Cyprus - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cyprus was 10.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.13 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.05 in 2017.

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 19.13
1992 18.80
1993 18.67
1994 18.36
1995 18.14
1996 17.89
1997 17.54
1998 17.21
1999 16.83
2000 16.50
2001 15.94
2002 15.88
2003 15.69
2004 15.66
2005 16.00
2006 14.76
2007 13.08
2008 12.83
2009 13.94
2010 12.89
2011 11.93
2012 10.87
2013 11.34
2014 12.28
2015 11.53
2016 10.33
2017 10.05
2018 10.13
2019 10.50

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cyprus was 16.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 30.34 in 1994, while its lowest value was 15.87 in 2017.

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 30.28
1992 30.30
1993 30.20
1994 30.34
1995 29.95
1996 30.00
1997 30.23
1998 29.99
1999 29.61
2000 29.33
2001 29.03
2002 28.17
2003 29.51
2004 29.40
2005 28.31
2006 26.39
2007 25.83
2008 25.46
2009 24.48
2010 23.24
2011 22.96
2012 21.38
2013 22.76
2014 22.77
2015 17.88
2016 17.64
2017 15.87
2018 15.94
2019 16.30

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cyprus was 13.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.00 in 1991, while its lowest value was 13.19 in 2017.

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 26.00
1992 25.80
1993 25.76
1994 25.61
1995 25.36
1996 25.29
1997 25.16
1998 24.91
1999 24.57
2000 24.24
2001 23.66
2002 23.04
2003 23.68
2004 23.69
2005 23.22
2006 21.49
2007 20.34
2008 19.95
2009 19.78
2010 18.55
2011 17.95
2012 16.60
2013 17.56
2014 17.89
2015 14.93
2016 14.28
2017 13.19
2018 13.28
2019 13.65

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity