European Union - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 11.32 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.83 in 1992, while its lowest value was 11.32 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 17.43
1992 17.83
1993 17.72
1994 17.62
1995 17.61
1996 16.98
1997 17.11
1998 16.80
1999 16.44
2000 16.07
2001 16.00
2002 15.03
2003 14.74
2004 14.36
2005 14.15
2006 13.85
2007 13.55
2008 13.21
2009 13.05
2010 13.12
2011 12.89
2012 12.80
2013 12.67
2014 12.53
2015 12.24
2016 11.96
2017 11.68
2018 11.45
2019 11.32

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 18.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 22.14 in 1997, while its lowest value was 18.39 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 21.20
1992 21.82
1993 21.96
1994 22.03
1995 21.95
1996 22.04
1997 22.14
1998 21.98
1999 21.86
2000 21.68
2001 21.53
2002 21.11
2003 21.28
2004 21.16
2005 20.96
2006 20.71
2007 20.41
2008 20.04
2009 20.29
2010 20.63
2011 20.39
2012 20.39
2013 20.25
2014 20.04
2015 19.65
2016 19.18
2017 18.84
2018 18.55
2019 18.39

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in European Union was 15.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.20 in 1993, while its lowest value was 15.16 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 19.65
1992 20.17
1993 20.20
1994 20.19
1995 20.14
1996 19.92
1997 20.02
1998 19.79
1999 19.55
2000 19.28
2001 19.15
2002 18.48
2003 18.43
2004 18.19
2005 17.98
2006 17.69
2007 17.38
2008 17.01
2009 17.04
2010 17.24
2011 17.00
2012 16.94
2013 16.79
2014 16.61
2015 16.27
2016 15.89
2017 15.57
2018 15.30
2019 15.16

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity