Denmark - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Denmark was 5.38 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 7.18 in 1992, while its lowest value was 4.69 in 2001.

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 7.09
1992 7.18
1993 6.90
1994 6.99
1995 6.24
1996 6.06
1997 5.91
1998 6.33
1999 5.97
2000 5.73
2001 4.69
2002 5.16
2003 5.74
2004 5.16
2005 5.40
2006 5.79
2007 5.31
2008 5.26
2009 5.69
2010 5.42
2011 5.34
2012 5.57
2013 5.60
2014 5.56
2015 5.46
2016 5.66
2017 5.27
2018 5.11
2019 5.38

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Denmark was 10.99 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 14.13 in 1993, while its lowest value was 10.85 in 2018.

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 14.03
1992 13.82
1993 14.13
1994 12.17
1995 12.18
1996 11.96
1997 12.31
1998 12.52
1999 12.09
2000 12.04
2001 12.48
2002 12.09
2003 12.04
2004 11.91
2005 11.92
2006 11.91
2007 12.26
2008 12.60
2009 13.25
2010 12.55
2011 12.48
2012 12.61
2013 12.31
2014 12.02
2015 11.89
2016 11.58
2017 11.10
2018 10.85
2019 10.99

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Denmark was 8.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 10.83 in 1991, while its lowest value was 8.14 in 2018.

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 10.83
1992 10.74
1993 10.76
1994 9.82
1995 9.54
1996 9.33
1997 9.44
1998 9.70
1999 9.28
2000 9.12
2001 8.88
2002 8.87
2003 9.13
2004 8.77
2005 8.89
2006 9.06
2007 9.01
2008 9.17
2009 9.66
2010 9.15
2011 9.10
2012 9.27
2013 9.13
2014 8.97
2015 8.87
2016 8.79
2017 8.34
2018 8.14
2019 8.34

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity