Germany - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Germany was 6.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 9.42 in 2005, while its lowest value was 6.98 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 7.95
1992 8.09
1993 8.33
1994 8.37
1995 8.50
1996 7.99
1997 8.12
1998 8.16
1999 7.78
2000 7.83
2001 8.52
2002 8.29
2003 8.24
2004 8.81
2005 9.42
2006 9.24
2007 9.23
2008 8.84
2009 8.44
2010 8.42
2011 8.49
2012 8.34
2013 8.10
2014 7.98
2015 7.75
2016 7.65
2017 7.55
2018 7.29
2019 6.98

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Germany was 11.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 14.76 in 2005, while its lowest value was 10.89 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 10.89
1992 11.41
1993 11.75
1994 12.26
1995 12.34
1996 12.60
1997 13.00
1998 13.11
1999 13.11
2000 13.23
2001 13.19
2002 13.33
2003 13.90
2004 14.73
2005 14.76
2006 14.52
2007 14.26
2008 13.97
2009 14.24
2010 14.24
2011 14.37
2012 14.32
2013 13.86
2014 13.53
2015 13.36
2016 12.84
2017 12.51
2018 12.17
2019 11.89

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Germany was 9.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 12.37 in 2005, while its lowest value was 9.61 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 9.67
1992 10.03
1993 10.33
1994 10.63
1995 10.72
1996 10.64
1997 10.91
1998 10.98
1999 10.80
2000 10.87
2001 11.13
2002 11.09
2003 11.37
2004 12.07
2005 12.37
2006 12.14
2007 11.99
2008 11.66
2009 11.59
2010 11.57
2011 11.67
2012 11.57
2013 11.20
2014 10.96
2015 10.75
2016 10.43
2017 10.20
2018 9.90
2019 9.61

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity