80
1998 12.40
1999 14.27
2000 15.21
2001 17.01
2002 17.32
2003 18.56
2004 19.12
2005 18.80
2006 17.35
2007 16.65
2008 16.78
2009 16.37
2010 16.65
2011 24.17
2012 28.32
2013 29.07
2014 29.49
2015 31.42
2016 33.67
2017 35.74
2018 36.42
2019 37.20

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cuba was 27.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 27.74 in 2019, while its lowest value was 6.78 in 1991.

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 6.78
1992 7.02
1993 7.36
1994 7.50
1995 7.70
1996 7.40
1997 8.42
1998 9.60
1999 11.06
2000 11.59
2001 12.81
2002 12.85
2003 13.90
2004 14.20
2005 13.89
2006 12.60
2007 11.91
2008 12.17
2009 11.66
2010 11.83
2011 18.53
2012 20.51
2013 21.63
2014 23.09
2015 24.18
2016 25.60
2017 26.90
2018 27.29
2019 27.74

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity