Equatorial Guinea - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Equatorial Guinea was 88.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 99.01 in 1991, while its lowest value was 76.82 in 2012.

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 99.01
1992 98.93
1993 98.87
1994 98.69
1995 98.59
1996 98.02
1997 97.13
1998 96.79
1999 95.90
2000 94.97
2001 93.27
2002 92.08
2003 90.45
2004 87.43
2005 84.42
2006 82.30
2007 80.75
2008 77.93
2009 79.39
2010 79.06
2011 77.38
2012 76.82
2013 78.78
2014 79.79
2015 83.58
2016 86.00
2017 85.83
2018 86.23
2019 88.41

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Equatorial Guinea was 88.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 98.93 in 1991, while its lowest value was 68.12 in 2008.

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 98.93
1992 98.84
1993 98.73
1994 98.59
1995 98.44
1996 97.78
1997 96.61
1998 95.80
1999 94.79
2000 93.57
2001 90.81
2002 88.60
2003 86.29
2004 81.50
2005 77.41
2006 74.73
2007 72.13
2008 68.12
2009 70.03
2010 71.67
2011 70.35
2012 69.83
2013 73.01
2014 74.85
2015 79.74
2016 83.28
2017 84.38
2018 85.86
2019 88.41

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Equatorial Guinea was 88.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 98.96 in 1991, while its lowest value was 71.89 in 2008.

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 98.96
1992 98.88
1993 98.79
1994 98.63
1995 98.50
1996 97.88
1997 96.83
1998 96.20
1999 95.25
2000 94.14
2001 91.80
2002 90.00
2003 87.96
2004 83.85
2005 80.16
2006 77.68
2007 75.47
2008 71.89
2009 73.60
2010 74.46
2011 72.99
2012 72.44
2013 75.16
2014 76.68
2015 81.16
2016 84.28
2017 84.92
2018 86.00
2019 88.41

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity