Italy - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Italy was 17.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 24.61 in 1991, while its lowest value was 16.92 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.

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Year Value
1991 24.61
1992 24.49
1993 24.40
1994 24.27
1995 24.11
1996 23.96
1997 23.77
1998 23.58
1999 23.38
2000 23.09
2001 22.79
2002 22.52
2003 22.38
2004 22.19
2005 20.52
2006 20.41
2007 20.03
2008 19.31
2009 18.49
2010 18.53
2011 18.28
2012 18.32
2013 18.25
2014 18.46
2015 18.32
2016 18.08
2017 17.01
2018 16.92
2019 17.07

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Italy was 26.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 32.77 in 1991, while its lowest value was 26.85 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 32.77
1992 32.74
1993 32.74
1994 32.69
1995 32.56
1996 32.54
1997 32.45
1998 32.35
1999 32.27
2000 32.02
2001 31.89
2002 31.78
2003 31.72
2004 31.60
2005 30.65
2006 30.31
2007 30.13
2008 29.57
2009 29.35
2010 29.89
2011 29.72
2012 29.58
2013 29.54
2014 29.17
2015 28.72
2016 28.14
2017 27.68
2018 27.25
2019 26.85

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Italy was 22.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.97 in 1991, while its lowest value was 22.74 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 29.97
1992 29.90
1993 29.88
1994 29.76
1995 29.61
1996 29.50
1997 29.36
1998 29.20
1999 29.04
2000 28.73
2001 28.47
2002 28.28
2003 28.17
2004 27.93
2005 26.69
2006 26.41
2007 26.13
2008 25.45
2009 24.97
2010 25.28
2011 25.04
2012 24.91
2013 24.82
2014 24.68
2015 24.38
2016 23.94
2017 23.20
2018 22.91
2019 22.74

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity