Nepal - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nepal was 87.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.83 in 1993, while its lowest value was 87.89 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 93.82
1992 93.83
1993 93.83
1994 93.81
1995 93.78
1996 93.72
1997 93.63
1998 93.53
1999 93.41
2000 93.27
2001 93.12
2002 93.04
2003 92.94
2004 92.81
2005 92.68
2006 92.55
2007 92.41
2008 92.23
2009 91.98
2010 91.69
2011 91.33
2012 90.87
2013 90.38
2014 89.81
2015 89.30
2016 89.00
2017 88.62
2018 88.25
2019 87.89

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nepal was 63.99 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 77.62 in 1993, while its lowest value was 63.99 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 77.61
1992 77.61
1993 77.62
1994 77.40
1995 77.34
1996 77.11
1997 76.81
1998 76.62
1999 76.28
2000 75.73
2001 75.25
2002 75.35
2003 75.08
2004 74.68
2005 74.38
2006 74.10
2007 73.83
2008 73.22
2009 72.61
2010 71.85
2011 71.08
2012 70.03
2013 68.97
2014 67.65
2015 66.78
2016 66.63
2017 65.62
2018 64.81
2019 63.99

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nepal was 77.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.45 in 1991, while its lowest value was 77.34 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 85.45
1992 85.40
1993 85.36
1994 85.19
1995 85.13
1996 85.00
1997 84.84
1998 84.74
1999 84.57
2000 84.26
2001 83.95
2002 83.97
2003 83.79
2004 83.52
2005 83.31
2006 83.10
2007 82.90
2008 82.50
2009 82.13
2010 81.70
2011 81.33
2012 80.84
2013 80.37
2014 79.73
2015 79.29
2016 79.15
2017 78.52
2018 77.96
2019 77.34

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity