Guinea - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guinea was 97.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 97.90 in 2015, while its lowest value was 97.34 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 97.54
1992 97.61
1993 97.55
1994 97.62
1995 97.63
1996 97.59
1997 97.54
1998 97.59
1999 97.47
2000 97.45
2001 97.53
2002 97.39
2003 97.42
2004 97.46
2005 97.38
2006 97.38
2007 97.50
2008 97.34
2009 97.55
2010 97.60
2011 97.60
2012 97.57
2013 97.75
2014 97.71
2015 97.90
2016 97.72
2017 97.63
2018 97.58
2019 97.51

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guinea was 85.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.85 in 1995, while its lowest value was 85.06 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 88.56
1992 88.85
1993 88.59
1994 88.83
1995 88.85
1996 88.66
1997 88.47
1998 88.59
1999 88.12
2000 87.97
2001 88.12
2002 87.57
2003 87.55
2004 87.71
2005 87.39
2006 87.37
2007 87.64
2008 87.14
2009 87.31
2010 87.13
2011 86.84
2012 86.73
2013 86.86
2014 86.78
2015 87.26
2016 86.03
2017 85.13
2018 85.33
2019 85.06

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guinea was 91.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.54 in 1995, while its lowest value was 91.89 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 93.35
1992 93.52
1993 93.37
1994 93.51
1995 93.54
1996 93.43
1997 93.32
1998 93.41
1999 93.14
2000 93.08
2001 93.19
2002 92.87
2003 92.89
2004 92.99
2005 92.82
2006 92.81
2007 93.01
2008 92.70
2009 92.90
2010 92.85
2011 92.74
2012 92.67
2013 92.84
2014 92.78
2015 93.11
2016 92.45
2017 92.01
2018 92.08
2019 91.89

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity